Tennis
ITC Twin City Tennis Tournament: Usman overcomes Main Amir 8-5
Abdullah Asjad
ISLAMABAD:-As many as 28 matches were played on Saturday of the ITC Twin City Tennis Tournament, as Usman Ijaz defeated Mian Amir from Lahore 8-5 in thrilling match at Islamabad Tennis Complex G-6 Islamabad.
Results:
Open Category (Men / Women Mix):
Round-1:
Amin Khan Bt Afaan 8-6; Rizwan Khan Bt Ahmed Murad 8-5; Asim Hamza Bt Talha Saqib 8-2; Muslim Farooq Bt Huzaima 8-0; Ilyas Sarfaraz Bt Sheyar Amjid 8-6;
Round-2:
Abdullah Bt Himayun 8-3; Abdullah Mohammad Bt Waleed Faisal 8-5; Ilyas Sarfaraz Bt Muslim Farooqi 8-0; Asim Hamza Bt Jamal Bakht 8-2; Rizwan Khan Bt Abdullah Khan 8-0; Jabir Ali Bt Ghulam Murtaza 8-4; Usman Ijaz Bt Ali Zain 8-1; Abdullah Mohammad Bt Taha Mehmood 8-3; Ahmed Asid Bt Amin Khan 8-2;
Quarterfinal:
Mian Bilal Bt Usman Ijaz 8-5; Jabir Ali Bt Sarfaraz 8-4; Hamza Asim Bt Abdullah 8-0; Ahmed Asjad Bt Abdullah Mohammad 8-3;
Under 12 Quarterfinal:
Orhan Sohail Bt Fahd Eessa 6-0; Hamza Ahmed Bt Razik Sultan 6-0; Ozair Maqsood Bt Hamza 6-0; Abdul Wasay Bt Zunaisha Noor 6-0;
Under 10 Quarterfinal Matches:-
Amir Masood Bt Haider Ahmed 6-0; Arshmaan Bt Baber Fatima 6-2; Ayesha Masood Bt Qasim ul Khair 6-2; Behrooz Bt Vishaal 6-0;
Semifinal Rounds:
Amir Masood Bt Arshmaan 6-2; Ayesha Masood Bt Qasim ul Khair 6-3
Under 16:
Quarterfinal Round Matches:
Asim Hamza Bt Saqib Ibrahim 6-3; Ali Zain Bt Abdullah Khan 6-0; Hamza Hussain Bt Asim Haziq 6-4; Abdullah Mohammad Bt Mohammad Yahya 6-2;
Under 14 (Boys/Girls)
Quarterfinal Matches
Hamza Hussain Bt Sameer Maqsood 6-0; Fahad Bt Subhan Aslam 6-0; Ali Zain Bt Amaar Masood 6-1; Haziq Asim Bt Zunaisha Noor 6-0.
ITC Twin City Tennis Tournament starts
Sports Bulletin
ISLAMABAD:-ITC Twin City Tennis Tournament started here at Islamabad Tennis Complex (ITC) G-6 Islamabad, as 30 matches were scheduled on the opening day of the event. Players from different clubs of Rawalpindi and Islamabad are participating in the tournament. More than 70 entries were received.
Results:
Open Category (Men / Women Mix) First round matches:
Sehar Aleem Bt Mariam Ubaid 8-1; Main Bilal Bt FahaamAtir 8-2; Ali Zain Bt Saleem Abbassi 8-3; Haseeb Inayat Bt Abdul Wahid 8-0; Jabir Ali Bt Saeed Hamza 8-0; Ahmed Asjab Bt Rizwan Ahmed 8-3; Abdullah Khan Bt Himayun 8-0; Mohammad Taha Bt Adnan Khan 8-6;
Under 12 First Round Matches:
Hamza Ahmed Bt Mohammad Raja Taha 6-2; Ozair Maqsood Bt Amir Masood 6-2; Abdul Wasay Bt Fatima Baber 6-2; Hamza Ahmed Bt Ayesha Masood 6-2; Orhan Sohail Bt Zahra Khan 6-0
Under 10 First Round Matches:-
Zahra Khan Bt Fatima Baber 6-0; Haider Ahmed Bt Ibrahim Baber 6-0; Ayesha Masood Bt Hahim Hassan 6-0;
Under 16 First Round Matches:
Abdullah Khan Bt Zahid Bin Ayan 8-0
Millat Tractors National Juniors Tennis Championship 2022
Sports Bulletin
LAHORE:-The Millat Tractors National Juniors Tennis Championship will be taken place from January 28 to February 2, 2022 at Punjab Tennis Academy, Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore.
