Pakistan’s professional tennis player Aisam-ul-Haq has qualified into Round of 16 of the US Open and the nation is relishing the glad tidings from sports front.
Aisam-ul-Haq qualified in the US Open along with his British partner JonnyO’Mara and shared the news on his Twitter handle.
Alhamdulliah 🙏🙏🙏 into the round of 16 @usopen 2021 with partner @Jonny_OMara after beating the 16th seeds 36 63 76
Playing on Monday in sha Allah against the 2nd seeds pic.twitter.com/3bfp13JO1r— Aisam ul Haq Qureshi (@aisamhqureshi) September 5, 2021
In the Round of 16, the duo will meet Marcel Granollers of Spain and Horacio Zeballos from Argentine.
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The duo qualified after facing the pair of Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen by 36 63 76 on Saturday.
On the other hand, Pakistani Wrestler Inam Butt won gold for Pakistan in the World Beach Wrestling Championship 2021.
Thanks to almighty ALLAH
I won quarter final and qualify for the Semi final against Romanian wrestler Romania Mihai Nicolae Palaghia . Apne Duaon MN yad rakhin. @SportsBoardPak @Sports_BoardPB @RaiTaimoorPTI @asifzamanpsb @NOCPakistan pic.twitter.com/lRUz1HYUUI— Inam Butt (@InamTheWrestler) September 4, 2021
Inam Butt defeated Ukranian wrestler by 3-0 within the 90kg category. He won the championship for the third consecutive time.
Apart from this, para-athlete Haider Ali brought first gold medal for Pakistan in Paralympics.
It’s #Gold for #PAK! F37 discus thrower Haider Ali wins his country’s first medal of the Games!
His throw of 55.26m is a personal best and almost three metres longer than second place! #Tokyo2020 #Paralympics #ParaAthletics pic.twitter.com/SD3rO1qlaF
— Paralympic Games (@Paralympics) September 3, 2021
Haider Ali, while competing in the Summer Paralympic Games in Tokyo, threw a personal best of 55.26 meters.