( CNN ) -- India and Pakistan have finally found something they can agree on . Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi , an Indian and Pakistani doubles team , made it to the men 's doubles finals in the U.S. Open . On Friday afternoon , the 16th-seeded pair lost to the top-seeded Mike and Bob Bryan , an American team of identical twins . This unlikely pair , dubbed the Indo-Pak Express , has become a symbol of pride for both nations . Qureshi , from Pakistan , says he can see it in the fans who come to watch . `` It was great to see all the Indian supporters , most of them wearing Pakistani flags on their faces , holding Pakistani flags and cheering for the same team , '' he said . `` That 's a moment I will never forget in my life , meeting so many Indians supporting us . '' India and Pakistan have been bitter foes since their creation in 1947 , fighting three wars over the disputed territory of Kashmir and routinely exchanging fire over the border . Bopanna and Qureshi hope they can ease these tense relations with their message of peace through sport . At Wimbledon this year , the team sported T-shirts and jackets with the message `` Stop War , Start Tennis . '' The pair has even proposed playing a match at the Wagah border crossing between India and Pakistan . `` And just looking at the bigger picture , I just feel if me , as a Pakistani , and him , as an Indian , can do so well on the court and be friends off the court , there 's no other reason why those Indians and Pakistanis ca n't be friends , '' Qureshi said in an interview with CNN . Friends say they also carry this spirit of peace and cooperation with them off the court . `` They understand each other , speak the same language , their games complement each other , '' said Fazal Syed , a former Davis Cup player . They have chemistry , key to winning doubles matches , Syed said . In the audience at Wednesday 's match was another unlikely pair : the United Nations ambassadors from India and Pakistan , cheering on the Indo-Pak Express -- together . This is the type of cooperation and progress that Bopanna and Qureshi hope to encourage . This chemistry has allowed Bopanna and Qureshi to upset several teams during the tournament . In round 3 of the U.S. Open , the pair beat No . 2-seeded Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia . Bopanna and Qureshi went on in the quarterfinals to beat 10th-seeded Wesley Moodie of South Africa and Dick Norman of Belgium . And on Wednesday , the pair beat unseeded Eduardo Schwank and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina . Bopanna hopes they can get their message to their home nations by playing well at the tournament . `` I think it 's really about practicing well and then working as a team together , and I think that 's the main key , just believing in each other , '' he said . The run to the finals in New York is sure to generate publicity at home . But the pair wo n't be talking politics . `` You ca n't mix politics , religion or culture with sports , '' Qureshi said . `` That 's the beauty about it . '' There 's only one thing that the two players do n't agree on , and it has little to do with cross-border differences . Bopanna likes spicy food ; Qureshi most certainly does n't .
Pakistanis Pakistani Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi , Rohan Bopanna are Syed . They 'll play in the men 's doubles finals at `` Stop War , Start Tennis on Friday afternoon . They want to ease tensions between their countries with message of peace through sport . The players say they hope their chemistry rubs off on others .