ISLAMABAD: Top seed Ahmad Nael Qureshi of Pakistan defeated Thailand’s Pudit Phapatsirikul 6-3, 6-2 to move into the second round of the ITF Pakistan World Junior Tennis Championship here at the PTF Tennis Complex on Tuesday.

Pakistan’s Bilal Asim and Ahtesham Humayun also won their respective matches. While Bilal secured a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Abdul Baasith Cader of Sri Lanka, Ahtesham overcame Germany’s Louis Eliah Kense 7-6, 6-3.

Results:

Boys’ singles: Ahmad Nael Qureshi (Pakistan) bt Pudit Phapatsirikul (Thailand) 6-3, 6-2; Bilal Asim (Pakistan) bt Abdul Baasith Cader (Sri Lanka) 6-0, 6-0; Ahtesham Humayun (Pakistan) bt Louis Eliah Kense (Germany) 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Girls’ singles (First round): Karolina Ligai (Kazakhstan) bt Paweenon Nualsri (Thailand) 7-6 (5), 6-4; So Yuna (South Korea) bt Srimul (Thailand) 6-1, 6-2; Aara Aasaal Azim (Maldives) bt Jingke Yan (South Korea) 6-2, 6-4; Hayoon Kim (South Korea) bt Leyla Esther (Germany) 6-4, 6-3; Yeon Joo Cha(South Korea) bt Tanisha Kantam (Singapore) 6-2, 6-3; A Hyun Jo (South Korea) bt Tadakew (Thailand) 6-2, 6-0; Chaerin Lee (South Korea) bt Hinata Wada (Japan) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

Published in Dawn, November 13th, 2024