I had the privilege today to witness a sight that I never thought I would see. A player from India paired with another from Pakistan; two countries who have been bitter enemies for years. But none of that enmity means anything to Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi who won their semi-final match and will now meet the Bryan brothers in the final of the U.S. Open.It warms the heart when individuals decide to put decades of cultural and religious prejudice behind them and atke a stand. A stand that tells the world that hatred is a learned behaviour and completely unnecessary in intelligent and thoughtful people. While they are playing one to the great doubles teams ever in Bob and Mike Bryan, I am going for the underdogs in Bopanna and Qureshi; maybe because their teaming is an idea whose time has truly come.
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