All foreign female players reach the Girls’ Singles quarterfinals

Sports Bulletin Report

ISLAMABAD: The 6th local tennis lad, Seed Hamid Israr Gul outclassed Taichi Tamura from Japan 2-1 in the second round of the Boys’ Singles fixture of the ITF Pakistan J30 World Junior Tennis Championships-II here at PTF-SDA Tennis Complex on Tuesday.

In the first set, both the players played a defensive game strategy by holding their own serve 5-5 games. In the 12th game, Hamid made some unforced errors and hit the ball into the net, which resulted in losing the first set at 5-7. In the second set, Hamid Israr changed the game plan and played his own natural game by hitting down the line and cross-court shots and building up the winning lead 5-1. After losing the 8th game Hamid again made some unforced errors but managed to settle in the next game and won the second set at 6-3 and levelled the match one set all. In the decisive set, Hamid Israr did not allow his opponent to settle down and build up the winning streak 4-1. He lost his serve then and hung on to win the 3rd set 6-3.

Results:

Boys’ Singles (Pre-Quarterfinals):

Ahmed Nael Qureshi (PAK) beat Gehash Tissera (SRI) 6-2, 6-2

Kamonpanyakorn Thadpong (THA) beat Aahil Khaleel (SRI) 6-2, 6-0

Hamid Israr Gul (PAK) beat Taichi Tamura (JPN) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3

Yoshito Oda (JPN) beat Hamza Roman (PAK) 6-1 6-4

Asad Zaman (PAK) beat Takuto Fuke (JPN) 6-4, 6-1

Zaidh Zihar (SRI) beat Amir Mohammad Khan Mazari (PAK) 6-0, 6-0

Mohammad Hamza Aasim (PAK) beat Mohammad Hussnain Ali (PAK) 6-1, 6-1

Toki Adachi (JPN) beat Jian Pyun (KOR) 6-1, 6-0

Girls’ Singles (Pre-Quarterfinals):

Saajida Razick (SRI) beat Sheesa Sajid (PAK) 6-0, 6-0