ABDUL JABBAR FAISAL
ISLAMABAD (December 3, 2020):-Abhilasha Bista from Nepal pairing with Arina Valitova from Russia on Thursday lifted the title of Girl’s Doubles Event of the 2nd Leg of the General Tyre ITF J5 Junior Tennis Championship after beating Zoha Asim of Pakistan and Margarita Okhendovskaya of Ukraine in straight 2-0 at the PTF Complex, Islamabad. The final score-line was 6-3 and 6-2.
In first semi-final of Girls singles event, top seed Arina Valitova was in fine touch and registered a straight-set win against Margarita Okhendovskaya of Ukraine with a score of 6-3, 6-1 by playing powerful forehand and backhand drives.
Meanwhile in the second semi-final, Abhilasha Bista of Nepal won her encounter against Zoha Asim of Pakistan in straight sets 6-4, 6-2. Zoha Asim made a number of unforced errors at the crucial stages of the match.
In the Boys singles event, Mohammad Shoaib of Pakistan and Roy Keegan advanced into the Boys singles final, which will be played on Saturday, 05th December, 2020.
Top Seed Mohammad Shoaib of Pakistan struggled hard to win the match in a well contested three-set match. Siddhartha Lama of USA won the first set at 6-4 by breaking 10th game of Shoaib, in which he hit two double faults. In second set, both the players displayed quality tennis from the baseline. Shoaib builds up the winning lead 5-1, by breaking first and third game of Siddhartha Lama. Siddhartha Lama broke the 8th game of Shoaib after three deuces. Shoaib won the second set at 6-3 by breaking the last game of Siddhartha at 0-40 by hitting some good passing shots.
In the final set, long rallies were witnessed from the baseline as the score went up to 4 all, with both the players holding their respective serves. Shoaib won the final set 6-4 by breaking the 10th game of the final set and moved into the final. In the second semifinal, Roy Keegan got a walkover against Rohan Belday of USA, on account of medical reasons.
In the Boys doubles event, Mohammad Shoaib and Ahmed Kamil of Pakistan also got walkover against Rohan Belday and Alexander Karman of USA as Rohan Belday was unable to play on account of medical reasons.
In the other semi-final, Aarav Samrat Hada and Aki Zuben Rawat of Nepal won their match against Abdullah of Pakistan and Aoi Ooka of Japan in a thrilling, well contested two-set match 7-6(5),6-3. Boy’s Doubles final will be played tomorrow at 10 pm and Girls singles final will be played at 2:15 PM.
Results:
Girl’s Doubles (Final):
Abhilasha Bista (NEP) / Arina Valitova (RUS) beat Zoha Asim (PAK) / Margarita Okhendovskaya (Ukraine) 6-3, 6-2
Boys Singles (Semifinals):
Mohammad Shoaib (PAK) beat Siddhartha Lama (USA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Roy Keegan (GBR) w/o Rohan Belday (USA)
Boy’s Doubles (Semifinals):
Aarav Samrat Hada (NEP) / Aki Zuben Rawat (NEP) beat Abdullah (PAK) / Aoi Ooka (JPN) 7-6(5), 6-3
Ahmed Kamil (PAK) / Mohammad Shoaib (PAK) w/o Rohan Belday (USA) / Alexander Karman (USA)
Girls Singles (Semifinals):
Arina Valitova (RUS) beat Margarita Okhendovskaya (Ukraine) 6-3, 6-1
Abhilasha Bista (NEP) beat Zoha Asim (PAK) 6-4, 6-2.
