Sports Bulletin Report LAHORE:-1992 World Cup winner and former captain Wasim Akram, who took a total of 916 wickets and scored 6,615 runs in an international career from 1984 to 2003, was formally inducted into the PCB Hall of Fame on Sunday. Sir Vivian Richards, one of the all-time greats and an ICC Cricket Hall of Famer, formally inducted Wasim Akram into the exclusive list by presenting him a commemorative cap and plaque before the start of 28th match in the HBL Pakistan Super League between Karachi Kings and Quetta Gladiators. Wasim Akram is one of the eight Pakistan stalwarts who are members of the PCB Hall of Fame. Others are Abdul Qadir, Fazal Mahmood, Hanif Mohammad, Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Waqar Younis and Zaheer Abbas, who will be formally inducted into the prestigious group in the coming days. Wasim Akram: “I feel privileged to have received this great honour from Sir Vivian Richards, one of the most iconic figures in cricket, and at a venue that remained my home ground during my playing career. I also want to compliment the Pakistan Cricket Board for launching this initiative to recognise and acknowledge the contributions of former cricketers. “It has been an honour to represent Pakistan over 18 years during which I played in 460 international matches. Every wicket and every run I scored in these matches was priceless. I can’t thank God Almighty enough for providing me the opportunity to serve this great country at the highest level. “I want to thank all my fans who have been my greatest strengths. Their support has been invaluable. I also want to thank my family and friends who stood beside me during this incredible journey.” Sir Vivian Richards: “I feel delighted to have been awarded the opportunity to formally induct Wasim Akram into the PCB Hall of Fame. My first encounter with Wasim Akram was in 1985 in Australia and in the twilight of my career, I was happy I would not be facing him much. I clearly remember telling my junior partner that he will cause a lot of problems for his generation of cricketers and Wasim proved me right. “Wasim has been an outstanding cricketer and a great ambassador for our sport.”

After a long wait, the World Cup is finally here. We as a team have been preparing for the last five years, since the 2017 World Cup in England where we fell short in the semi-finals. In our preparation, we have tried many combinations to find the right fit for this World Cup. After many successful and unsuccessful games and series, we are confident that whoever walks out onto the park on the day can do the job for us. We have a strong squad with a combination of experienced players and a couple of players who will be making their World Cup debut. This is very exciting for us as a team. We are coming off an extremely good year, and I know that the teams’ confidence is high. Around the same time in 2020, we played a series against New Zealand on some of the same grounds we will be playing in this tournament and were very successful. I am hoping that the preparation we had on that tour and the knowledge we gained will play a huge role in this tournament. We have also just played the West Indies at home, where we played a couple of games under lights. I think we’re also one of the few teams who has played the most super overs in ODI’s. We couldn’t have asked for better preparation. The most important part for us is to not focus too much on our opposition. Every match will be played like a final, therefore it is imperative that we only focus on what we do best and what we can control. In our previous series, this is what worked best for us. We tried to do the basics as best as we could, and the result took care of itself. It is so easy to get caught up in the hype and excitement of a World Cup, but it is going to be important for us to stay in our little bubble and be focused on our goal. In the past, we have always been seen as the underdogs, but I think we have shown in the past few years that we are a team to be reckoned with. We have shown consistent performances in difficult countries like India and the West Indies. We as a team also had a great T20 World Cup two years ago In Australia and turned some heads. I hope that we do the same this year, and hopefully reach that final that we’ve been missing out on, on three different occasions.

Abdul Jabbar Faisal ISLAMABAD:-Pakistan’s tennis star Aisam Qureshi pairing with Alexander Nedovyesov stormed into the final of ATP World Tennis Championship after thrashing their opponents 2-1 in the Doubles’ Fixture at the Delrey Beach United States of America (USA). According to available information from abroad, they outplayed an all American pair of Alex Lawson and Robert Galloway in a three sets thriller with the score-line of 6-3,6-7 and 10-4. At one stage, Aisam and his partner were leading at 6-3 and 5-4 and serving the match point at 40-40 when Alexander missed a volley and were broken back. The American pair took full advantage of this good luck and went on to clinch the second set in a tie break however in super tie break Aisam and partner totally dominated the court and won it 10-4. Aisam Qureshi and Alexander Nedovyesov will meet Dutch/El Salvador duo of Rojer Julien and Marcelo Arevalo in the final.

