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Islamabad (Sports Desk):-Pakistan Under-12 players made a mark after beating hosts Kazakhstan 2-0 in a thrilling final of the Team Event of Under-12 ITF Asia Tennis Championship at the capital city of Kazakhstan, Nur-ul-Islama on Friday. Pakistani boys won first Singles and then Doubles that played by Hamza Roman and Abubakar Talha. Doubles match was a close contest as decided on super set. Pakistani pair won the match at 6-4, 6-7 and 12-10. Results: Hamza Roman beat Traigel Rodion 6-2, 7-5 Pshenichny Yaroslav beat Abubakar Talha 6-3, 6-1 Hamza Roman/Abubakar Talha beat Pshenichny/Tagibekov 6-4, 6-7, 12-10

Islamabad (Sports Desk):-Battling singles victories for Marin Cilic and Borna Gojo allowed doubles world No. 1s Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic to add the exclamation point to a 3-0 victory over Australia as Croatia marked themselves as a force to be reckoned with at the Davis Cup by Rakuten Finals 2021. Cilic (CRO), who missed the 2019 Finals with a knee injury, underscored his status as Croatia’s pre-eminent Davis Cup player with the 42nd Davis Cup match win of his career, a 61, 57, 64 victory over Alex de Minaur (AUS), but it was Gojo (CRO) who secured what could be a crucial Group D match win to open the tie, a hard-earned 76(5), 75 triumph against Alexei Popyrin (AUS). De Minaur then returned with John Peers (AUS) to take on Pavic (CRO) and Mektic (CRO), but the Aussie duo were undone by the season’s outstanding doubles partnership 63, 61, a result that puts Vedran Martic’s side in a commanding position ahead of Sunday’s final Group D showdown with Hungary. There may be 215 spots between Gojo and Popyrin, the world No. 61, but their previous meeting back in January had seen the Australian save match points as he edged the last of three tiebreak sets in Melbourne, so perhaps it was little surprise to see the opening set go with serve for 12 games. It feels amazing. We have unbelievable support here – I want to thank everyone who came here from Croatia Popyrin, the aggressor behind his booming forehand and some savvy drop shots, had seen five break point chances come and go early in the set, and paid a heavy price in the tiebreak as five unforced errors saw Gojo’s guile and consistency rewarded with the opener. The Australian did well to recover his composure after the disappointment of the opener, denying the world No. 276 the chance to grab an early break in the second set, but with Gojo’s backhand beginning to do damage and Popyrin increasingly frustrated by his opponent’s solid game and giving up 27 unforced errors in all, the set looked primed for a fifth tiebreak between the duo. And then, as Popyrin’s first serve deserted him, the Croatian broke through with the one break point he saw in the match to lead 6-5, serving out for just the second top-100 win of his career. “It feels amazing. We have unbelievable support here – I want to thank everyone who came here from Croatia,” said Gojo, whose own thunderous serve was rock-solid throughout the contest. “He was probably a better player in the first set, but I knew if I could stay close I would have a chance eventually, and today it went my way.” Cilic got off to a scintillating start in the second match, launching a seven-game surge from 1-1 in the opener to lead by a set and a break. The high-bouncing conditions at the Pala Alpitour in Turin seem custom-built for a player of his stature, and time and again he had de Minaur, no slouch around the court, chasing shadows for the first half-hour of the contest. But de Minaur defines never-say-die, and with his serve firing in the second set he kept himself tighter to the baseline and ramped up the aggression, a risk-reward strategy that paid dividends as he broke back to level up at 3-3. Riding his luck through some tight service games as Cilic looked to land a second break, it was the Australian who stole the set with Cilic serving to stay in it at 6-5. The momentum was now with de Minaur, who produced arguably the shot of the match to break for 2-0, a flat forehand off his scurrying shoelaces that skidded through the baseline past a stranded Cilic. But the Croatian hit back in the next game to get back on serve and once again wrestled back control of a pulsating encounter. This time Cilic would not be denied, serving out the win in two hours, eight minutes to secure an unassailable 2-0 lead. “First, it’s a great pleasure to be back again on the court to play for our nation, Croatia,” Cilic said. “Australia have such a great spirit on the court, always fighting so strong, and you can see that today from Alex. From that second set I was on a roll, 6-1 3-1, but it seemed really close. He’s such a great fighter, and it’s not the first time that he comes back in a match with this score.”