According to Secretary, Punjab Lawn Tennis Association (PLTA) Rasheed Malik, the top national junior players from across all Pakistan will be in action to win the prizes, trophies, Certificates and medals in the different age categories disciplines.
Boys’ Under-18, Boys U – 18 Doubles, Girls U – 18, Boys U – 16, Boys U – 14, Boys U – 14 Doubles, Boys U – 12, Girls U – 12, Boys / Girls U-12 Doubles and Boys / Girls U-10 events will be part of the national juniors tennis fixture.
The opening ceremony of the tournament will be held on 28th January at 4:00 pm, as the Rashid Malik (tamgh e Imtiaz ) will inaugurate the championship. All final matches of the championship will be played on February 2, 2022 at Punjab Tennis Academy bagh e Jinnah Lahore.
Aqeel Khan wins the title of Shaheed Inspector Imran Abbas Tennis Tournament
Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD:-Pakistan number one tennis player, Aqeel Khan has won the title of the Inspector Mian Imran Abbas Shaheed Tennis Tournament after outplaying Danish Ahmed in straight sets 2-0 in the final that held at Shalimar Club Rawalpindi. The final score-line was 6-1 and 6-2.
Earlier, in the third position play-off fixture, Hassan Ishaaq defeated Altaf Hussain 2-0 quite easily with the score-line of 6-1 and 6-1.
Major General Rehan Abdul Baqi graced the closing ceremony as chief guest and gave away the prizes to the players. On this occasion, army man appreciated the efforts of Inam- ul-Haq for naming the tennis tournaments Shohadas, as the each month two tournaments are being organized to tribute the Shohada, who sacrificed their lives for the country. He also appreciated the efforts of Punjab Lawn Tennis Association (PLTA) for sponsoring the Shodaha's tournament and he assured organizers that he would sponsor the shodaha's tournament in future.
Director tournament thanked chief guest for sparing time for prize distribution from his busy schedule. Inam-ul-Haq also thanked Iftakhar Ahmad Rao chairman PLTA and Rasheed Malik sectary general PLTA for sponsoring tournament.
Inam announced on this occasion that the prestigious Quaid-e-Azam Tennis Tournament would be staged next week at the same venue. The widow of inspector Mian Imran Abbas shaheed was present at the ceremony. Major Gernel Rehan Abdul Baqi presented the shield on behalf PLTA to the widow. Aqeel Khan presented the shield to the chief guest on the behalf of PLTA.
Reza Mirza Tennis Academy Tennis League from January 29
Sports Bulletin
KARACHI:-Karachi Tennis Association (KTA) will organize 2nd Reza Mirza Tennis Academy (RMTA) Tennis League 2022 from Saturday (January 29) at RMTA Tennis Court, Civil Line near Frere Hall Karachi.
According to an official, Reza Mirza Tennis Academy will sponsor this two month long Round Robin League (RRL) tennis fixture. Men's Singles and Boys Under-15 Singles events will be the part RRL. Matches shall be played only on Saturday.
Names of Men's singles invited players:
Farhan Altaf, Omer Shahid, Ibrahim Iltifat, Nadir Mirza, Noor e Mustafa, Aqeel Shabbir, Eibad Sarwar and Mohammad Ali.
Names of Under-15 invited players:
Ahsan Ahmed, Nael Mirza, Dhuraf Das, and Abdullah Razaq, Soyam Kumar
Three players shall be selected through trials.
Islamabad Tennis Association nominates Tariq Mehmood Murtaza as its Chairman
Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD:-Islamabad Tennis Association (ITA) has nominated Tariq Mehmood Murtaza its chairman in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) that met here on Sunday, as president preside over the meeting at Tennis Lounge of Islamabad Club. Also attended by members of its affiliated unites including Margalla Club, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL), Pakistan Television (PTV), Islamabad Club Tennis (ICT), Islamabad Tennis Academy (ITC) and Gun Club.
