Photo credit: YouTube.In a good game of tennis, the ball will get returned. If every serve is an ace, it's not that much fun to watch.Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi is a tennis player, and agrees with this fundamental theory - which is hardly on any David Foster Wallace level - on the game. Perhaps that's why the Pakistani tennis player is refusing to play New Zealand in their upcoming Davis Cup match-up.New Zealand refused to play in Pakistan in 2013 due to security concerns. The decision was supported by the ITF, who have banned hosting ties in Pakistan.Qureshi - easily Pakistan's best tennis player - has decided to boycott New Zealand in protest of that."He is not feeling like playing this tie," Qureshi's father Ehtisham-ul-Haq told The International News. "He is very disappointed with the attitude of New Zealand as they refused to come to Pakistan to play this tie."The PTF has confirmed Qureshi's absence from their upcoming Davis Cup tie in Christchurch in two weeks.Pakistan - who have not hosted a Davis Cup tie at home since 2005 - played New Zealand in Myanmar instead, in 2013. That tie is abandoned due to the poor quality of the tennis court.Tennis New Zealand chief executive Shane Johns believed that Qureshi is still bitter about the abandonment of that tie, given he was leading in the singles match that was ultimately called off."I think [Qureshi's] held a bit of a grudge about that ever since," Johns told Stuff.co.nz."He's made a decision not to come and play for Pakistan, which will significantly impact on the strength of their team."Qureshi, 36, is a double specialist who made a French Open semi-final in 2012. He reached a singles rating of 125 nine years ago.
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