Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD:-Solitary Pakistani lad Semi Zeb Khan booked his berth in the quarterfinal stage of Boys’ Singles event of the ongoing ITF Pakistan AJ Towers World Junior Tennis Championships at PTF-SDA Tennis Complex, Islamabad on Tuesday. Rest of three boys and girls failed to reach in top-eight phase of the international tennis juniors’ fixture.
Unseeded Pakistan youngster Semi Zeb Khan, the upcoming proficient caused a major upset during the course of 2nd round encounter with 3rd Seed Nikita Safonov from Russia with the score-line of 6-4 and 6-2. The 6th Seed Hamid Israr (PAK) lost his encounter against Maciej Zarebeski (POL) in straight set 6-4 6-3 whereas another unseeded Ivan Lutkin from Russia ousted the 7th Seed Aril Kayra Tuna from Turkey in one sided affair 6-0 6-1. Meanwhile, the 5th Seed Aldlyar Abzhan from Kazakhstan struggled hard to win his match against Mehmet Onur Turgut (TUR) in a thrilling three setter 4-6 6-3 7-5.
Upcoming Ahmad Nael Qureshi (PAK) played excellent tennis against 4th Seed Ruslan Serazhetdinov (RUS). Ahmad lost the first set 6-2, but bounced back in the same fashion to level the match at 1-1 set all. In the final set Ruslan played excellent game of tennis and did not allow his opponent to settle down and won the third set without conceding a single game and qualified for the quarter final.
In the Girls singles, 3rd Seed Melisa Ugar (TUR) struggled hard to win her encounter against Eunsoo Lee (KOR) in a well contested three set match. Eunsoo Lee won the first set 6-2 by breaking 3rd and 5th game of Melisa. In the 2nd set both the players held their respective serve till 5-5 all; Melisa played some excellent shots and broke the 13th game of Eunsoo and won the set at 7-5. The match was decided in the third set which was won by Melisa at 6-4.
Results: Boys Singles (Round-II)
Aldlyar Abzhan (KAZ) beat Mehmet Onur Turgut (TUR) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
Amir Ali Ghavam (IRI) beat Asad Zaman (PAK) 6-1, 6-1
Yunes Talavar (IRI) beat Bilal Asim (PAK) 6-4, 7-5
Maciej Zarebski (POL) beat Hamid Israr Gul (PAK) 6-4, 6-3
Ruslan Serazhetdinov (RUS) beat Ahmd Nael Qureshi (PAK) 6-2, 2-6, 6-0
Ivan Iutkin (RUS) beat Aril Kayra Tuna (TUR) 6-0, 6-1
Semi Zeb Khan (PAK) beat Nikita Safonov (RUS) 6-4, 6-2
Nikita Bortnichjek (RUS) beat Dev Kangargimatch (ROU) 6-2, 6-4
Results: Girls Singles (Round-II)
Melisa Ugur (TUR) beat Eunsoo Lee (KOR) 2-6, 7-5, 6-4
Olga Sorochkina (RUS) beat Seo Hyeon Park (KOR) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
Tatyana Chsherbakova (KAZ) beat Amara Khan (PAK) 6-0, 6-0
Tamara Ermakova (RUS) beat Artina Gashi (GBR) 6-3, 6-4
Munisa Ashurbekova (UZB) beat Aleksandra Bortnichek (RUS) 7-5, 6-1
Renata Gareva (RUS) beat Natalia Zaman (PAK) 6-1, 6-1
Avrora Volkova (RUS) beat Amna Ali Qayum (PAK) 6-2, 6-3
Andra IZabella Sirbu (ROU) beat Sa Rang Lim (KOR) 6-3, 6-2
Results: Boys Doubles (Round-I)
Hamid Israr Gul (PAK) & Maciej Zarebski (POL) beat Shehryaar Anees (PAK) & Asad Zaman (PAK) 6-1, 6-1
Hasheesh Kumar (PAK) & Huzaima Abdul Rehman (PAK) beat Mohammad Ali (CAN) & Ibrahim Sohail (PAK) 6-2, 6-1
Aldlyar Abzhan (KAZ) & Mohammad Zaryab Khan (PAK) beat Balil Asim (PAK) & Abdul Hanan (PAK) 6-3, 6-4
Nikita Bortnichek (RUS) & Ruslan Serazhetdinov (RUS) beat Mohammad Ibrahim Ashraf (PAK) & Athesham Humayun (PAK) 6-2, 6-4.
