The North West seaside town of Blackpool was once the No.1 holiday destination for working-class British families. In the 1960s it would attract 17 million of them a year, until cheap, all-inclusive holidays to Spain cut their business in half. They called it "The Las Vegas Of The

North" because of its bright lights and reputation for bawdy thrills.

These days the town makes most of its money from old people and "stag and hen" nights -- drunken pre-nuptial parties with half-naked gangs of drunken lads and lasses falling in and out of strip clubs, sex shops, bars and brothels.

"I have one question for everyone: if Bopanna-Qureshi can play together, why cannot India and Pakistan?"

The match at New York's Flushing Meadows was watched by the United Nations ambassadors from their two countries -- who sat side-by-side in the stands -- as well as large portions of the U.S. city's Indian and Pakistani communities.