Three weeks later they were eliminated from the tournament by their long term rival Taylor Wilde and her partner Sarita when Wilde pinned Saeed.
(It certainly isn't love that has suddenly sprung up between the long-term rivals).
And concern over narcotics smuggling is deterring bilateral trade with India, an essential element to forging stronger ties between these long-term rivals.
But the total performance curves for bond funds have become inverted, with shorter-term bond funds outperforming their longer-term rivals, a highly unusual occurrence.
Whiley and Japan's Kamiji have formed a potent partnership in 2014, beating their long-term rivals Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot to win in Paris and at Wimbledon.
The replacement is his long-term rival and former ally, Nitish Kumar.
This avoided the intolerable situation for each country of seeing its long-term rival control Palestine.
He will also have competition from his long-term rival Hansen and Daniel Gyurta of Hungary.
However, Iran's supplies are destined for China - perceived as the US's main long-term rival.
After the 1989 Soviet withdrawal from that nation, Pakistan used militants as proxies against its long-term rival and vastly more powerful neighbor, India.
