Sports Bulletin Report
LAHORE:-Asad Zaman and Bilal Asim excelled on the opening day of the 3rd Tennis Lovers Junior National Tennis Championship 2022 by winning their respective matches in the Under-18 and Under-16 categories here at the Punjab Tennis Academy, Bagh-e-Jinnah on Tuesday.
Secretary Punjab Lawn Tennis Association (PLTA) Rashid Malik inaugurated the event in a colorful opening ceremony, which was also attended by players, their families and tennis lovers. Malik said that the purpose of conducting national junior tournaments was to promote the beautiful game at grassroots level and provide maximum opportunities to youngsters and kids to exhibit their skills at high level.
“I am grateful to all the sponsors who come forward to help the PLTA in conducting a record number of tournaments every year, and this year too, we have plans to organize a record number of tennis tournaments and break the previous years’ record. For this, we need more such generous sponsors, who may come forward to help in promoting tennis especially at junior level, as junior players are our future tennis stars,” he added.
Results:
Boys Under-18 1st Round
Hamid israr beat Omer Shafique 6-0,6-0
Hamza Jawad beat Hanzala Anwar 6-1,6-2
Ali Jawad beat Husnain Ali 6-4,6-4
Zaeem Ghafoor beat Inam Qadir 6-1,6-2
Bilal Asim beat Arman Kamran 6-3,6-3
Asad Zaman beat Abdul Hanan Khan 6-4,6-2
Boys Under-16 1st Round:
Asad Zaman beat Shehreyar Anees 3-6,6-1,7-5
Ahtesham Humayun beat Zain Saeed 6-0,6-0
Bilal Asim beat Inam Qadir 6-0,6-0
Hamza Roman beat M.Sohaan Noor 6-1,6-2
Boys Under-14 1st Round:
Abdullah Sajjad Wahla beat Essa Fahad 4-2,5-4(5)
