ABDUL JABBAR FAISAL
ISLAMABAD (December 2, 2020):- Mohammad Shoaib, Siddhartha Lama, Rohan Belday and Roy Keegan on Wednesday qualified for the semifinals of ongoing Boys Singles Event of the 2nd Leg of ITF Junior Tennis Tournament at PTF Tennis Complex Islamabad. All four players claimed victories easily in straight sets on the clay surface after displaying excellent skills of game.
Top seed Pakistani lad, Mohammad Shoaib eliminated 3rd seed Ruslan Serazhetdinov of Russia without any resistance with the score-line of 6-1 and 6-4 in the first quarterfinal of the day. Unseeded Siddhartha Lama of USA also displayed quality tennis to beat Zalan Khan of Pakistan 6-0, 6-4. Now he will face top seed Mohammad Shoaib in the semifinal on Thursday at same venue.
Later on, in the third quarterfinal, Roy Keegan of Britain registered a straight-set win against Alexandar Karman of USA in a well contested two-set match. Rohan Belday of USA beat Aki Zuben Rawat of Nepal in another one-sided affair 6-2, 6-2 in the fourth quarterfinal. He will meet Roy Keegan in the second semifinal of the ITF Junior Tennis Tournament.
In the doubles event, Abdullah of Pakistan pairing with Aoi Ooka of Japan caused a major upset in the quarterfinal by eliminating 3rd seed Zalan Khan of Pakistan and Ruslan Serazhetdinov of Russia in a thrilling three set match and moved into the semifinal.
Results:
Boys Singles (Quarterfinals):
Mohammad Shoaib (PAK) beat Ruslan Serazhetdinov (RUS) 6-1, 6-4
Siddhartha Lama (USA) beat Zalan Khan (PAK) 6-0, 6-4
Roy Keegan (GBR) beat Alexander Karman (USA) 6-3, 6-3
Rohan Belday (USA) beat Aki Zuben Rawat (NEP) 6-2, 6-2
Boys Doubles (Quarterfinal):
Ahmed Kamil (PAK) / Mohammad Shoaib (PAK) beat Hamid Israr Gul (PAK) / Roy Keegan (GBR) 4-6, 6-2(10-8)
Aarav Samrat Hada (NEP) / Zuben Rawat (NEP) beat Mahatir Mohammad Khan (PAK) / Hasheesh Kumar (PAK) 6-4, 6-3
Abdullah (PAK) / Aoi Ooka (JPN) beat Zalan Khan (PAK) / Ruslan Serazhetdinov (RUS) 6-4, 3-6(11-9)
Rohan Belday (USA) / Alexander Karman (USA) beat Aryan Giri (NEP) / Siddhartha Lama (USA) 6-3, 6-3
Girls Doubles (Semifinals):
Abhilasha Bista (NEP) / Arina Valitova (RUS) beat Sheeza Sajid (PAK) / Ekaterina Suvorova (RUS) 6-0, 6-2
Zoha Asim (PAK) / Margarita Okhendovskaya (Ukraine) beat Maleeha Khalid (PAK) / Zahara Suleman (PAK) 6-0, 6-0
