Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD:-Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) has named the 4 national junior tennis teams for the upcoming International Tennis Federation (ITF) international fixtures including Junior Davis Cup 2022. The Junior Davis Cup will be held in Malaysia from April 4 to 9 while rest of three juniors’ events will be taken place in Sri Lanka.
According to an official of PTF, all teams are consisted of one non-playing captain and three players, as the team have been selected on merit after conducting the trials at PTF Tennis Complex, Garden Avenue Islamabad. Players were invited for trials purely on merit according to their national and international ranking, as well as performance.
PTF will also conduct the trials to select the national team for Davis Cup Tennis Tie. Pakistan will face Lithuania on March 4 to 5, 2022 at the grass courts of Pakistan Sports Board (PSB), Islamabad. The trials will be held on the grass courts of Cosmopolitan Club, Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore, from 16th February 2022. The top 6 players as per the latest PTF Men's Singles ranking will take part in these trials. The players will get the place in squad after producing acceptable results during the trials competitions. Top national tennis lads Aisam ul Haq Qureshi and Aqeel Khan have been exempted from the trials.
Junior Davis Cup (Boys Under-16); Malaysia, April 4 to 9, 2022
Rashid Malik (Captain)
Mohammad Huzaifa Khan
Bilal Asim
Hamid Israr
Junior Billie Jean King Cup (Girls Under-16); Sri Lanka, February 21 to 26, 2022
Sara Mansoor(Captain)
Natalia Zaman
Sheeza Sajid
Amna Ali Qayum
World Junior Tennis (Boys Under-14); Sri Lanka, February 14 to 19, 2022
Mahboob Khan (Captain)
Ahtesham Humayun
Husnain Ali Rizwan
Hamza Roman
World Junior Tennis (Girls Under-14); Sri Lanka, February 14 to 19, 2022
Sara Mansoor(Captain)
Amna Ali Qayum
Zunaisha Noor
Soha Ali
Names of players for Davis Cup team trials:
1. Mohammad Shoaib
2. Muzammil Murtaza
3. Mohammad Abid
4. Yusuf Khalil
5. Mudasir Murtaza
6. Heera Ashiq
