Tennis
Westbury Ranking Tennis: Shariq and Raahim jump into next round
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
Westbury Ranking Tennis: Zain registers an upset victory
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
US lad Mujtaba wins ITF Pakistan Juniors Tennis Championship
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.
Westbury Ranking Tennis Championships start from Saturday
Sports Reporter
KARACHI (November 19, 2021):-The 18th Westbury Ranking Tennis Championships will commence from Saturday at Synthetic Hard Courts of DA Creek Club. Karachi Tennis Association (KTA) will host the prestigious tennis fixture under the auspices of Sindh Tennis Association (STA).
According to an official of STA, Westbury Group sponsor the STA circuit tennis event annually. The organizers have received 180 entries in various events including 17 players from Hyderabad and other cities of Sindh.
STA has finalized seeding of various events, Men’s Singles Farhan Altaf top seed, Nadir Bachani (Hyderabad) 2nd seed. Raahim Veqar top seed in Under- 17 Singles, Natalia Zaman in Ladies Singles, Rafi Derbari (Hyderabad) in 35 plus Singles.
ITF Juniors: Abhilasha and Taylor lift the Girls Doubles title, Russian lads clinch Boys Doubles
Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD (November 19, 2021):-Abhilasha Bista from Nepal pairing with American girl Taylor Gotez have won the Girls’ Doubles title of ITF Pakistan ITA-Midcourt International Junior Tennis Championship after overcoming Russian girls Olga Sorochkina and Ekaterina Suvorova 2-0 in final at PTF Tennis Complex Islamabad on Friday. Russian lads claimed Boys’ Doubles title afternoon at same venue, as they ousted Aarav SamratHada and Aki Zuben Rawat from Nepal 2-1.
In the morning session, in Girls Doubles finals, Abhilasha Bista and Taylor Goetz outclassed Russian girls in straight sets 2-0 in a single sided affair. Both players displayed excellent skill of tennis and did not allow their challenger to settle their feet in the court. The final score-line was 6-1 and 6-2.
Boys’ Singles was played afternoon, Russian lads AmirAsylkozhaev and DmitryBessonov had to toil hard in the court to overcome Nepal’s opponents Aarav SamratHada and Aki ZubenRawat. The final score-line was 4-6, 6-0 and 10-6.
The Girls’ Singles final and Boys Singles final will be played on Saturday on the clay courts of at PTF Tennis Complex Islamabad. Girls Singles final will start at 10:30 am while Boys Singles final at 2:00 pm.
Results:
Girls’ Doubles (Final):
Abhilasha Bista (NEP) / Taylor Goetz (USA) beat Olga Sorochkina (RUS) / Ekaterina Suvorova(RUS) 6-1, 6-2
Boys’ Doubles (Final):
AmirAsylkozhaev (RUS) / DmitryBessonov (RUS) beat Aarav SamratHada (NEP) / Aki ZubenRawat (NEP) 4-6, 6-0 and 10-6
Mujtaba and Amir reach in final of ITF International Tennis championship
Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD (November 18, 2021):-US guy Mujtaba Ali Khan and Russian lad Amir Asylkozhaev set to meet in the final after winning their respective semifinals of the Boys’ Singles fixture of the ITF Pakistan ITA-Midcourt International Junior Tennis Championships at PTF Tennis Complex Islamabad on Thursday.
Tahir Mushtaq-Chief Human Resource PTV visited PTF Complex today interacted with the players and also had a photo session with participants. He also went around to see the arrangements and was highly impressed with the PTF infrastructure and appreciated organizational and administrative working.
Results:
Boys Singles (Semi-Finals):
Amir Asylkozhaev (RUS) bt Aarav Samrat Hada (NEP) 6-4, 6-0
Mujtaba Ali Khan (USA) bt Abhishek Thorat (USA) 6-3, 6-2
Girls Singles (Semi-Finals):
Abhilasha Bista (NEP) bt Natalia Zaman (PAK) 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-0
Goetz Taylor (USA) bt Daria Stefania Malaescu (ROU) 6-1, 6-0
Boys Doubles (Semi-Finals): Aarav Samrat Hada / Aki Zuben Rawat (NEP) bt Mujtaba Ali Khan (USA) / Ferdi Tangal (TUR) 3-6, 6-3(10-7)
Amir Asylkozhaev (RUS) / Dmitry Bessonov (RUS) bt Dev Kanbargimath (ROU) / Abhishek Thorat (USA) 7-6(5), 6-4
Girls Doubles (Semi-Finals):
Abhilasha Bista (NEP) / Taylor Goetz(USA) bt Sai Harshitaa Adivi (IND) / Zahra Suleman(PAK): 6-0, 6-1 Sorochkina (RUS) / Ekaterina (RUS) bt Daria Stefania Malaescu (ROU) / Sharvani Shreshta(NEP) 2-6, 6-4(10-8)
Friday’s Fixtures:
Girls Doubles Finals: 10:30 am
Boys Doubles Finals: 2:00 pm
Asian Tennis Federation elects Salim Board of Directors member
ISLAMABAD (Sports Reporter):-President, Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF), Salim Saifullah Khan has been elected as a the member of the Board of Directors of the Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) during the elections held at the virtual the Annual General Meeting of the ATF.
Salim Saifullah Khan thanked the ATF member countries for supporting his candidature, which resulted in his election as a member of the Board of Directors. He also assured that all of us would work collectively to further promote and develop tennis in Asia, especially by concentrating on the grass-root level as there is no dearth of talent in our region. He also emphasised enhanced cooperation between the Federations of ATF in various fields.
