Sami makes last eight at ITF Juniors

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Sami makes last eight at ITF Juniors

Kashif Abbasi Published November 17, 2022

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Sami Zeb Khan defeated Turkiye’s Ibrahim Deniz 6-2, 6-3 to move into the quarter-finals of the ITF Pakistan World Juniors Tennis Championship second-leg here at the PTF-SDA Tennis Complex on Wednesday.

Turkiye’s Bugra Ozkoc also made it to the quarters after beating Pakistan’s Bilal Asim 6-2, 1-6, 6-3.

In the girls event, Pakistan’s Zainab Ali Naqvi booked a spot in the last-eight after her 6-2, 6-0 win over Thaniya Sarai of India .

Results (second round):

Boys singles: Imran Khatibev (Uzbekistan) bt Penn Charusorn (Thailand) 7-5,3-0-Retd; Zaidh Zihar (Sri Lanka) bt Aryan Giri (Nepal) 7-5,7-6(2); Bugra Ozkoc (Turkiye) bt Bilal Asim (Pakistan) 6-2,1-6,6-3; Amir Asylkozhaev (Russia) bt Matthew Goh (Malaysia) 6-1,6-4;Sami Zeb Khan (Pakistan) bt Ibrahim Furkan Deniz (Turkiye) 6-2,6-3.

Girls singles: Melissa Jangarashva (Kazakhstan) bt Natalia Zaman (Pakistan) 6-2,6-0; Polina Kaibekova (Russia) bt Fatima Ali Raja 6-0,6-0; Deren Ozel (Turkiye) bt Soha Ali (Pakistan) 6-0,6-0; Zainab Ali Naqvi (Pakistan) bt Thaniya Sarai (India) 6-2,6-0; Lia Belibova (Moldova) bt Madina Omarova (Kazakhstan) 6-4,7-5.

Boys doubles (first round): Ibrahim Furkan Deniz (Turkey)/Imran Khaitbaev(Uzbekistan) bt Amir Asylkozhaev (Russia)/ Mikael Svanidze(Georgia) 3-6, 6-2(10-8); Kou Fujikawa (Japan)/ Thadpong (Thailand) bt Hamid Israr Gul (Pakistan) / Ahmed Nael Qureshi (Pakistan) 6-2, 7-5; Matthew Goh (Malaysia) / Abdul Hanan (Pakistan) bt Amir Mazari (Pakistan) / Nabeel Ali Qayum (Pakistan) 6-2, 6-2; Aarav Samrat Hada (USA) / Aki Zuben Rawat (Nepal) bt Ahtesham Humayun (Pakistan)/ Arkhip Kozlov (Russia) 7-5, 6-0; M. Talha Khan (Pakistan) / M. Huzaifa Khan (Pakistan) bt Ada Guler (Turkiye) /Bugra Ozkoc (Turkiye) 6-3, 5-7 (10-7); Muhammad Zaryab Khan (Pakistan) / Azat Sarsembaev (Kazakhstan) Bilal Asim (Pakistan) / Sami Zeb Khan (Pakistan) 6-3, 7-5; Aryan Giri (Nepal) / Zaidh Zihar (Sri Lanka) bt Asad Zaman (Pakistan) / Shehryar Anees (Pakistan) 6-1, 6-0; Penn Charusorn (Thailand) / Teetawat (Thailand) bt Mars Argun (Turkiye)/ Kivanc Bedir (Turkiye) 6-1, 6-3.

Girls doubles (first round): Zhansaya Bakytzhan (Kazakhstan) / Natalia Zaman (Pakistan) bt Zainab Ali Raja (Pakistan) / Sheeza Sajid (Pakistan) 6-1, 6-3; Neha Krishnan (USA) / Defne Yuksel (Turkiye) bt Soha Ali (Pakistan) / Amna Ali Qayum (Pakistan) 6-7(4), 6-2(10-5).

Published in Dawn, November 17th, 2022

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Kashif Ali Abbasi is an Islamabad-based reporter for Dawn with 17 years of experience in journalism. He covers sports, the education sector, and civic issues. He can be found on X at @AbbasiKashif833.

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