Gul Hamid, a tennis star who now lives with his second wife in a remote village near Wah Cantt, now sells his trophies to survive. Gul Hamid's first wife and children live in Karachi, whom he has to feed too. 

The 68-year-old tennis star who has been playing tennis for the last 50 years won three International Tennis Federation cups, which include an ITF hat-trick from 2008 to 2010, the 1986 Oman Open and three gold medals from Pakistan Navy, where he served as a petty officer.
He told Geo TV; 

“I took my cups to sell to Arif Sahib, at Pakistan Sports Board, as I had no choice.”

“I prefer death over insults at the hands of a landlord who knocks at my door asking for rent, which I have been managing through thick and thin until now,” he says.

“It was really an amazing day of my life when I beat Krishna Bhopatti of India in the Oman Open in 1986. It was a big victory amidst an international crowd of fifteen thousand,” he adds.

According to the tennis star, Bhopatti, whose son Mahesh Bhopatti is currently an international tennis star even asked him to travel to India and train tennis players there.

“I thanked Bhopatti for the offer and told him I need to train our children in Pakistan,” he says.

“I am 68 now, and it’s probably the time for me and my wife to sit on Mussala (praying mat) and not running around for a living,” he adds.

Gul Hamid said he told Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Prime Minister Imran Khan, to fix a reasonable monthly stipend for him or give him at least some low-grade job like a groundsman. He also recounted his golden days through plastic coated newspaper clippings and commendations spread on a charpoyee. 

https://lailasnews.com/former-tennis-star-gul-hamid-sells-trophies-to-survive/

Lalasticlala

Eyah!

delugajackson:

Your laugh sef dey funny

Tennis stars don't really earn much in prize money but through sponsorship and endorsement deals. If he wasn't the marketable type then I wouldn't be surprised he had less lucrative deals..but to go broke to this extent, then only he knows what he did with his money(women, bad/no investment or just bad luck)

Tennis star , yet nothing to show for it .. but two wives .

I pity you

Tennis star , yet nothing to show for it .. but two wives who probably ain't bringing nothing to the table .

In your next life, you go wise up .

Don't know him, didn't broke into top rank
Always good to make the right investment when the going is good.

With you being a part of the Oceanna, you are guaranteed a lifetime of income and at the same time experiencing a lifestyle of luxury


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That's life for you

That's life for you.

A lot of athletes are standing on this table. If you follow them on IG, you'll see how reckless they live. Even their women don't help them because they want the glamour which I believe they can still enjoy without wasting money. I hope they change sha.

IamAirforce1:
Tennis star , yet nothing to show for it .. but two wives who probably ain't bringing nothing to the table .

In your next life, you go wise up .

This is the deepest statement you've ever made on NL.

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He just didnt invest properly. There's no reason a person would b rich while young and poor at old age xcept he made some really terrible decisions

HajimeSaito:


This is the deepest statement you've ever made on NL.

He seems to be making sense this ram period

Na waoh this is serious. Anyway this is a big lesson to us all. When u are working in a high payed firm or u are a higly payed sportsman or woman..its wise u invest ur money so as to establish a private business when u retire or something goes wrong. There are some lucky young guys in nigeria earning six figure salaries. The mega salaries dem dey earn dem dey splash on club every week...have 10 girlfriends dem dey maintain monthly financially,spend heavy on olosho. No savings,no investment. If d company dem dey work eventually fold up or dey get sacked dem go return to square one...dead broke. Na dat time dem go dey blame ppl for dhier village or their pastor will be telling them dat their mom na witch and dat na she swallow all their money for coven. Be wise and invest ur money while u earning.

This is to tell you that NO STAR shines forever. Make hay while the sun shines. Fame, Glory, Money, Glamour, Stardom, Prestige eventually dies. Only your good relationship with God will remain forever.

Stars of today should learn from this. Start investing.

Liiiiffffeeee

This man was asked to come to India to train rising tennis stars there but he declined because he has to train kids in Pakistan. That’s patriotism but he need to get paid for his services. I dont think he is training anyone in Pakistani though.

...He has two wives as well as children. He should be advocating for one wife and less children.

At least he has something to sell.

lefulefu:
Na waoh this is serious. Anyway this is a big lesson to us all. When u are working in a high payed firm or u are a higly payed sportsman or woman..its wise u invest ur money so as to establish a private business when u retire or something goes wrong. There are some lucky young guys in nigeria earning six figure salaries.

PAID *

Make i copy GrammarNazi1

Hmm, I believe this should be a lesson to everyone in life, never spend money because you have it. Plan everything you do in life. Your luxurious life should even be planned, impulse luxury should be out of it. Like my mum use to tell me, if you should fill a house with gold and money, the moment you start spending than what you're saving there it will later finish.
He who has ears let him hear.

delugajackson:
Life changes every single second, so you gotta make the right decision.

10 years from now, your children will be either be eating or starving from the decisions you've made today. Make the right decision today.

For those who still have 10 years o

that's life for u

stane007:
Gul Hamid, a tennis star who now lives with his second wife in a remote village near Wah Cantt, now sells his trophies to survive. Gul Hamid's first wife and children live in Karachi, whom he has to feed too. 

The 68-year-old tennis star who has been playing tennis for the last 50 years won three International Tennis Federation cups, which include an ITF hat-trick from 2008 to 2010, the 1986 Oman Open and three gold medals from Pakistan Navy, where he served as a petty officer.
He told Geo TV; 

“I took my cups to sell to Arif Sahib, at Pakistan Sports Board, as I had no choice.”

“I prefer death over insults at the hands of a landlord who knocks at my door asking for rent, which I have been managing through thick and thin until now,” he says.

“It was really an amazing day of my life when I beat Krishna Bhopatti of India in the Oman Open in 1986. It was a big victory amidst an international crowd of fifteen thousand,” he adds.

According to the tennis star, Bhopatti, whose son Mahesh Bhopatti is currently an international tennis star even asked him to travel to India and train tennis players there.

“I thanked Bhopatti for the offer and told him I need to train our children in Pakistan,” he says.

“I am 68 now, and it’s probably the time for me and my wife to sit on Mussala (praying mat) and not running around for a living,” he adds.

Gul Hamid said he told Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Prime Minister Imran Khan, to fix a reasonable monthly stipend for him or give him at least some low-grade job like a groundsman. He also recounted his golden days through plastic coated newspaper clippings and commendations spread on a charpoyee. 

https://lailasnews.com/former-tennis-star-gul-hamid-sells-trophies-to-survive/

Lalasticlala

What a pity, vanity

naso life be

heart breaking story..