The Indian-Pakistani doubles team of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were given the Grand Prix of Peace & Sports award.
The pair from the two rival nations has begun to use the slogan “Stop War, Start Tennis.”
Joel Bouzou, the president of Peace and Sport Foundation, asked the governments of India and Pakistan to support a project of Bopanna and Qureshi to organize a symbolic tennis match at the Wagah border check post. “The sport is ready for peace. Will the two governments rise to the occasion?” said Bouzou.—Matthew Cronin