On this occasion, Tariq Murtaza appreciated the role of affiliated units for their valuable contribution for the promotion of tennis in the country. He particularly appreciated ICT, ITC and Pakistan Air Force (PAF) for organizing national tournaments, camps, league and local tournament. It is also a great honor for Islamabad Tennis Association to organize international tournaments in Pakistan. ITA will start its tournament session with ITF world Juniors Tennis Tournament from February at PTF Tennis complex.
ITA also offered Fateh for late Senator Syed Dilawar Abbas, who was the founder of Islamabad Tennis Association. Activities report for the three years also discussed in the meeting. Future plans were discussed in details and each affiliated units assured to play their role for the promotion of tennis in the Islamabad region. Tariq Mehmood Murtaza also nominated as Chairman of Islamabad Tennis Association through special resolution unanimously approved by the council members. ITA president also appreciated the services of Arif Qureshi for organizing the tournaments in professional manners on behalf of ITA.
Names of Management Committee:
Chairman Tariq Murtaza
President Tariq Murtaza
Sr. Vice Presidents Hassan Baig
Naveed Ahmed
Majid Bashir
Vice Presidents: Mushaf Zia, Fazal-e-Subhan, Nouman Ahmed, Yasir Javed, Khalil Ahmed Chughtai, Tufail Cheema
Secretary: Mohammad Arif Qureshi
Joint Secretaries: Kamran Khalil and Ali Murtaza
Treasurer: Ahsan Zaidi
Women’s Wing:
Nighat Saeed (Head), Zahra Ahmed Zaka, Tasha Yasir, Mehwish Chishti.
Australian Open: Aisam and his partner reach in quarterfinal in Mix Doubles
Sports Bulletin
ISLAMABAD:-Pakistan tennis start Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi pairing with Ninomiya from Japan have jumped into the quarterfinal of Mix Doubles of the Australian Open after defeating L. Kichinek from Ukraine Andre Golubev from Kazakhstan in straight sets 2-0 at Melbourne Australia on Sunday morning. The final score-line was 6-3 and 6-4.
Pakistan Tennis Federation names the four junior teams for international fixtures
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
Australian Open: Aisam and Alexander claim an upset victory
Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD:-Pakistan’s tennis star, Aisam ul Qureshi and his partner Alexander Nedovyesov from Kazakhstan claimed an upset victory after overcoming 7th seed pair Nicholas Mahut, former World No.1 and French lad Fabrice Martin 2-1 in a three sets contest in the Doubles Event of Australian Open on Thursday at Melbourne Park Australia. The final score-line was7-6, 5-7 and 6-2, as the match lasted 2 hours 27 minutes.
According to available information from Melbourne, the first set went neck-to-neck to tie break without any side succeeding to break the serve of each other. Aisam and his partner convincingly grabbed the set at 7-6. In the second set Pak/Kazakh duo broke their opponents at 2-2 and were unable to close the match when serving at 5-4 as French pair came back strongly and the French went on to win the set 7-5.
In the third set, however Aisam-ul-Haq and Alexander displayed top quality tennis by showing excellent combination and understanding to the next level and broke first the serve of Fabrice and then of Mahut consecutively and then finished the set and the match with 6-2 score in the third.
Subh-e-Nau National Ranking Ladies Tennis Tournament starts from January 30, 2022
Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD:-The Subh-e-Nau National Ranking Ladies Tennis Tournament, pursing Rs. 200 thousands prize money, will start from January 30 instead of January 23 at SDA-PTF Tennis Complex, Garden Avenue Islamabad.
Chairperson of Subh-e-Nau, Shahida Kausar Farooq, who is also director tournament, told this reporter that tournament was scheduled to start from January 23 but due to weather reports regarding, as heavy rain forecasted in the twin cities Rawalpindi and Islamabad in these days, now, the matches will start from January 30 at same venue.
“The final will be played on February 3, 2022, as top national female players will take part in the annual tennis fixture of Subh-e-Nau. The tournament will be organized by Subh-e-Nau in the collaboration with Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF). Ladies’ Singles, Ladies’ Doubles and Under-14 Singles categories competitions will be held during the 5-day national tennis tournament, “she added.
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