ISLAMABAD: Russia’s Maria Pukhina defeated Iman Khan of Britain in the girls quarter-final of the Syed Dilawar & Syed Tajammul Abbas Memorial ITF Pakistan Juniors here at the PTF Complex on Thursday.

Pukhina overwhelmed Iman 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 in one of the most exciting matches of the day. It was the only quarter-final in both boys and girls events, which stretched to three games.

Earlier in the boys event, France’s Artiom Dorofeev beat Yakup Uzunel 7-5, 6-2 of Denmark and Dmitry Dolzhenkov of Russia overpowered Switzerland’s William Alsterback 7-5, 6-2.

Results (quarter-finals):

Boys singles: Alessio Basile (Belgium) bt Lorant Gyori (Hungary) 6-3, 6-0; Birtan Duran (Turkey) bt Siddhartha Lama (US) 6-3, 6-1; Artiom Dorofeev (France) bt Yakup Uzunel (Denmark) 7-5, 6-2; Dmitry Dolzhenkov (Russia) bt William Alsterback (Sweden) 7-5, 6-2

Girls singles: Maria Pukhina (Russia) bt Iman Khan (Britain) 6-3, 1-6, 7-5; Ellie Blackford (Britain) bt Ekaterina Suvorova (Russia) 6-3, 6-3; Arina Arifullina (Russia) bt Mariia Masiianskaia (Russia) 0-6, 6-4, 6-3; Ines Faltinger (Austria) bt Avrora Volkova (Russia) 6-1, 6-1

Girls doubles: Mariia Masiianskaia (Russia)/Margarita Okhendovskaya (Ukraine) bt Ekaterina Suvorova (Russia)/Avrora Volkova (Russia) 7-5, 6-4; Dorsa Cheraghi (Iran)/Ines Faltinger (Austria) bt Lidia Laskova (Russia)/Olga Sorochkina (Russia) 6-1, 6-3

Boys doubles: Dmitry Dolzhenkov (Russia)/Artiom Dorofeev (France) bt Andrey Kozlov (Russia)/Ruslan Serazhetdinov (Russia) 6-0, 6-4; Alessio Basile (Belgium)/Birtan Duran (Turkey) bt Raahim Agha (Britain)/Abraar Iqbal (US) 7-5, 6-1.

Published in Dawn, February 12th, 2021