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Westbury Tennis: Farhan and Zain set to meet in final
Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD:-Farhan Altaf and Zain Nawab set to meet in the final of the 18th West Berry Tennis Championship Men's Singles event after showing acceptable performance in the top-4 stage at Defense Authority (DA) Creek Club Karachi.
According to available information, Farhan Altaf outplayed Nadir Mirza in the first semifinal with the score-line of 7-6 and 6-0 while Zain Nawab had to toil hard to overcome Nadir Bachani 2-1. The final score-line was 3-6, 6-1 and 10-0.
Later in the Men's Doubles, Air vice Marshal Razi Nawab pairing with his son Zain Nawab claimed an historical victory by thrashing high ranked pair and top seed Aqeel Shabbir and Murad Khan by 8-4 in the semifinal.
Results (Day-6):
Men's Singles Semi
Farhan Altaf defeated Nadir Mirza 7-6, 6-0
Zain Nawab defeated Nadir Bachani (Hyderabad) 3-6, 6-1, 10-0
Juniors Under-17 Singles Semi
Rahim Waqar defeated Ahsan Ahmed 6-4, 6-0
Girls U-15 Singles Semi-Finals
Laiba Ismail defeated Shanzeh Rashid 6-1, 5-4
Varsha Das defeated Amna Harris 4-2, 4-2
Under-13 Singles Semi
Neil Mirza defeated Ali Bachani (Hyderabad) 4-1, 5-4
Under-11 Singles Quarter
Hadi Mahmood defeated Larib Shamsi 5-3, 4-0
Men's Doubles Semi
Noor Mustafa + Danish Ramzan defeated Vinod Das + Ali Imam 9-7
Zain Nawab + Razi Nawab defeated Murad Khan + Aqeel Shabbir 8-4
Plus +35 Singles Final
Saqib Zia defeated Robin Das 8-2
Under 9 Singles Semi
Rashid Bachani (Hyderabad) defeated Mustafa Naveed 4-1, 4-2
Majid Ali (Hyderabad) Ahl Defeated Imran 5-4, 2-4, 10-6
Plus +35 Doubles Semifinals
Asad Ali Bhagat + Naomi Qamar defeated Ali Mansoor Zaidi + Shamil Tajmal 8-1.
Pakistan outclass India in Under-12 ITF Asia Team Event
Islamabad (Sports Desk):-Pakistan junior team outclassed India 2-1 in the Team Event of Under-12 ITF Asia Tennis Championship at the capital city of Kazakhstan, Nur-ul-Islama on Thursday. The final will be played on Friday at same venue between Pakistan and hosts Kazakhstan at same venue.
Results:
Hamza Roman beat Ojas Mehlawat 6-3, 6-2
Aaraw Chawla beat Abubakar Talha 7-6(0), 6-3
Hamza/Abubakar beat Aaraw/Ojas Mehlawat 6-4, 6-2
Westbury Tennis: Natalia and Zainab reach in final
Karachi (Sports Report):-Natalia Zaman and Zainab Ali reached in the final of the Ladies’ Single discipline of the ongoing 18th West Berry Tennis Championship after winning their respective semifinals at DA Creek Club on Thursday.
Results (day-5):
Men's Singles (Quarters)
Farhan Altaf defeated Asad 6-1, 6-0
Nadir Mirza defeated Asher Mir 6-7 (4), 6-4-6, 10-7
Zain Nawab w / o Shiraz Bhand
Nadir Bachani (Hyderabad) defeated Vinod Das 6-4, 6-1
Ladies Singles (Semifinals):
Natalia Zaman defeated Varsha Das 6-1, 6-0
Zainab Ali defeated Ayesha Ali 6-1, 6-1
Under-15 Singles (Semifinals)
Sameer Zaman defeated Ahsan Ahmed 4-0, 3-5, 4-1
Girls Under-15 Singles (Round-I)
Laiba Ismail defeated Amelia 4-1, 0-4, 5-3
Under-13 Singles (quarterfinals)
Ahsan Ahmed defeated Dharaf Das 2-4, 4-2, 7-5
Hadi Mahmood defeated Rohab Faisal 1-4, 4-2, 4-0
Nayel Mirza defeated Zaid Zaman 4-1, 4- 0
Ali Bachani (Hyderabad) defeated Shehzar Ali 4-5, 5-3, 10-6
Under-11 Singles Quarter
Abdul Wahab Rafi (Hyderabad) defeated Mehd Shehzad 4-1, 4-1
Rohab Faisal defeated Rashid Ali (Hyderabad) 4-0, 4-2
Ali Bachani Hyderabad defeated Shehzar Ali 4-1, 4-2
Under-11 Singles Semifinals
Rohab Faisal defeated Wahab Rafi (Hyderabad) 4-1, 4-2
Under-9 Singles Quarter
Rashid Ali (Hyderabad) defeated Nayal Shamsi 4-0, 4-0
Mustafa Naveed defeated Ahmed Asif 4-1, 4-0
Majid Ali Hyderabad defeated Mohammad Qasim 4-0, 4-1
Imdad Imran defeated Rohan Das 4-2, 4-1
Men's Doubles Quarter
Zain Nawab + Razi Nawab defeated Ibad-ur-Rehman + Mustafa Burney 8-3
Men's Doubles (Semifinals)
Noor Mustafa + Danish Ramzan defeated Vinod Das + Ali Imam 9-7
Plus +35Doubles (semifinals)
Asad Ali Bhagat + Naomi Qamar defeated Vinod + Fahad 8-1.
