Tennis
Pakistan Tennis Federation names the four junior teams for international fixtures
Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD:-Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) has named the 4 national junior tennis teams for the upcoming International Tennis Federation (ITF) international fixtures including Junior Davis Cup 2022. The Junior Davis Cup will be held in Malaysia from April 4 to 9 while rest of three juniors’ events will be taken place in Sri Lanka.
According to an official of PTF, all teams are consisted of one non-playing captain and three players, as the team have been selected on merit after conducting the trials at PTF Tennis Complex, Garden Avenue Islamabad. Players were invited for trials purely on merit according to their national and international ranking, as well as performance.
PTF will also conduct the trials to select the national team for Davis Cup Tennis Tie. Pakistan will face Lithuania on March 4 to 5, 2022 at the grass courts of Pakistan Sports Board (PSB), Islamabad. The trials will be held on the grass courts of Cosmopolitan Club, Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore, from 16th February 2022. The top 6 players as per the latest PTF Men's Singles ranking will take part in these trials. The players will get the place in squad after producing acceptable results during the trials competitions. Top national tennis lads Aisam ul Haq Qureshi and Aqeel Khan have been exempted from the trials.
Junior Davis Cup (Boys Under-16); Malaysia, April 4 to 9, 2022
Rashid Malik (Captain)
Mohammad Huzaifa Khan
Bilal Asim
Hamid Israr
Junior Billie Jean King Cup (Girls Under-16); Sri Lanka, February 21 to 26, 2022
Sara Mansoor(Captain)
Natalia Zaman
Sheeza Sajid
Amna Ali Qayum
World Junior Tennis (Boys Under-14); Sri Lanka, February 14 to 19, 2022
Mahboob Khan (Captain)
Ahtesham Humayun
Husnain Ali Rizwan
Hamza Roman
World Junior Tennis (Girls Under-14); Sri Lanka, February 14 to 19, 2022
Sara Mansoor(Captain)
Amna Ali Qayum
Zunaisha Noor
Soha Ali
Names of players for Davis Cup team trials:
1. Mohammad Shoaib
2. Muzammil Murtaza
3. Mohammad Abid
4. Yusuf Khalil
5. Mudasir Murtaza
6. Heera Ashiq
Australian Open: Aisam and Alexander claim an upset victory
Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD:-Pakistan’s tennis star, Aisam ul Qureshi and his partner Alexander Nedovyesov from Kazakhstan claimed an upset victory after overcoming 7th seed pair Nicholas Mahut, former World No.1 and French lad Fabrice Martin 2-1 in a three sets contest in the Doubles Event of Australian Open on Thursday at Melbourne Park Australia. The final score-line was7-6, 5-7 and 6-2, as the match lasted 2 hours 27 minutes.
According to available information from Melbourne, the first set went neck-to-neck to tie break without any side succeeding to break the serve of each other. Aisam and his partner convincingly grabbed the set at 7-6. In the second set Pak/Kazakh duo broke their opponents at 2-2 and were unable to close the match when serving at 5-4 as French pair came back strongly and the French went on to win the set 7-5.
In the third set, however Aisam-ul-Haq and Alexander displayed top quality tennis by showing excellent combination and understanding to the next level and broke first the serve of Fabrice and then of Mahut consecutively and then finished the set and the match with 6-2 score in the third.
Subh-e-Nau National Ranking Ladies Tennis Tournament starts from January 30, 2022
Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD:-The Subh-e-Nau National Ranking Ladies Tennis Tournament, pursing Rs. 200 thousands prize money, will start from January 30 instead of January 23 at SDA-PTF Tennis Complex, Garden Avenue Islamabad.
Chairperson of Subh-e-Nau, Shahida Kausar Farooq, who is also director tournament, told this reporter that tournament was scheduled to start from January 23 but due to weather reports regarding, as heavy rain forecasted in the twin cities Rawalpindi and Islamabad in these days, now, the matches will start from January 30 at same venue.
“The final will be played on February 3, 2022, as top national female players will take part in the annual tennis fixture of Subh-e-Nau. The tournament will be organized by Subh-e-Nau in the collaboration with Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF). Ladies’ Singles, Ladies’ Doubles and Under-14 Singles categories competitions will be held during the 5-day national tennis tournament, “she added.
Defending Champion Novak Djokovic announces to withdraw from Australian Open
Asif Abbasi
The defending champion of the Australian Open Tennis Tournament, 34 years old Serbian guy Novak Djokovic has announced to withdraw from the tournament, as the Australian immigration has revoked his visa once again.
Minister Alex Hawke said that he had exercised his broad powers under section 133C (3) of the Migration Act to cancel Djokovic’s visa “on health and good order grounds” basis that it was in the public interest to do so. “In making this decision, I carefully considered information provided to me by the Department of Home Affairs, the Australian Border Force and Djokovic.”