Sports Bulletin Report POTCHESTFSTROOM:-Four second half goals by four different scorers propelled the Germany men 4-2 over France in Potchestfstroom, South Africa. France scored two late goals to get within one but in pulling their goalkeeper conceded a late goal in what was their seventh game in 12 days. Goal scorer and Germany forward Thies Prinz was named Player of the Match. Over at the Cenard, the Leones buried England 2-0 thanks to a Matias Rey goal in the fifth minute of play. Federico Monja’s deflection on a Maico Casella corner sealed the second goal of the game and Monja was honoured as Player of the Match. England had their chances both in free play and on several penalty corners but Sam Ward couldn’t beat Tomas Santiago, in goal for Argentina. The final game of the day Argentina’s Leonas were in fine form, dousing England 5-2. Two goals from penalty corner ace Agustina Gorzelany and two from Julieta Jankunas impressed the home fans. Despite the loss England’s Anna Toman was honoured for her 100th international while captain Hollie Pearne-Webb reached her 200th milestone. To see the current women’s FIH Pro League Standings, click here. France v Germany (men) – Potchestfstroom, University of North West (RSA) Four goals in the second half propelled Germany 4-2 over France in the teams’ second FIH Pro League meeting in Potchestfstroom, South Africa. Despite the score line France did well to climb back from a 3-0 deficit and get within one before pulling their goalkeeper in the final minute of play. Four different goal scorers tallied for Germany — Justus Weigand, Hannes Muller, Thies Prinz, also named Player of the Match, and Moritz Trompertz. Timothée Clément and Eliot Curty scored brilliant goals for the French, who have now battled their way through a gruelling seven games in 12 days. A scoreless opening half was a fair result for the two sides that traded flurries of attack. Penalty corner ace Victor Charlet had just one chance in the game but his flick was saved by German goalkeeper Alexander Stadler. Germany had their chance on the set piece but a sloppy trap resulted in a scramble and the eventual Constantin Staib shot was saved by Arthur Thieffry. Before half time Christopher Rühr and Mats Grambusch both had open blasts at goal but Thieffry was again there to deny both while gutsy diving by the French defenders cleared the ball from the circle.  Two goals, five minutes a part, in the third quarter silenced any consistent French possession. First, a beautiful tic-tac-toe play from Wellen to Staib drew Thieffry off this line and a slip to Weigland broke the deadlock. France started to tire as Germany moved the ball in the clinical style they are so well known for. An errant outlet pass resulted in a France turnover in midfield. Weigand was the beneficiary of the counterattack and his bouncing pass into the circle was well finished by Muller for a 2-0 Germany lead. France had a stellar chance to get on the board near the end of the third quarter as Gaspard Baumgarten beat two German defenders and fed the ball to Blaise Rogeau. From the stroke mark Rogeau’s blast was saved by Stadler. Germany continued to advance as Clément was dispossessed in midfield and that sprung a give-and-go play for Rühr to set up Prinz for a third Germany goal. Clément was not shaken and redeemed himself less than a minute later as he brilliantly finished a Victor Charlet pass into the circle to get France within two. Then, Rogeau’s touch on a Benjamie Marque pass into the circle popped the ball through to speedster Curty who finished with a sneaky flick to bring France within one, down 3-2. France head coach Frederic Soyez pulled Thieffry looking to push for the tie but Germany were quick to capitalize and Trompertz paced a back-hand shot into the empty net to secure the 4-2 victory and bring Germany’s total to nine points won in South Africa. Germany’s Mats Grambusch spoke to his team’s the slow start but resulting win: ‘Similar thing to (last game), we didn’t start as good as we wanted to. Every time we control the match and play structured we are a lot better than France but they defended well and they had some counter attacks and we lost the ball in midfield a lot. That’s why (France) kept believing and staying in the game.” Argentina v England (men & women) – Cenard, Buenos Aires (ARG) An early goal for Los Leones turned in to the eventual game winner in the 2-0 Argentina win over England. A quick free hit and some confusion amongst the England defence line allowed Nicolas Keenan’s touch to find Matias Rey. Rey cut across the top of the circle and quickly turned to blast the ball towards goal. An unfortunate touch from defender Liam Sanford beat England keeper James Mazarelo for the 1-0 Argentina lead. Both teams had their chance on penalty corners. Argentina’s Jose Tolini was denied by a fantastic out-stretched boot save from Mazarelo. England’s Sam Ward had a flick denied and the rebound shot from David Condon was also denied by keeper Tomas Santiago. In the 35th minute, Argentina’s Agustin Bugallo was awarded a yellow card after a physical challenge on Ward and England was able to capitalize with a series of pressuring attacks.  