May 16, 2006	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 17, 1427

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ISLAMABAD, May 15: Pakistan finished sixteenth out of sixteen in the Junior Fed Cup Asia Oceania Qualifying Round after being beaten 2-0 by Sri Lanka on the final day of the competition in Bangkok. It was a miserable end for the Pakistani girls who lost to all of the six nations they played against during the course of the tournament.

The Sri Lankans who went into the match having beaten Pakistan earlier in a pool fixture, took the lead through Jithme Jayaviekrema whose opponent Aamna Hameed retired after being down 2-5.

Then Nilupul Gonasekera swept aside Pakistan's top player Sarah Mahboob 6-1, 6-2. Fortunately for the national team the doubles was not played because of searing heat.

The performance of the team went to show that a lot needs to be done by the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) which of late has only been making false claims.

The side played 16 matches against six countries and could not win even a single one. Perhaps the only high point for the Pakistanis was the London-based Aamna Hameed winning the solitary set for her side out of 32 sets the team played.