Mohammad Khalil Ahmed
ISLAMABAD: All four overseas tennis lads, Cem Atlamis (TUR), Yuan Lu (CHN), Bugra Ozkoc (TUR) and Kamonpanyakorn Thadpong (THA), moved into the semifinals of the ongoing ITF Pakistan PPL-Syed Dilawar Abbas World Junior Tennis Championships after defeating their rivals in men’s singles at PTF-SDA Tennis Complex Islamabad on Wednesday.
Yerzhan Kistafin Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan and to Pakistan visited PTF Complex today to witness some of the matches. He appreciated the high standard of tennis and also interacted with players and parents from his home country Kazakhstan and other countries. The PTF extends its gratitude to Ambassador for his regular visits to PTF Complex to witness such international and national events.
Results:
Boys’ Singles (Quarterfinals):
Cem Atlamis (TUR) beat Jihwan KIM (KOR) 6-0, 6-4
Yuan Lu (CHN) beat Dogan Can Sipahioglu (TUR) 6-0, 6-2
Bugra Ozkoc (TUR) beat Edward Kruppe (CAN) 6-0, 7-5
Kamonpanyakorn Thadpong (THA) beat Mahatir Mohammad (PAK) 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-2
Girls’ Singles (Quarterfinals):
Yejun Lee (KOR) beat Maia Visan (ROU) 6-1, 6-0
Vlada Guryleva (RUS) beat Jinshu Xia (CHN) 5-7, 6-0, 6-4
Zeynep Erbakan (TUR) beat Pitchayapak Srimuk (THA) 6-2, 6-2
Defne Erbkan (TUR) beat Lilya Piskun (RUS) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
Boys’ Doubles (Quarterfinals):
Keagan Jonathan (MAS) / Jihwan Kim(KOR) beat Ahmad Nael Qureshi (PAK) / Krittamaet Thammakun (THA) 6-3, 7-5
Cem Atlamis (TUR) / Mikhail Khodorchenko (RUS) 1-6, 7-5 (10-6)
Mahatir Mohammad Khan (PAK) / Nadir Mirza (PAK) beat Asad Zaman (PAK) / Boda Zheng (CHN) 6-2, 6-2
Girls’ Doubles (Quarterfinals):
Taira Abildayeva (KAZ) / Vlada Guryleva (RUS) beat Se Yeong Jang(KOR) / Yejun Lee (KOR) 6-3,6-3: Anastassiya Kim (KAZ) / Jinshu Xia (CHN) beat Sheeza Sajid (PAK) / Phitchayapak Srimuk (THA) 6-1, 6-1: Defne Erbakan (TUR) / Zeynep Erbakan (TUR) beat Seeun Baeg (KOR) / Maia Visan (ROU) 6-0, 6-0