Abdul Jabbar Faisal ISLAMABAD:-Farhan Altaf and Zain Nawab set to meet in the final of the 18th West Berry Tennis Championship Men's Singles event after showing acceptable performance in the top-4 stage at Defense Authority (DA) Creek Club Karachi. According to available information, Farhan Altaf outplayed Nadir Mirza in the first semifinal with the score-line of 7-6 and 6-0 while Zain Nawab had to toil hard to overcome Nadir Bachani 2-1. The final score-line was 3-6, 6-1 and 10-0. Later in the Men's Doubles, Air vice Marshal Razi Nawab pairing with his son Zain Nawab claimed an historical victory by thrashing high ranked pair and top seed Aqeel Shabbir and Murad Khan by 8-4 in the semifinal. Results (Day-6): Men's Singles Semi Farhan Altaf defeated Nadir Mirza 7-6, 6-0 Zain Nawab defeated Nadir Bachani (Hyderabad) 3-6, 6-1, 10-0 Juniors Under-17 Singles Semi Rahim Waqar defeated Ahsan Ahmed 6-4, 6-0 Girls U-15 Singles Semi-Finals Laiba Ismail defeated Shanzeh Rashid 6-1, 5-4 Varsha Das defeated Amna Harris 4-2, 4-2 Under-13 Singles Semi Neil Mirza defeated Ali Bachani (Hyderabad) 4-1, 5-4 Under-11 Singles Quarter Hadi Mahmood defeated Larib Shamsi 5-3, 4-0 Men's Doubles Semi Noor Mustafa + Danish Ramzan defeated Vinod Das + Ali Imam 9-7 Zain Nawab + Razi Nawab defeated Murad Khan + Aqeel Shabbir 8-4 Plus +35 Singles Final Saqib Zia defeated Robin Das 8-2 Under 9 Singles Semi Rashid Bachani (Hyderabad) defeated Mustafa Naveed 4-1, 4-2 Majid Ali (Hyderabad) Ahl Defeated Imran 5-4, 2-4, 10-6 Plus +35 Doubles Semifinals Asad Ali Bhagat + Naomi Qamar defeated Ali Mansoor Zaidi + Shamil Tajmal 8-1.

Islamabad (Sports Desk):-Pakistan junior team outclassed India 2-1 in the Team Event of Under-12 ITF Asia Tennis Championship at the capital city of Kazakhstan, Nur-ul-Islama on Thursday. The final will be played on Friday at same venue between Pakistan and hosts Kazakhstan at same venue. Results: Hamza Roman beat Ojas Mehlawat 6-3, 6-2 Aaraw Chawla beat Abubakar Talha 7-6(0), 6-3 Hamza/Abubakar beat Aaraw/Ojas Mehlawat 6-4, 6-2

Karachi (Sports Report):-Natalia Zaman and Zainab Ali reached in the final of the Ladies’ Single discipline of the ongoing 18th West Berry Tennis Championship after winning their respective semifinals at DA Creek Club on Thursday. Results (day-5): Men's Singles (Quarters) Farhan Altaf defeated Asad 6-1, 6-0 Nadir Mirza defeated Asher Mir 6-7 (4), 6-4-6, 10-7 Zain Nawab w / o Shiraz Bhand Nadir Bachani (Hyderabad) defeated Vinod Das 6-4, 6-1 Ladies Singles (Semifinals): Natalia Zaman defeated Varsha Das 6-1, 6-0 Zainab Ali defeated Ayesha Ali 6-1, 6-1 Under-15 Singles (Semifinals) Sameer Zaman defeated Ahsan Ahmed 4-0, 3-5, 4-1  Girls Under-15 Singles (Round-I) Laiba Ismail defeated Amelia 4-1, 0-4, 5-3 Under-13 Singles (quarterfinals) Ahsan Ahmed defeated Dharaf Das 2-4, 4-2, 7-5 Hadi Mahmood defeated Rohab Faisal 1-4, 4-2, 4-0 Nayel Mirza defeated Zaid Zaman 4-1, 4- 0 Ali Bachani (Hyderabad) defeated Shehzar Ali 4-5, 5-3, 10-6 Under-11 Singles Quarter Abdul Wahab Rafi (Hyderabad) defeated Mehd Shehzad 4-1, 4-1 Rohab Faisal defeated Rashid Ali (Hyderabad) 4-0, 4-2 Ali Bachani Hyderabad defeated Shehzar Ali 4-1, 4-2 Under-11 Singles Semifinals Rohab Faisal defeated Wahab Rafi (Hyderabad) 4-1, 4-2 Under-9 Singles Quarter Rashid Ali (Hyderabad) defeated Nayal Shamsi 4-0, 4-0 Mustafa Naveed defeated Ahmed Asif 4-1, 4-0 Majid Ali Hyderabad defeated Mohammad Qasim 4-0, 4-1 Imdad Imran defeated Rohan Das 4-2, 4-1 Men's Doubles Quarter Zain Nawab + Razi Nawab defeated Ibad-ur-Rehman + Mustafa Burney 8-3 Men's Doubles (Semifinals) Noor Mustafa + Danish Ramzan defeated Vinod Das + Ali Imam 9-7 Plus +35Doubles (semifinals) Asad Ali Bhagat + Naomi Qamar defeated Vinod + Fahad 8-1.

