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TENNIS - National 07 Feb, 2022

ITF Pakistan World Junior Tennis: Hamid Israr overcomes Eshref Kaan Kacar 2-1
ITF Pakistan World Junior Tennis: Hamid Israr overcomes Eshref Kaan Kacar 2-1

Abdul Jabbar Faisal

ISLAMABAD:-Local lad Hamid Israr overcame Eshref Kaan Kacar from Turkey 2-1 in a well-contested three sets match in the Boys’ Singles event of the ITF Pakistan AJ Towers World Junior Tennis Championship that started here at SDA-PTF Tennis Complex on Monday. The final score-line was 3-6, 6-3 and 7-6(3), as the match lasted three hours.

Turkish guy Esref Kaan Kacar won the 1st set 6-3 by displaying an excellent game of tennis. In the second set Hamid Israr bounced back and won the set at 6-3 and leveled the match 1-1 set all. In the final set, both the players held their own serve and the score went up to 6-6 all and the match was decided in a tie break. Hamid played some excellent cross courts and did not allow his opponent to settle down and took the lead 6-3 in the tie break and finally won the set and match at 3-6, 6-3 and 7-6(3).

In the Girls singles, Ensoo Lee (KOR) struggled hard to win her encounter against Valda Budkina (RUS). Valda won the first set at 6-1 but could not continue the winning streak and lost the second set 4-6. In the final set Ensoo (KOR) changed the pattern of game and comfortably won the final set at 6-2. The match lasted 2 hours.

Results: Boys Singles (Round-I):

Ghavam Amir Ali (Iran) got Bye

Asad Zaman (Pakistan) beat Yahya Luni (Great Britain) 6-0 (Retired Hurt)

Nikita Bortnichek (Russia) beat Shehyaar Anees (Pakistan) 6-2, 6-2

Dev Kanbargimath (Romania) beat Abdul Hanan (Pakistan) 7-5, 6-1

Mehmet Onur Turgut (Turkey) beat Mohammad Zaryab Khan (Pakistan) 6-0, 6-0

Aldiyar Abzhan (Kazakhstan) beat Ibrahim Ashraf (Pakistan) 6-0, 6-0

Ruslan Serazhetdinov (Russia) beat Huzamia Abdul Rehman (Pakistan) 6-4, 6-2

Ahmed Nael Qureshi (Pakistan) beat Mohammad Ali (Canada) 6-4, 6-1

Bilal Asim (Pakistan) beat Evaan Singh Luthra (IND) 6-0, 6-0

Ivan Iutkin (Russia) beat Haseesh Kumar (Pakistan) 6-2, 6-4

Israr Hamid Gul (Pakistan) beat Eshref Kaan Kacar (Turkey) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(3)

Semi Zeb Khan (Pakistan) beat Adilbek Myrzaguzhin (Kazakhstan) 7-6(4), 3-0 (Retired Hurt)

Nikita Safonov (Russia) got Bye

Arial Kayra Tuna (Turkey) beat Athesham Humayun (Pakistan) 6-2, 6-0

Meciej Zarebski (Poland) beat Ibrahim Sohail (Pakistan) 6-0, 6-1

Talavar Yunes (Iran) got Bye

Results: Girls Singles (Round-I):

A Sirbu (Romania) got Bye

Sa Rang Lim (South Korea) beat Geetangali Angati (India) 6-0, 6-1

Renata Garaeva (Russia) got Bye

Natalia Zaman (Pakistan) got Bye

Olga Sorochikina (Russia) got Bye

Seo Hyeon Park (South Korea) beat Sheeza Sajid (Pakistan) 6-1, 6-2

Aleksandra Bortnichek (Russia) beat Taira Abildayeva (Kazakhstan) 6-3, 6-3

Munisa Ashurbekova (Uzbekistan) got Bye

Avrora Volkova (Russia) got Bye

Amna Ali Qayum (Pakistan) got Bye

Eunsoo LEE (South Korea) Vlada Budkina (Russia) 1-6, 6-4, 6-2

Melisa Ugur (Turkey) got Bye

Tatyana Chsherbakova (Kazakhstan) got Bye

Amara Khan (Pakistan) got Bye

Artina Gashi (Great Britain) beat Yeon Joo Cha (South Korea) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3

Tamara Eermakova (Russia) got Bye

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