“The Morrison government is firmly committed to protecting Australia’s borders, particularly in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.” Judge Anthony Kelly, who overturned the first cancellation of Djokovic’s visa on Monday earlier this week, will again preside over the case.
He also faces 3 year automatic ban if he denied visa again. But immigration minister can wave off using his powers. Djokovic arrived in Melbourne on January 5 and promptly had his visa canceled for entering the country without a valid reason why he couldn't be vaccinated against Covid-19.
He spent several nights in a detention hotel in Melbourne, which also houses dozens of refugees.
His lawyers challenged the decision and won the legal battle on Monday, on the basis Djokovic's had covid on December 16 after attending kids’ tennis tournament. But questions have been raised on Djokovic’s behavior after testing positive for Covid-19 on December 16 as he had attended some events after 16 December and on his previous visa application that he had not visited in last 14 days to any country.
Subh-e-Nau Ladies National Ranking Tournaments from January 22
Sports Report
ISLAMABAD (January 14, 2022):-The Subh-e- Nau Ladies National Ranking Tennis Tournament will start from January 22 at SDA-PTF Tennis Complex in collaboration with Pakistan Tennis Federation.
According to an official, Ladies’ Singles, Ladies’ Doubles and Under-14 Singles categories competitions will be held during the 5-day national tennis tournament, as the fixture will be pursuing prize money of Rs 200 thousand. The deadline for entries will be January 19, 2022.
Aisam and Alexander post 2-1 win in ATP World Ranking Championship
Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD (January 12, 2022):-Pakistan’s top tennis player Aisam Qureshi pairing with Alexander Nedovyesov from Kazakhstan outclassed 7th seeded pair Rojer Jean Julien of Holland and Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador 2-0 in the ATP World Ranking Tennis Championship match to earn the place in the quarterfinal round in Sydney Australia. The final score-line was 7-6 and 6-4.
According to available information from abroad, earlier they beat the Anglo Finish pair of Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara with the score-line of 6-7, 6- 3 and 10-7 in the first round
Wesley and Skupski win Doubles title of ATP World Tennis Championship
Sports Bulletin Report
Melbourne, Australia (January 9, 2022):-Top seed pair, Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski have won the title of Men’s Doubles of the ATP World Tennis Championship after beating Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Aleksandr Nedovyesov 2-0 at Margaret Courts Arena Melbourne Australia on Sunday. The final score-line was 6-4 and 6-4.
Results (Men’s Doubles):
Koolhof and Neal Skupski beat Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-4, 6-4.
ATP World Doubles Championship: Aisam and Nedovyesov qualify for final
Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMBAD (January 8, 2022):- Ace Pakistan tennis player Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi pairing with Alexander Nedovyesov from Kazakhstan reached into the final of Men’s Doubles Event of the ATP World Tennis Championship after brushing aside to Ricardas Berankis from Lithuania and Denys Molchanov from Ukraine in straight sets 2-0 at John Cain Arena, Melbourne Australia on Saturday. The final score-line was 6-2 and 6-2.
According to available information from abroad, in the second semifinal of the Men’s Doubles event Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Aleksandr Nedovyesov won the first set 6-2 by displaying excellent skill of the game. They kept the same pressure on their opponents in the second set and finished in the same fashion 6-2. Now, they will meet Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski in final on Sunday, who defeated Marcelo Arevalo and Jean Julien Roger 6-2, 6-4 in the first semifinal.
Results (Men’s Doubles):
Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski beat Marcelo Arevalo and Jean Julien Roger 6-2, 6-4
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Aleksandr Nedovyesov beat R Berankis and D Molchanov 6-2, 6-2
World Tennis Championship: Aisam and Nedovyesov reach in the semifinal
SPORTS BULLETIN REPORT
Melbourne (Australia):-Pakistan’s top tennis player Aisam Qureshi pairing with Alexander Nedovyesov from Kazakhstan defeated duo of heavyweight tennis lads 4th seeded pair of Andre Golubev from Kazakistan and F.Skugor of Croatia 2-1 in the quarterfinals of Men’s Doubles event of the ATP World Tennis Championship in Melbourne Australia. The final score-line was 6-3, 7-6 and 8-6.
It was three sets thriller contest in which winner players displayed top quality game in the second set after losing the first one at 3-6. As the second set went neck-to-neck and was leveled at 6-7. Asim and his partner did well and snatch the set on tie-break, as they saved 7 set points in the second set before winning it in tie break
Aisam and Alexander outclass high ranked pair in World Ranking Championship
Sports Bulletin Report
ISLAMABAD (January 6, 2022):-Ace Pakistani tennis lad Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi pairing with Alexander Nedovyesov from Kazakhstan outclassed high ranked Dimitrov from Russia and Goffin from Belgium, a former world number seven 2-1 in the pre-quarterfinal of the ATP World Ranking Tennis Championship in Melbourne Australia on Wednesday. The final score-line was 7-6, 3-6 and 10-7.
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