Ward had a chance to draw level for England but his low penalty corner flick was steered away on the line by the Argentine post player. Liam Sanford was critical running down two Argentina penalty corners in the third quarter. The second of which Sanford sprung a counterattack when the ball was miss trapped. David Goodfield did well to secure the circle entry but England couldn’t muster a shot. On a third penalty corner Argentina again miss trapped the ball but the composed Maico Casella managed to still get a low pass towards goal. Federico Monja’s reverse stick redirected the ball up and into the mesh for a 2-0 Argentina lead. Timothy Nurse was brought down just outside the Argentine circle to allow England another penalty corner chance with 10 minutes to go in the game. Ward’s flick went wide left of Santiago’s goal and the frustration showed. England continued to pressure as Sanford had another chance for Argentina near the end of the quarter but his back-hand shot went wide of the near post. Another England penalty corner chance late in the game was cleared by Santiago and that was how the story went. Argentina’s early goals were enough to secure the win and another three points in their Pro League tour. Player of the Match Frederico Monja said: ‘I think it was a very difficult game – very tough. We had to work really hard every quarter. It was a very physical team so it was very good result. For some moments of the game we lost the ball very quickly and our finish perhaps needs to be better in the end.’ In the women’s game two goals from each of Agustina Gorzelany and Julieta Jankunas powered Argentina 5-2 over England. Captain Hollie Pearne-Webb, playing in her 200th match, buried a penalty corner goal of her own to leave England trailing 2-1 at half time. A late effort from Elena Rayer again got England within one in the third quarter, trailing 3-1, but the Leonas went to work and put away two more in the fourth for a dominating performance. Gorzelany wasted no time putting the Leonas on the board with a dragflick into the bottom corner just five minutes into the game. The creativity and speed of the Leonas, playing in front of packed stands at the Cenard, made lots of work for the visiting English side and in the 13th minute Jankunas doubled the Argentina lead. Jankunas thought she found her second just before first-quarter time expired, but the back-hand rip was saved by keeper Sabbie Heesh. Argentina continued to dazzle in the second quarter as Eugenia Trinchinetti’s deflection rang the post in the 22nd minute but England got to work in the other end moments later. On their third penalty corner attempt Pearne-Webb buried a shot to get England within one. England started to show some confidence in their attacking build up and just before half time Fiona Crackles charged up the right side and found Alexandra Malzer dangerously available in the circle. Belen Succi was up to the task to deny England agin. The Leonas continued to control the tempo and Delinfa Thome made it 3-1 in the third quarter. England rallied to find a response. Elena Rayer capitalized off a Barbara Dichiara mishap and unleashed a lethal back-hand shot to put England again within one, trailing 3-2. In the final quarter Gorzelany scored her fifth drag flick of the series to double Argentina’s lead. Some strong pressure from Holly Hunt and Hannah Martin looked promising for another England goal but the Leonas went unphased and Jankunas was there for another insurance marker in the final minutes of the game. Result: (Men’s Match 21): Germany beat France 4-2 Player of the Match: Thies Prinz (GER) Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA), Annelize Rostron (RSA), Wanri Venter (RSA-video) Cenard, Buenos Aires (ARG) Result: (Women’s Match 11): Argentina beat England 5-2 Player of the Match: Maria Jose Granatto (ARG) Umpires: Catalina Montesino (CHI), Irene Presenqui (ARG), Diego Barbas (ARG-video) Result: (Men’s Match 20): Argentina beat England 2-0 Player of the Match: Frederico Monja (ARG) Umpires: German Montes de Oca (ARG), Diego Barbas (ARG), Irene Presenqui (ARG-video)

Sports Bulletin Report ISLAMABAD:-Pakistani teenagers claimed third position in the ITF Under-14 World Juniors Team Event Competitions after beating hosts Sri Lanka 3-0 at Colombo, Sri Lanka on Saturday. Pakistan girls finished 5th Position in the event  Results: Hamza Roman beat Ganuka Fernando 6-0, 6-3 Mohammad Hussnain Ali Rizwan beat Lithum Jayabandu 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 Ahtesham Humayun/Hamza Roman beat Ganuka Fernando/Lithum Jayabandu 7-6, 6-2.

