Sports Bulletin Report
ISLAMABAD: Yejun Lee from Korea and Vlada Guryleva from Russia qualified for the women’s singles final of the ITF Pakistan PPL-Syed Dilawar Abbas World Junior Tennis Championships after winning their respective semifinals here at PTF-SDA Tennis Complex on Thursday.
Today was the day of upsets. A major upset was made when 4th Seed Vlada Guryleva of Russia beat top seed Zeynep Erbakan of Turkey in a thrilling three-set match 1-6, 6-2, 7-5. In the second semifinal, unseeded Yejun Lee of Korea won her encounter and beat 3rd seed Defne Erbakan of Turkey 6-1, 6-0 and qualified for the Girls singles final.
In the Boys Singles 1st semi-final; unseeded Yuan Lu of China qualified for the final when he defeated his opponent 2nd seed Cem Atlamis of Turkey who left the match due to a health issue. In the second semi-final, 6th Seed Kamonpanyakorn Thadpong of Thailand eliminated 3rd seed Bugra Ockoc of Turkey in a straight set 6-2.6-0.
Results:
Boys’ Singles (Semifinals):
Yuan Lu (CHN) beat Cem Atlamis (TUR) 3-0 (Retd)
Kamonpanyakorn Thadpong (THA) beat Bugra Ozkoc (TUR) 6-2, 6-0.
Girls’ Singles (Semifinals):
Yejun Lee (KOR) beat Defne Erbkan (TUR) 6-1, 6-0
Vlada Guryleva (RUS) beat Zeynep Erbakan (TUR) 1-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Boys’ Doubles (Quarterfinals):
Keagan Jonathan (MAS) / Jihwan Kim (KOR) beat Mahatir Mohammad Khan (PAK) / Nadir Mirza (PAK) 6-2, 6-3
Cem Atlamis (TUR) / Mikhail Khodorchenko (RUS) beat Teetawat Tavachphongsri (THA) / Kamonpanyakom Thadpong (THA) 4-6, 7-5, 10-4.
Girls’ Doubles (Quarterfinals):
Taira Abildayeva (KAZ) / Vlada Guryleva (RUS) w/o Polina Bershteyan (RUS) / Lilya Piskun (RUS)
Anastassiya Kim (KAZ) / Jinshu Xia (CHN) beat Defne Erbakan (TUR) / Zeynep Erbakan (TUR) 2-6, 7-6 (5) 10-7
Matches Schedule (Friday 17th February 2023)
The Boys Singles Final will be played at 10:30 AM
Girls Doubles Final will be played at 2:00 PM