Westbury Tennis: Munir Darbari stuns Sameer 2-0
Karachi (Sports Report):-Second seed, Munir Darbari stunned Sameer Zaman 2-0 in the Under-17 Boys’ Singles to move in the next round of the 18th Westbury Ranking Tennis Championships at Defense Authority (DA) Creek Club Karachi on Wednesday. The final score-line was 5-7 and 4-6.
Results (Day-4):
Men's Singles (Pre-Quarters)
Nadir Mirza defeated Sharq Rameez 6-1,
Assad defeated Talha 6-2, 6-1
Shiraz Bhand (Hyderabad) defeated Bilal Soomro 7-6, 6-2
Vinod Das w / o Red
Zain Nawab defeated Bilal Khan (Hyderabad) 6-1, 6-1
Juniors Under-17 Singles (Semifinals)
Munir Darbari (Hyderabad) defeated Sameer Zaman 7-5, 6-4
Under-15 Singles (Semifinals)
Dharaf Das defeated Munir Darbari 4-2, 5-4
Under-13 Singles (Pre-Quarters)
Nayel Mirza defeated Zaid Zaman 5-4, 4-2
Ahsan Ahmed defeated Hamza Tahir 4-0, 4-0
Dharaf Das defeated Faiz Ilyas 4-1, 4-1
Hadi Mahmood defeated Abdullah Razzaq 4-1, 3-5, 4-1
Rohab Faisal defeated Hazeq Arejo (Hyderabad) 5-3, 4-0
Zaid Zaman defeated Imdad Ali 4-2, 5-4
Under-11 Singles (Pre-Quarters)
Hadi Mahmood defeated Abid Bachani (Hyderabad) 4-2, 5-4
Shahrzar Ali defeated Ahl-e-Imran 4-0, 4-1
Under 9 singles (Round-I)
Majid Ali (Hyderabad) defeated Haniya Ali 4-0, 4-0
Rohan Das defeated Arsh 4-2, 4-0
Ahmed Asif defeated Rahim Faisal 4-0, 4-2
35 Plus Singles Semi
Saqib Zia defeated Rafi Darbari (top seed) 8-2
35 plus Doubles (semifinals)
Ali Zaidi + Shamil Tajmal defeated Abbas Bhagat + Imran Diwani 8-2
Asad Ali Bhagat + Naomi Qamar and Mohammad Abdul Saeed + Mohammad Nasim 8-1
Men's Doubles Quarters
Murad Khan + Aqeel Khan defeated Salman Ahmed + Amir Mumtaz 8-6.
Vinod Das + Ali Imam defeated Daulat Asad 8-1.
Westbury Ranking Tennis: Farhan, Nadir and Asher claim victories
KARACHI (Sports Reporter):-Top seed Farhan Altaf, Asher Mir and Nadir Bachani qualified for the next round of the Men’s Singles of the 18th Westbury Ranking Tennis Championships at Defense Authority (DA) Creek Club Karachi on Tuesday.
Results (Day-3):
Men's Singles (Round-I)
Nadir Mirza beat Asif Bachani 6-1, 6-2
Shiraz Bhand (Hyderabad) beat Timur Aslam (Hyderabad) 6-2, 2-0
Bilal Khan (Hyderabad) beat Mohammad Umair Anwar 6-0, 6-0
Nadir Bachani (Hyderabad Second Seed) defeated Mustafa Tariq 6-0, 6-4
Men's Singles (Round-II)
Farhan Altaf (first seed) beat Ali Asif 6-0, 6-0.
Asher Mir beat Rahim Waqar 6-1, 6-2
Nadir Bachani beat Rehan Iqbal 6-3, 6-1
Under-15 singles (quarterfinals)
Munir Darbari (Hyderabad) defeated Faiz Ilyas 4-0, 4-0
Dharaf Das defeated Neil Mirza 3-5, 4-0, 5-4
Under-13 Singles (Round-I)
Zaid Zaman defeated Abid Bachani 4-1, 4-2
Under-13 Singles (Round-I)
Ali Bachani (Hyderabad) defeated Nibras Malik 4-0, 5-3
Shahrzar Ali defeated Abdul Wahab (Hyderabad) 4-2, 4-2
Under-11 Singles (First Round)
Majid Ali (Hyderabad) defeated Ahmed Asif 4-0, 4-0
Abid Bachani (Hyderabad) defeated Imdad Imran 4-2, 4-2
Shahrzar Ali defeated Hazeq Arejo (Hyderabad) 4-1, 4-2
Ahl-e-Imran defeated Rohan Das 5-4, 4-2
Under-11 Singles (Round-II)
Mehd Shehzad defeated Zaid Zaman 1- 4, 4-1, 4-1
Ali Bachani defeated Mohammad Yahya Haleem 4-0, 4-0
Under- 9 Singles (Round-I)
Mustafa Naveed defeated Omar Zaman 4-0, 4-0
Mohammad Qasim defeated Ali Imran 4-2, 4-1
Imdad Imran defeated Zain Qamar 0-4, 4-1, 4-2
Plus +35 Singles (Round-I)
Asif Mehmood defeated Jahangir Khan 8-4
Plus +35 Singles (quarters)
Rafi Darbari (Hyderabad Top Seed) defeated Amir Mumtaz 8-4
Robin Das defeated Habib Vohra 8-3
Plus +35 Doubles’ (Quarterfinals)
Vinod Das + Fahad Anwar defeated Asif Arshad + Saqib 8-3
Abbas Bhagat + Imran Dewan defeated Amir Mumtaz + Shehzad Mumtaz 8-3
Men's Doubles (First Round)
Ibad-ur-Rehman + Mustafa Burney defeated Imran + Fahad 9-7
Salman Ahmed + Aamir Mumtaz defeated Shah Rukh + Bilal 8-6.
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
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