ITF Juniors: Natalia Zaman claims an upset victory
Sports Bulletin Report
ISLAMABAD (November 17, 2021):-Pakistani tall girl, Natalia Zaman claimed an upset victory in the Girls’ Singles discipline after thrashing third seed Ekaterina Suvorova of Russia 2-0 in the ITF Pakistan ITA-Midcourt International Junior Tennis Championships at PTF Tennis Complex Islamabad on Wednesday.
It was the second quarterfinal match of Girls’ Singles in which Pakistani girl proved too good against a high ranking Russian girl, as the first set went up neck-to-neck that finally won by local girl 7-6, as she finished second set at 6-4.
Results:
Boys Singles (Quarterfinals):
Aarav Samrat Hada (NEP) bt Nikita Safonov (RUS) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
Abhishek Thorat (USA) bt Dimitry Bessonov (RUS) 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
Amir Asylkozhaev (RUS) bt Aryan Giri (NEP) 6-1, 6-0
Mujtaba Ali Khan (USA) bt Teano Balducci(FRA) 6-1, 6-2
Girls Singles (Quarterfinals):
Abhilasha Bista (NEP) bt Sai Harshitaa Adivi (IND) 6-0, 6-0
Natalia Zaman (PAK) bt Ekaterina Suvorova (RUS) 7-5, 6-4
Daria Stefania Malaescu (ROU) bt Olga Sorochkina (RUS) 6-4, 6-3
Goetz Taylor (USA) bt Sharvani Shrestha (NEP) 6-3,6-1
Boys Doubles (Quarterfinals):
Aarav Samrat Hada / Aki Zuben Rawat (NEP) bt Nikita Safonov (RUS) / Fedor Sosedkin(RUS) 6-2, 6-3
Dev Kanbargimath (ROU) / Abhishek Thorat (USA) bt Aryan Giri (NEP) / Hamid Israr (PAK) 6-4, 6-1
Amir Asylkozhaev (RUS) / Dmitry Bessonov (RUS) bt Teano Balducci (FRA) / Haider Ali (PAK) 6-2, 6-1 Mujtaba Ali Khan (USA) / Ferdi Tangal (TUR) bt Abdullah Adnan (PAK)/ Sami Zeb Khan(PAK) 6-4, 6-2
Girls Doubles (Quarterfinal):
Abhilasha Bista (NEP) / Taylor Goetz (USA) bt Soha Ali (PAK) / Natlia Zaman (PAK) 6-1, 6-2
Daria Stefania Malaescu (ROU) / Sharvani Shrestha (NEP) bt Zara Khan (PAK) / Fatima Ali (PAK) 6-0, 6-1.
SSB Ranking Series: Ashan and Hasnain reach in final
KARACHI (November 17, 2021):-Ashan Ahmed and Hasnain qualified for the final of Under-17 Singles event after beating their respective opponents in the Sindh Sports Board (SSB) Development Series Ranking Tennis Championship.
Results:
Under 17 Singles (Semifinals):
Ahsan ahmed beat Ruhaan Masud 6-3, 6-3
Hasnain Khurram w/o Saqib Danish
ITA-Midcourt Junior Championships: Mujtaba Ali Khan posts big win
Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD (November 16, 2021):-Mujtaba Ali Khan posted a big win in the ongoing ITF Pakistan ITA-Midcourt International Junior Tennis Championships after defeating high ranked Yunes Talawar in the Boys’ Singles at PTF Tennis Complex Islamabad on Tuesday.
Salim Saifullah Khan President, Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) visited PTF Complex and witnessed the matches and appreciated the performance of the players. Also, Tariq Mahmood Murtaza President Islamabad Tennis Association (ITA) and Chairman Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) visited the PTF complex, interacted with the players.
Results:
Boys Singles (Round-II):
Nikita Safonov (RUS) bt Raza Ghaus (PAK) 6-4, 6-4; Amir Asylkozhaev (RUS) bt Kohshi Ishibashi (JPN) 6-3, 6-0; Abhishek Thorat (USA) bt Aki Zuben Rawat (NEP) 6-0, 6-0; Aryan Giri (NEP) bt Bilal Asim 6-3, 7-5; Aarav Samrat Hada (NEP) bt Abdul Hanan 6-0, 6-1; Dmitry Bessonov (RUS) bt Ahmet Ataby 6-4, 6-2; Teano Balducci (FRA) bt Hamid Israr (PAK) 7-6(7), 6-0; Mujtaba Ali Khan (USA) bt Yunes Talawar (IRI) 6-1, 6-0
Girls Singles (Round-II):
Sharvani Shrestha (NEP) bt Amara Khan(PAK) 6-0, 6-1;Taylor Goetz (USA) bt Amna Ali Qayum (PAK) 6-0, 6-1; Abhilasha Bista (NEP) bt Zainab Ali Raja 6-1,6-0; Sai Harshitaa Adivi (IND) bt Fatima Ali Raja(PAK) 6-1,6-1; Ekaterina Suvorova (RUS) bt Soha Ali (PAK) 6-0,6-0; Olga Sorochkina (RUS) bt Zara Khan (PAK) 6-0,6-1; Natalia Zaman (PAK) bt Sheeza Sajid(PAK) 2-6,7-6(3),6-4;Daria Stefania Malaescu (ROU) bt Zahra Suleman(PAK) 6-2,6-0
Boys Doubles (Round-I):
Nikita Safonov (RUS) / Fedor Sosedkin (RUS) bt Ahmed Nael Qureshi (PAK) / Hussnain Ali Rizwan(PAK) 7-5,6-1;Aarav Samrat Hada / Aki Zuben Rawat (NEP) bt Jai Dutta (USA) Raza Ghaus(PAK) 6-2,6-3; Abdullah Adnan (PAK) / Sami Zeb Khan (PAK) bt Ahmet Atabay (TUR) / Yunes Talawar (IRI) 7-5,7-6(7)
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