Karachi (Sports Report):-Second seed, Munir Darbari stunned Sameer Zaman 2-0 in the Under-17 Boys’ Singles to move in the next round of the 18th Westbury Ranking Tennis Championships at Defense Authority (DA) Creek Club Karachi on Wednesday. The final score-line was 5-7 and 4-6. Results (Day-4): Men's Singles (Pre-Quarters) Nadir Mirza defeated Sharq Rameez 6-1, Assad defeated Talha 6-2, 6-1 Shiraz Bhand (Hyderabad) defeated Bilal Soomro 7-6, 6-2  Vinod Das w / o Red Zain Nawab defeated Bilal Khan (Hyderabad) 6-1, 6-1 Juniors Under-17 Singles (Semifinals) Munir Darbari (Hyderabad) defeated Sameer Zaman 7-5, 6-4 Under-15 Singles (Semifinals) Dharaf Das defeated Munir Darbari 4-2, 5-4 Under-13 Singles (Pre-Quarters) Nayel Mirza defeated Zaid Zaman 5-4, 4-2 Ahsan Ahmed defeated Hamza Tahir 4-0, 4-0 Dharaf Das defeated Faiz Ilyas 4-1, 4-1 Hadi Mahmood defeated Abdullah Razzaq 4-1, 3-5, 4-1 Rohab Faisal defeated Hazeq Arejo (Hyderabad) 5-3, 4-0 Zaid Zaman defeated Imdad Ali 4-2, 5-4 Under-11 Singles (Pre-Quarters) Hadi Mahmood defeated Abid Bachani (Hyderabad) 4-2, 5-4 Shahrzar Ali defeated Ahl-e-Imran 4-0, 4-1 Under 9 singles (Round-I) Majid Ali (Hyderabad) defeated Haniya Ali 4-0, 4-0 Rohan Das defeated Arsh 4-2, 4-0 Ahmed Asif defeated Rahim Faisal 4-0, 4-2 35 Plus Singles Semi Saqib Zia defeated Rafi Darbari (top seed) 8-2 35 plus Doubles (semifinals) Ali Zaidi + Shamil Tajmal defeated Abbas Bhagat + Imran Diwani 8-2 Asad Ali Bhagat + Naomi Qamar and Mohammad Abdul Saeed + Mohammad Nasim 8-1 Men's Doubles Quarters Murad Khan + Aqeel Khan defeated Salman Ahmed + Amir Mumtaz 8-6. Vinod Das + Ali Imam defeated Daulat Asad 8-1.