Sports Bulletin Report ISLAMABAD:-Unbeaten half-centuries by Kashyap Prajapati and skipper Zeeshan Maqsood powered hosts Oman to a nine-wicket win over Canada in the Group A match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier A, supported by Dream 11, at the Oman Academy ground in Al Amerat on Saturday. In the second game of the morning session, Nepal strolled to a 136-run win over Philippines to top the group with four points after their back-to-back victories. Canada and Oman have two points each now. Oman’s win helped them bounce back to keep their hopes alive for a spot in the semi-finals. The top-two teams in each group will advance to the knockout round. Chasing a target of 156 to win, hosts lost opening batter Jatinder Singh in the fifth over with the total at 30. Maqsood joined Prajapati in the middle and the pair exhibited some fine strokes all around the park. The duo took the attack to the bowlers to share a 129-run unbroken partnership to secure a comfortable win with 12 balls to spare. Prajapati was unbeaten for 74 off 56 balls. His knock was studded with five boundaries and four sixes. Maqsood displayed more attacking intent to race to his 76 off just 44 balls, with six boundaries and five maximums. Jatinderpal Matharu’s second over cost him 19 runs as Maqsood hammered three fours and a six. Along with Prajapati, the skipper continued the attack as they smashed the bowling attack for a total of 47 runs in just three overs to wrap up the win. Rayyan Pathan and Matharu went for plenty in their spell as they gave away 24 and 23 runs respectively in their two-over spells. Earlier, Ravinderpal Singh anchored Canada’s innings with a partnership with Saad Zafar to guide the team to 83 before Maqsood broke the stand. Canadian opening pair Rayyan Pathan and Matthew Spoors – got off to a bright start. Pathan was in fine form as he found the early boundaries in the Power play but was run out in the fifth over for 26 that included four boundaries. Matthew Spoors, who made century on his T20I debut on Friday, followed his partner in the pavilion soon as Kaleemullah came up with a splendid wicket-maiden sixth over. Canadian skipper Navneet Dhaliwal departed in the next over to leave the side at 43-3. Singh and Zafar revived the innings with a 42-run stand. Oman bowlers restricted their opponents to a 62-3 at the halfway mark. Hamza Tariq and Singh gradually accelerated the run-rate as they took 12 off Syed Aamir Kaleem’s 14th over. Singh finally fell in the 17th over caught brilliantly by Prajapati off Bilal Khan. Dilllon Heylinger struck some hits in the death overs, blasting a six and two successive boundaries in the 18th over to stay unbeaten on 21 off ten balls. Tariq ended Canada’s innings with a six to help the team’s total of 155 for six. Navneet Dhaliwal, Captain Canada said, “Catches win matches is an age-old saying. We dropped some big catches, of their opener [Kashyap Prajapati]. If we had taken those chances, the match could have gone differently. We only have ourselves to blame. I think Oman bowled really well, so credit goes to them. But we were quite happy with the total we put up.” Ahead of their must-win match against Nepal on Monday, Dhaliwal said: “We know it is a big game. The good thing is we are not out of the tournament yet so we will try our best.” Zeeshan Maqsood, Captain Oman said: “We really needed this win, and it was great to achieve it. After Jatinder got out, coach [Duleep Mendis] supported my decision to come out at one down. “The way KP (Kashyap) played was crucial. We were getting runs on both the ends so that put pressure on Canada. I was also happy that we could restrict Canada to 155.  We had a complete performance and the way we won underlines it.” Bhurtel ton in Nepal’s victory Kushal Bhurtel slammed an unbeaten 61-ball century as Nepal defeated the Philippines by 136 runs in the second game at Oman Academy 2 ground on Saturday. Coming out to bat after the Philippines won the toss, Nepal scored 218/3 in their 20 overs. Opener Aasif Sheikh was sent back for a duck in the second over and soon after, Kushal Malla followed. A 171-run fourth-wicket stand between Bhurtel and experienced Dipendra Singh Airee (83 off 47) meant that Philippines went into the break, looking at a target even larger than the 216 that Canada had posed on Friday. Dipendra’s inning included six fours and four sixes while Bhurtel’s inning was studded with 13 boundaries and one maximum. Philippines were then restricted to only 82/8 with contributions from Daniel Smith, Jordan Alegra and captain Jonathan Hull.

