ISLAMABAD: Subh-e-Nau has announced to hold a national tennis event exclusively for women from Wednesday here at the PTF Tennis Complex.

The tournament concludes on March 15.

Subh-e-Nau chairperson Shahida Kausar Farooq said the tournament was aimed at promoting women sports in Pakistan.

She said the event was being held in connection with World Women’s Day and was dedicated to all women heroes of the country.

“SN has successfully hosted many tennis events for women in Pakistan and we hope that this will be another successful tournament,” Shahida said.

Giving details about the tournament, she said matches in the tournament will take part in six categories -- ladies singles, ladies doubles, U-18 juniors, U-14, U-12 and U-10.

According to the SN chairperson, players interested in taking part in the said event can send their entries to tournament director Mahvish Chishtie and Shahzad Akhtar Alvi before Tuesday.

Published in Dawn, March 6th, 2020

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