KARACHI (Sports Reporter):-Top seed Farhan Altaf, Asher Mir and Nadir Bachani qualified for the next round of the Men’s Singles of the 18th Westbury Ranking Tennis Championships at Defense Authority (DA) Creek Club Karachi on Tuesday. Results (Day-3): Men's Singles (Round-I) Nadir Mirza beat Asif Bachani 6-1, 6-2 Shiraz Bhand (Hyderabad) beat Timur Aslam (Hyderabad) 6-2, 2-0 Bilal Khan (Hyderabad) beat Mohammad Umair Anwar 6-0, 6-0 Nadir Bachani (Hyderabad Second Seed) defeated Mustafa Tariq 6-0, 6-4 Men's Singles (Round-II) Farhan Altaf (first seed) beat Ali Asif 6-0, 6-0. Asher Mir beat Rahim Waqar 6-1, 6-2 Nadir Bachani beat Rehan Iqbal 6-3, 6-1 Under-15 singles (quarterfinals) Munir Darbari (Hyderabad) defeated Faiz Ilyas 4-0, 4-0 Dharaf Das defeated Neil Mirza 3-5, 4-0, 5-4 Under-13 Singles (Round-I)  Zaid Zaman defeated Abid Bachani 4-1, 4-2 Under-13 Singles (Round-I) Ali Bachani (Hyderabad) defeated Nibras Malik 4-0, 5-3 Shahrzar Ali defeated Abdul Wahab (Hyderabad) 4-2, 4-2 Under-11 Singles (First Round) Majid Ali (Hyderabad) defeated Ahmed Asif 4-0, 4-0 Abid Bachani (Hyderabad) defeated Imdad Imran 4-2, 4-2 Shahrzar Ali defeated Hazeq Arejo (Hyderabad) 4-1, 4-2 Ahl-e-Imran defeated Rohan Das 5-4, 4-2 Under-11 Singles (Round-II) Mehd Shehzad defeated Zaid Zaman 1- 4, 4-1, 4-1 Ali Bachani defeated Mohammad Yahya Haleem 4-0, 4-0 Under- 9 Singles (Round-I) Mustafa Naveed defeated Omar Zaman 4-0, 4-0 Mohammad Qasim defeated Ali Imran 4-2, 4-1 Imdad Imran defeated Zain Qamar 0-4, 4-1, 4-2 Plus +35 Singles (Round-I)  Asif Mehmood defeated Jahangir Khan 8-4 Plus +35 Singles (quarters) Rafi Darbari (Hyderabad Top Seed) defeated Amir Mumtaz 8-4 Robin Das defeated Habib Vohra 8-3 Plus +35 Doubles’ (Quarterfinals) Vinod Das + Fahad Anwar defeated Asif Arshad + Saqib 8-3 Abbas Bhagat + Imran Dewan defeated Amir Mumtaz + Shehzad Mumtaz 8-3 Men's Doubles (First Round) Ibad-ur-Rehman + Mustafa Burney defeated Imran + Fahad 9-7 Salman Ahmed + Aamir Mumtaz defeated Shah Rukh + Bilal 8-6.

KARACHI (Sports Reporter):- Shariq Rameez and Raahim Veqar moved into the second round of the Men’s Singles event of the ongoing 18th Westbury Ranking Tennis Championships at Defense Authority (DA) Creek Club Karachi Shariq Rameez had to toil hard in the court to overcome Kashan Tariq after three set encounter. The match score was 5-7, 6-0 and 6-4. Raahim Veqar register an easy victory against Ibad-ur-Rehman in staright set with the score-line of 6-1 and 6-1. Also, Versha Das worked hard to get rid of his opponent Eshal Zain in the first round of Girls Under- 15 Singles fixtures after three set match. The final score-line was 5-3, 2-4 and 4-0. Ahsan Ahmed of Continental Tennis Academy beat Natalia without losing a single game with 4-0, 4-0 score in the quarterfinal of Under 15 Singles. Results (Day-2): Men’s Singles (Round-I): Shariq Rameez beat Kashan  Tariq 5-7, 6-0, 6-4 Raahim Veqar beat IbadurRehman 6-1, 6-1 Under 17 Singles (Round-I) Raahim Veqar beat Rohaan Masood 6-0, 6-0 Under 15 Singles (Round-I) Samer Zaman beat Rayan Ahmed 4-1, 4-1 Nael Mirza beat Mustafa Asif 4-0, 4-1 Under 15 Singles (quarterfinals) Samer Zaman beat Abdullah  Razaq  4-0, 4-2 Ahmed Ahsen beat Natalia 4-0, 4-0 Under 13 Singles (Round-I) Faiz Ilyas beat Aahil Imran 4-0, 4-2 Dhuraf Das beat Mustafa Naveed 4-0, 4-0 Shehzer Ali beat Aman Tata 4-0, 4-0 Under 11 Singles (Round-I) Ruhab Faisal beat Zain Qamar 4-0, 5-3 Hadi Mehmood beat Hadia Ali 4-0, 4-0 Mohammad Yahya Haleem beat Mohammad Hamza Nisar 4-0, 4-0 Men’s +35 Singles (Round-1) Amir Mumtaz beat Mustafa Burny rtd. 5-5 Saqib Zia beat Mohammad Abdul Saeed 8-3 Robin Das beat Ahmed Ali 8-0 Fahad Anwar beat Naveed 8-3 Asif Arshad beat Jahangir Khan 8-4 Vinod Das beat Habib Vohra 8-3 Ladies Singles (Round-I) Versha Das beat Laaibah Ismail 5-4, 4-2 Under-15 Girls’ Singles (Qualifying Round) Amelia beat Parizeh Haroon  4-0, 4-0 Girls Under-15 Singles (Main Round-I) Versha Das beat Eshal Zain 5-3, 2-4, 4-0