Sports Bulletin Report BEIJING:-The 139th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) resumed its proceedings in Beijing today with several rounds of elections. Olympic bronze medallist Danka Barteková (Slovakia), having been an IOC Member as an elected athletes’ representative from 2012 until 2021, and having been Vice-Chair of the IOC Athletes’ Commission from 2018 to 2021, was also elected. Both Mr Biel und Ms Barteková were elected as Independent Individuals. David Lappartient (France) was elected as an IOC Member linked to his function as President of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Olympians Martin Fourcade (France) and Frida Hansdotter (Sweden), elected by their peers earlier this week as members of the IOC Athletes’ Commission (AC), were also elected by the Session as IOC Members, bringing the number of active athletes’ representatives in the IOC membership to 15. The term of office of all the newly elected IOC Members is eight years. A new Vice-President and two members re-elected to the IOC Executive Board (EB) During today’s proceedings, the Session elected Juan Antonio Samaranch (Spain) as an IOC Vice-President. Mr Samaranch’s term as Vice-President will start on 20 May after the conclusion of the 139th IOC Session. Nenad Lalovi? (Serbia) and Ivo Ferriani (Italy) were also re-elected as EB members. The terms for the EB members is four years. Member re-election, term extension and change of membership status Arriving at the end of her IOC membership term, Nicole Hoevertsz (Aruba) was re-elected for an additional eight years. A change of status to Independent Individual was also approved for Ms Hoevertsz. IOC Member Poul-Erik Høyer (Denmark) informed the Session that, for personal reasons, he was not seeking re-election. Therefore his membership will end at the close of the 139th Session in May. The age limit of 70 for IOC Member Luis Moreno (Colombia) was extended for four years. As the Chair of the IOC Public Affairs and Social Development Through Sport Commission and Permanent Observer of the IOC to the United Nations since 2019, Mr Moreno plays an important role in the relationship between the IOC and the UN. Today’s elections bring the number of IOC Members to 106. Re-election of two members of the IOC Ethics Commission Following the IOC EB’s recommendation, the Session also re-elected two members of the IOC Ethics Commission for a new four-year term, in their capacity as IOC Members: Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant Auvita Rapilla. Chaired by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon since 2017, the IOC Ethics Commission is composed of nine members, five of whom must be independent from the IOC. Among the four IOC Members, one must be an IOC Athletes’ Commission member.

The West Indies are heading to the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 in a good space, the like of which I have not seen for a long time. A lot of that is down to the coaching staff. Courtney Walsh took over as head coach in 2020 and the impact that he and his team have made has been huge. They have been able to teach us things that we were just completely unaware of previously. It makes you wonder what sort of players we could be if we had learned some of these things sooner. What sort of player would I be if I knew at the age of seven or eight, what I know now? I have worked a lot with our batting coach Robert Samuels on trying to avoid slipping in bad habits. I never used to be one to watch videos very much, but now I try to film net sessions to make sure I’m avoiding those old habits. Robert has been working hard on building up our middle order, and I hope that we will be able to show that our depth has improved during the tournament in New Zealand. The aim is to be stronger in that area, and that then relieves the pressure on individual players when they get to the middle. We still have a few players from the 2017 World Cup, and players like Deandra Dottin and Hayley Matthews are in good form. But there are also a lot of youngsters who we have been able to integrate into the side. For those playing their first World Cup, my advice to them is to enjoy themselves. There will be nerves, there is no way around that, but they just need to enjoy the opportunity. It has not been the easiest build-up for me because I was hit on the head during the series against South Africa. It was the first time I had been hit on the head by a cricket ball, or at all, and I am still recovering from the concussion. Apparently, I was speaking a lot of nonsense after it happened, and light affected my eyes initially, so I spent a lot of time with glasses on. Hopefully, I can be ready for the opening warm-up game down in Christchurch. We start the tournament against New Zealand, so we know that will be a challenge taking them on in their own backyard. But at a World Cup, every game is tricky so we just need to make sure we focus on our strengths. If we are to make the semi-finals, we will need players to step up in the big moments and it cannot just be one or two of them. We need to play well across all three phases. Our fast bowling depth is looking good with Shamilia Connell in good form, and that could be very useful in the conditions over here. We are just really excited to get started because the team is in a really good space.

