Amritraj-Qureshi pair stuns 16th seeds
(Wimbledon tennis tournament, London)

THURSDAY 25, JUNE 2009.

The unseeded Indo-Pak duo of Prakash Amritraj and Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi stunned 16th seeds Stephen Huss and Ross Hutchins in a see-saw five-set battle to enter the second round of the Wimbledon men's doubles event.

Amritraj and Qureshi scripted a sensational 6-4, 6-7 (12), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 triumph after slogging it out for close to four hours in a match that spanned two days.

The two teams were locked 2-2 and Amritraj and Qureshi finished it off in their favour.

The 16th seeded Australian-Brit pair of Huss and Hutchins were in for a tough fight. After losing the opening set, Huss and Hutchins battled it out for 70 minutes in the second to clinch it 14-12 in the tie-breaker.

Amritraj and Qureshi came back well to go one up again but not the ones to give up, Huss and Hutchins equalised in the next set.

The roller-coaster match finally ended with the Indo-Pak pair dominating the decider to script a magnificent triumph.