Sports Bulletin Report
ISLAMABAD:-Duo of local players Mohammad Talha Khan and Mohammad Huzaifa Khan reached in the semifinals of Boys’ Doubles Event of the ongoing ITF Pakistan Elaan Syed Dilawar Abbas Memorial World Junior Tennis Championships here at PTF-SDA Tennis Complex on Wednesday. They overcame Russian lads Ivan Iutkin and Ruslan Serazhetdinov 2-1, as the final score-line was 7-5, 5-7 and 11-9.
In the Boys Doubles event; talented Mohammad Talha Khan pairing with Mohammad Huzaifa Khan defeated the 3rd seed duo of Russia Ivan Iutkin & Ruslan Serazhetdinov in a thrilling three-set match. All the players played excellent tennis throughout the match, in the first set Russian players took the lead 3-1 but Talha and Huzaifa fought back aggressively and leveled the score 5-5 all by breaking the 10th game of Ivan & Ruslan. In the 12th game, Talha & Huzaifa played a well-controlled game and did not allow Ivan & Ruslan to hold their service which ended with a double fault and took the lead 1-0.
In the second set, Ivan & Ruslan played well and took the second set in the same fashion to level the match 1-1 set all by breaking the 11th game of Khan brothers. The actual supremacy of the battle was held in the super tie break which was won by the Khan-brother at 11-9. In another Doubles quarter-final, Semi Zeb Khan & Hasheesh Kumar of Pakistan showed their metal and comfortably defeated Abdul Hanan of Pakistan pairing with Liviu Popirlan of Romania in a straight-set 6-3 6-0.
In the Boys Singles quarter-final, unseeded Hasheesh Kumar of Pakistan confirmed his place for the semi-final when he defeated Bilal Asim of Pakistan in a well-contested three-set match. In the opening set Asim Bilal played excellently and garbed the set at 6-2 by breaking the 3rd, 5th, and 7th game of Kumar. In the 2nd set Hasheesh Kumar played well and took revenge by breaking the 2nd and 8th game of Bilal and leveling the match, 1-1 set all. The deciding set saw some exhilarating tennis as both the players reached 4-games all and then in the 10th game Hasheesh played some excellent shots and broke Bilal to seal his place in the semi-final.
Results:
Boys Singles (Quarter Finals)
Ivan Iutkin (RUS) beat Aril Kayra Tuna (TUR) 6-4 7-5; Hasheesh Kumar (PAK) beat Bilal Asim (PAK) 2-6 6-2 6-4; Mehmet Onur Turgut (TUR) beat Dev Kanbarhimatch (ROU) 6-2 6-0; Ruslan Serazhetdinow (RUS) beat Hamid Israr Gul (PAK) 6-1 6-0.
Girls Singles (Quarter Finals)
Andra Izabella Sirbu (ROU) beat Yeon Joo Cha (KOR) 6-2 6-0; Sa Rang Lim (KOR) beat Melisa Ugur (TUR) 6-3 6-0; Seo Hyeon Park (KOR) beat Taira Abildayeva (KAZ) 6-2 6-1; Tatyana Chsherbakova beat Eunsoo Lee (KOR) 7-6(5) 6-3.
Boys Doubles (Quarter finals)
Mohammad Talha Khan (PAK) & Mohammad Huzaifa Khan (PAK) beat Ivan Iutkin (RUS) & Ruslan Serazhetdinov (RUS) 7-5 5-7 11-9; Sami Zeb Khan (PAK) & Haseesh Kumar (PAK) beat Abdul Hanan (PAK) & Liviu Popirlan (ROU) 6-3 6-0; Nikita Bortnichek (RUS) & Dev Kanbargimatch (ROU) beat Shehryaar Anees (PAK) & Asad Zaman (PAK) 6-3 6-2; Yunes Talavar (IRI) & Aril Kayra Tuna (TUR) beat Bilal Asim (PAK) & Ahmad Nael Qurehsi (PAK) 6-2 6-2
Girls Doubles (Quarter Finals)
Taira Abildayeva (KAZ) & Tatyana Chsherbakova (KAZ) beat Sheeza Sajid (PAK) & Natalia Zaman (PAK) 6-1 6-1; Eunsoo Lee (KOR) & Sa Rang Lim (KOR) w/o Tamara Ermakova (RUS) & Artina Gashi (GBR); Andra Izabella Sirbu (ROU) & Melisa Ugur (TUR) beat Aleksandra Bortnichek (RUS) & Renata Garaeva (RUS) 6-2 6-1; Munisa Ashurbekova (UZB) & Olga Sorochkina (RUS) beat Yeon Joo Cha (KOR) & Seo Hyeon Park (KOR) 6-2 6-3.