Sports Bulletin Report KARACHI (November 21, 2021):-The 18th Westbury Ranking Tennis Championships commenced at Defense Authority (DA) Creek Club with an upset victory of Zain Nawab, who eliminated 4th seed , former  Sindh Number 1 player Ibrahim Iltifat in the first Round of Men’s Singles 2-0. Final score-line was 6-0 and 6-2. Results (Day 1): Men’s Singles (Qualifying Round): Shariq Rameez beat Salman Ahmed 7-5. 6-3 Bilal Soomro beat Mohammad Awais 6-1, 6-2 Imran KC beat Durraiz Vazeer 6-4, 6-1 Mustafa Tariq  beat Zeeshan Vazeer 6-3, 6-1 Main,s Singles (Main Round-I): Ali Asif beat Fahad Abid 6-2, 6-2 Raahim Veqar beat Ibadur Rehman 6-1, 6-1 Zain Nawab beat Ibrahim Iltifat 6-0, 6-2 Under 17 Singles (Round-I) Ahsan Ahmed beat Ali Hasan 6-0, 6-0 Samer Zaman beat Kashan Tariq 5-7, 6-4, 10-4 Under 15 Singles (Round-I): Dhuraf Das beat Ayan Allawala   4-0, 4-2 Abdullah Razaq beat Imdad Ali 3-5, 4-2, 4-2 Samer Zaman beat Rayyan Khan 4-1, 4-1 Natalia w/o Abdul Nafay Ahsan ahmed  beat Kazim Gheewala  4-0, 4-0 Under 13 Singles (Round-I): Abdullah Razaq beat Mahad Shehzad 5-3, 4-0 Hamza Tahir beat Mohammad Bilal Siddiqui 4-1, 4-2 Under 11 Singles (Round-I): Hamza Tahir beat Aman Sheikh 4-2, 4-2 Mahad shehzad beat Mohammad Qasim 4-1, 4-1 Zayd Zaman beat Eshal Zain 4-1, 4-1 Yahya Faraz beat Fariha Imran 4-0, 4-0 Aahil Imran beat Rohan Das 5-4, 4-2

Abdul Jabbar Faisal ISLAMABAD (November 20, 2021):-Mujtaba Ali Khan from USA has won the title of ITF Pakistan, ITA-Midcourt International Juniors Tennis Championship after beating Russian lad Amir Asylkozhaev, who was second seed,  in straight sets 2-0 in the Boys’ Singles final at PTF Tennis Complex Islamabad on Saturday. The final score-line was 7-6 and 6-2. In the first set, Mujtaba Ali Khan (USA) was downed 0-5 after wasting three game points in 3rd game, as his opponent was too good in forehand drives. Mujtaba won the 6th game and bounced back in the crucial match. After breaking the love score, Mujtaba played a top quality game and did not allow his challenger to win the set. He broke the 7th and 9th service of the Russian player and leveled the set score 5-5 after holding the service in 10th game of the first set. Khan had a chance to finish the set at 7-5 when he broke the service of Amir in the 11th game but failed to maintain his pace in the 12th game that he wasted. At set-break Mujtaba finished at 7-3 and got a vital lead in the final. Later, in the second set, both players took the start with confidence but Amir was good and earned the early lead 2-0 after breaking the opponent's serve in the first game. After going down 0-2, Mujtaba Ali once again came back in the match from behind and leveled the set 2-2. At this stage, the winning guy showed his full power and played an excellent game of tennis and amused the spectators. He used his great services and played powerful forehand and backhand drives from base-line and finished the set at 6-2. Amir could not get a solitary point in the 5th, 6th and 7th games, as that finished 40-0. “I am happy with my performance and I was not well settled in the first set in which I went down 0-5 but I was trying to win at least a single game in the first set. After winning the first game I got the command in the match. The first set win encouraged me a lot. My service was good as compared to Amir. He is also a good player. I had to toil hard in the court to overcome him in the final, “Mujtaba Ali Khan said while talking to www.sports-bulletin.com after the match. Earlier, in the morning session, in the Girls’ Singles final, Taylor Goetz Taylor from USA beat Abhilasha Bista from Nepal in straight sets 2-0. The winner conceded only a single game in the two sets. Col. Gul Rehman (Retd) Secretary Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) distributed the prizes among the winners and runner ups.