Ushna Suhail, Mahin Aftab, Meheq Khokhar, Hajra Sohail loss their matches on opening day
Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD: The second leg of the W-15 Islamabad World Tennis Women’s Championships 2026 kicked off on Tuesday here at the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Tennis Complex, as the local players Ushna Suhail, Mahin Aftab Qureshi, Meheq Khokhar, and Hajra Sohail failed to show impressive performance in the first round of the Women’s Singles fixture.
Despite of this fact that Pakistani participating female players were low ranked at international circuit, however, they game score was disappointed that shows the players were not well prepared and trained for this competition.
A total of 31 players from 17 countries are participating in the international tournament, featuring talented women tennis players from France, China, Russia, Denmark, Mexico, Uzbekistan, South Africa, the Netherlands, Korea, Nepal, Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, Thailand, Türkiye, the Czech Republic, and Pakistan.
Five Pakistani players — Ushna Suhail, Mahin Aftab Qureshi, Meheq Khokhar, Romaisa Malik, and Hajra Sohail are also competing in the Championships.
Results: Women's Singles (Round-I):
Abhilasha Bista (Nepal) beat Anna Simkina (Russia) 6-0, 6-1
Serife Pelin Sari (Turkey) beat Meheq Khokhar (Pakistan) 6-1, 6-1
Julia Khramtsova (Russia) w/o Ushna Suhail (Pakistan)
Kamonwan Yodpetch (Thailand) beat Sevil Yuldasheva (Uzbekistan) 6-3, 6-4
Ru Xi Wu (China) beat Warwara Rubeatsova (Russia) 5-7, 6-1, 6-0
Ksenia Laslutova (Russia) beat Warona Mdlulwa (South Africa) 6-4, 6-4
Suzuna Oigawa (Japan) beat Sofiia Suslova (Russia) 6-0, 5-7, 7-5
Lilliva Piskun (Russia) beat Hajra Sohail (Pakistan) 6-1, 6-0
Moon Jeong (China) beat Mahin Aftab Qureshi (Pakistan) 6-3, 6-0
