ABDUL JABBAR FAISAL
ISLAMABAD (December 1, 2020):- Mohammad Shoaib, Zalan Khan, Siddhartha Lama, Ruslan Serazhetdinov, Rohan Belday, Roy Keegan, Aki Zuben Rawat, and Alexander Karman moved into the quarterfinals by winning their respective matches of the second round of Boys Singles Event of the 2nd Leg of ITF Junior Tennis Tournament at PTF Tennis Complex Islamabad on Tuesday.
Zalan Khan, an upcoming player from Islamabad, caused a major upset in the tournament when he eliminated 3rd seeded player Aryan Giri of Nepal in a well contested two set match. Zalan won the first set at 6-4 by breaking 9th game of Aryan Giri. The second set was marked with beautiful passing shots, lobs and execution of superb volleys as the score went up to 6 all, as both the players held their respective serves and the set was decided in a hard-fought tie-break 10-8.
Top seed Mohammad Shoaib was in excellent touch and eliminated Raja Azan Ahmed Sajid without any resistance with the score of 6-2, 6-0. Alexandar Karman of the USA caused another major upset of the tournament, when he eliminated 2nd seed Ahmed Kamil of Pakistan in straight set at the score of 6-1, 6-3.
Results:
Boys Singles (Round-II):
Ruslan Serazhetdinov (RUS) beat Hamid Israr Gul (PAK) 6-4, 6-2
Zalan Khan (PAK) beat Aryan Giri (NEP) 6-4, 7-6(8)
Siddhartha Lama (USA) beat Aoi Ooka (JPN) 6-3, 6-2
Mohammad Shoaib (PAK) beat Raja Azan Ahmed Sajid (PAK) 6-2, 6-0
Rohan Belday (USA) beat Mohammad Huzaifa Khan (PAK) 6-0, 6-2
Roy Keegan (GBR) beat Aarav Samrat Hada (NEP) 6-0, 6-1
Aki Zuben Rawat (NEP) beat Mohammad Haider Ali Rizwan (PAK) 6-2,6-1
Alexander Karman (USA) beat Ahmed Kamil (PAK) 6-1, 6-3
Boys Doubles (Round-I):
Aryan Giri (NEP) / Siddhartha Lama (USA) beat Muhammad Hamza AASIM (PAK) / Yahya Luni (PAK) 6-1, 6-1
Mahatir Mohammad Khan (PAK) / Hasheesh Kumar (PAK) beat Raja Azan Ahmed Sajid (PAK) / Ryaan Khawaja Saud (USA) 6-0, 6-1
Rohan Belday (USA) / Alexander Karman (USA) beat Ahmad Nael Qureshi (PAK) / Huzaima Abdul Rehman (PAK) 6-0, 6-0
Abdullah (PAK) / Aoi Ooka (JPN) beat Nalain Abbas (PAK) / Saim Choudhry (PAK) 6-1, 6-3
Zalan Khan (PAK) / Ruslan Serazhetdinov (RUS) beat Bilal Asim (PAK) / Abdul Hanan (PAK) 6-2, 6-3
Aarav Samrat Hada (NEP) / Zuben Rawat (NEP) beat Sami Zeb Khan (PAK) / Subhan Bin Salik (PAK) 6-2, 6-2
Hamid Israr Gul (PAK) / Roy Keegan (GBR) beat Mohammad Huzaifa Khan (PAK) / Mohammad Talha Khan (PAK) 6-0, 6-1
Girls Singles (Quarter-Finals):
Margarita Okhendovskaya (Ukraine) beat Labika Durab (PAK) 6-0, 6-0
Arina Valitova (RUS) beat Zahara Suleman (PAK) 6-0, 6-0
Zoha Asim (PAK) beat Saher Aleem (PAK) 6-2, 6-0
Abhilasha Bista (NEP) beat Maleeha Khalid (PAK) 6-1, 6-0
Girls Doubles Quarter-Final Matches:
Sajid Sheeza (PAK) / Ekaterina Suvorova (RUS) beat Labika Durab (PAK) / Mahrukh Farooqui (PAK) 6-3-, 6-3
Maleeha Khalid (PAK) / Zahara Suleman (PAK) beat Zara Khan (PAK) / Fatima Ali Raja (PAK) 7-5, 6-4.
