Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD (September 13, 2021): Indian girls overcame Pakistan 2-1 in the Under-12 South Asian Regional Qualifying Event after facing a huge resistance from the local girls at PTF-SDA Complex Islamabad on Monday.
In the first Singles, Indian girl Haritashree beat Zunaisha Noor in straight games 2-0 while in the second set Haniya Minhas claimed 2-1 victory over Maaya to level the match 1-1. Later, in the Double fixture, Indian girls had to toil hard in the court to overcome local girls. Match decided on tie-break, as the final score-line was 6-4, 4-6 and 11-9.
Tariq Murtaza, Chairman RDA, President -ITA and Senior Vice President-PTF graced the opening ceremony as chief guest and he formally welcomed the participating teams, appreciating the efforts of the PTF management for organizing the event in a highly befitting manner.
Babar Salim, the Chief Regulations Officer for Toyota-Indus Motors Company, which is sponsoring the event, also spoke on the occasion, besides appreciating the joint efforts of PTF and Toyota-Indus Motors Company for sponsoring and organizing this event. He also promised that his organization would continue to extend support to PTF in future.
It is pertinent to mention that the ambassador of Maldives Farzana Zahir also visited the PTF complex and witnessed the tie between the girls’ teams of Maldives and Nepal. She was highly impressed with the organization and conduct of the event, especially the security and strict adherence to Covid-19 protocols, as per government SOPs.
Pakistan number one tennis player Aqeel Khan was also present during the opening ceremony and also witnessed some of the matches. He was also of the opinion that such events provide much-needed exposure to the young players.
Results:
Boys
INDIA BEAT NEPAL 3-0
Singles 1 (OJAS MEHLAWAT BEAT NISAD JOSHI 6-1 6-0)
Singles 2 (AARAV CHAWLA BEAT BORISS ADHIKARI 6-1 6-0)
Doubles (AARAV CHAWAL /RUDRA BATHAM BEAT NISHAD JOSHI /DARSHEEL SHRESTHA 6-2 6-1)
Girls
INDIA BEAT PAKISTAN 2-1
Singles 1 (HARITASHREE VENKATESH BEAT ZUNAISHA NOOR 6-1, 6-1)
Singles 2 (MAAYA RAJESHWARAN REVATHI LOST HANIYA MINHAS 6-3, 2-6, 2-6)
Doubles (HARITASHREE VENKATESH/MAAYA RAJESHWARAN REVATHI HANIYA MINHAS / ZUNAISHA NOOR 6-4, 4-6, 11-9)
Girls
MALDIVES BEAT NEPAL 3-0
Singles 1 (IMANI MOOSA KALEEM BEAT MANSA KANDAL 6-0, 6-0)
Singles 2 (NABA NISHAN BEAT SHIVAL GURANG 6-0, 6-0)
Doubles (NABA NISHAN /SAARH SAAMEE BEAT MANSA KANDAL /SHIVAL GURANG 6-2, 6-2)