Abdullah Asjad ISLAMABAD:-Adnan Khan has won the Single title of Islamabad Tennis Complex (ITC) Tennis League while Abdul Wasay won Under-12 and Under-14 Tennis League titles. Total 30 players from different clubs participated in the league and around 50 matches were played on round robin format. The ITC Tennis League was sponsored by KhadejaLaghari. Results: Open Category (Men / Women Mix): Adnan Khan beat Mohammad Afaan 6-4; and achieved first position while Mohammad Aafaan beat Sameer Kiyani 6-3; and holds second position and Sameer Kiyani beat Sameer Inayat 6-1 and placed as third in the League matches. Under 14 Matches: Abdul Wasay beat Orhan Sohaild 6-4 and placed as winner while Orhan Sohail beat MurukhSajjid 6-4; and took the second position, Marukh Sajjid beat Lala Rukh Sajjid 6-3; for the third Positon Under 12 Matches Abdul Wasay beat Orhan Sohail 6-4 for first position, Orhan beat Lala Rukh 6-2 and took second position while Lala Rukh beat Marukh 6-4 and achieved third position.

Abdul Jabbar Faisal ISLAMABAD:-Ivan Iutkin from Russia has won second back-to-back ITF Juniors title after defeating Mehmet Onur Turgut from Turkey in straight sets 2-0 in the Boys’ Singles final of the ITF Pakistan Elaan Syed Dilawar Abbas Memorial World Junior Tennis Championships that concluded at PTF-S DA Tennis Complex, Islamabad on Saturday. It is pertinent to mention here at Ivan Iutkin had claimed the ITF Tennis crown at the same venue after beating Kazak lad Aldiyar Abzhan 2-0 on February 12, 2022. Unseeded Ivan Iutkin ousted Mehmet Onur Turgut in a straight sets with the score-line of 6-4 and 6-3, as the match lasted 1 hour and 14 minutes. Both the players exhibit high standard of tennis and moved forward equally till the game score was leveled 4-4. In the 9th game Ivan Iutkin was down 0-40, however, he changed the strategy of the game and fought back bravely to secure the game and make the score 5-4. In the 10th game Ivan played extraordinary and finished the first at 6-4. In the second set Ivan again showed his supremacy to build-up the lead 4-2 by breaking 4th game of Turgut and continued his winning pace till the end of set and match 6-3. Ivan showed a remarkable speed and exhibited excellent tennis. Sa Rang Lim overcomes Andra Izabella in Girls’ Singles final Earlier, in the morning session, unseeded Sa Rang Lim of Korea annexed the Girls Singles title and caused the major upset when she toppled top seed Andra Izabella Sirbu of Romania in an exciting thrilling three sets match at 6-1, 2-6 and 6-4, which lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes. Andra Izabella took a flying start 3-0 against Sa Rang Lim by breaking the 1st and 3rd game and continued the same pressure and won the set at 6-1. In the 2nd set, Sa Rang Lim fought back bravely and played excellent tennis from the baseline, and leveled the match 1-set all by breaking the 1st, 3rd, and 5th game of Andra Izabella. The actual battle of supremacy was started in the final set which was marked with drop shots, powerful forehand, backhand drives, and cross-court down the line shots, and saw some exhilarating tennis as both the players reached 4-games all. Sa Rang Lim broke the 9th game of Andra by playing powerful forehand and backhand drives at 15-40 and then in the 10th game she maintained the same pace of the game to win the set and match at 6-4 and gained valuable World Ranking points to improve her international ranking. Prize Distribution:  Salim Saifullah Khan President Pakistan Tennis Federation graced the occasion as chief guest, whereas Tariq Mehmood Murtaza President Islamabad Tennis Association along with Ihsan Mustafa Yurdakul, Ambassador of Turkey, Yerzhan Kistafin - Ambassador of Kazakhstan. Irena Gancheva, Ambassador of Bulgaria and diplomat from Russian Embassy and Yasir from Elaan group were present at the prize distribution ceremony. Results: Boys Singles (Final) Ivan Iutkin (Russia) beat Mehmet Onur Turgut (Turkey) 6-4, 6-3 Girls Singles (Finals) Sa Rang Lim (South Korea) beat Andra Izabella Sirbu (Romania) 1-6, 6-2, 6-4.