Pakistan's tennis ace Aisam Ul Haq Qureshi and his Swiss doubles
partner James Cerritani brushed aside tennis great and world number
one, Roger Federer and his Swiss compatriot Marco Chiudinelli in
straight sets at the Basel Open in the Swiss city on Tuesday. Qureshi
was at his serve-and-volleying best in the round-of-32 match as he and
Swiss Cerritani cruised to victory against the world number one
Federer and Chidudinelli in two sets, 6-4, 6-3 to book their place in
the quarter-finals of the 2.6 million-dollar ATP tournament.
Playing in the world number one's hometown, the Pakistani player and
his partner were in control of the match from the first game and
although Federer and his old friend Chiudinelli produced moments of
brilliance, the grit and powerful serve-and-volley game of Qureshi and
Cerritani proved too much in the end.
The Pak-Swiss pair will now play tournament first seeds Daniel Nestor
(Canada) and Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia) in the round of 16.