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Local players make exit from ITF junior event

Our Correspondent
Wednesday, Nov 17, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Local players made exit from the ITF Pakistan ITA-Midcourt International Junior Tennis Championships as the last survivor Hamid Israr made exit from the boys’ singles at the PTF Complex courts.

French boy Teano Balducci (FRA) beat Hamid Israr (PAK) 7-6(7), 6-0 to make it to the third round. In day’s other singles match Mujtaba Ali Khan (USA) upset second seed Yunes Talavar (IRI) 6-1, 6-0 to progress to the third round.

Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) President Salim Saifullah Khan and Tariq Mahmood Murtaza President Islamabad Tennis Association (ITA) and Chairman Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) also visited the PTF complex, interacted with the players and had a photo session with participants.

Tariq Murtaza inspected the arrangements and thanked the PTF management for providing all possible assistance and support to ITA for the conduct of the event.

Result: Boys’ singles second round: Nikita Safonov (RUS) bt Raza Ghaus (PAK) 6-4, 6-4; Amir Asylkozhaev (RUS) bt Kohshi Ishibashi (JPN) 6-3, 6-0; Abhishek Thorat (USA) bt Aki Zuben Rawat (NEP) 6-0, 6-0; Aryan Giri (NEP) bt Bilal Asim 6-3, 7-5; Aarav Samrat Hada (NEP) bt Abdul Hanan 6-0, 6-1; Dmitry Bessonov (RUS) bt Ahmet Ataby 6-4, 6-2; Teano Balducci (FRA) bt Hamid Israr (PAK) 7-6(7), 6-0; Mujtaba Ali Khan (USA) bt Yunes Talawar(IRI) 6-1, 6-0.

Girls’ singles second round: Sharvani Shrestha (NEP) bt Amara Khan (PAK) 6-0, 6-1; Taylor Goetz (USA) bt Amna Ali Qayum (PAK) 6-0, 6-1; Abhilasha Bista (NEP) bt Zainab Ali Raja 6-1, 6-0; Sai Harshitaa Adivi (IND) bt Fatima Ali Raja (PAK) 6-1, 6-1; Ekaterina Suvorova (RUS) bt Soha Ali (PAK) 6-0, 6-0; Olga Sorochkina (RUS) bt Zara Khan (PAK) 6-0, 6-1; Natalia Zaman (PAK) bt Sheeza Sajid(PAK) 2-6, 7-6(3), 6-4;Daria Stefania Malaescu (ROU) bt Zahra Suleman(PAK) 6-2, 6-0.