ISLAMABAD: Pakistan players Ahmed Nael, Bilal Asim, Mohammad Talha and Abubakar Talha qualified for the boys’ singles quarter-finals of the ITF Pakistan PPL-Syed Dilawar Abbas World Junior Tennis Championship Leg-2 at the PTF Tennis Complex on Wednesday.

Abubakar defeated Korea’s Ho Jun Park 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 whereas all the other abovementioned home players did not face any serious resistance from their opponents in the last-eight stage.

Results:

Boys singles pre-quarterfinals: Ahmad Nael (Pakistan) bt Asad Zaman (Pakistan) 6-1, 6-2; Sion J (Korea) bt Aahil Kaleel (Sri Lanka) 6-2, 6-2; Xiuyuan Guo (China) bt Mohammad Salar Khan (Pakistan) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2; Mohammad Talha (Pakistan) bt Patham Laosakulporn (Thailand) 7-5, 6-2; Bilal Asim (Pakistan) bt Yeonmu Jung (Korea) 6-4, 6-2; Minwoo Kim (Korea) bt Mohammad Haider Ali Rizwan 6-1, 7-5; Abubakar Talha bt Ho Jun Park (Korea) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5

Girls singles pre-quarterfinals: Hinata WADA (Japan) bt hayoon KIM (Korea) 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3; Karolina LIGAI (Kazakhstan) bt Haruhi KATSUBE (Japan) 6-2, 6-2; Youngchae OH (Korea) bt Pudit Phapatsirikul (Thailand) 6-4, 6-4; Elizaveta Privalova bt Gehansa Methnadi Lamappulage Don (Sri Lanka) 6-2, 6-2; Yeon Joo Cha (Korea) bt Paweenon Nualsri (Thailand) 7-5, 6-3

Boys doubles quarter-finals: Mohammad Haider Ali Rizwan (Pakistan)/Abubakar Talha (Pakistan) Aahil Kaleel (Sri Lanka)/Louis Dish Knese (Germany) 6-1, 6-1

Girls doubles quarter-finals: A Hyun (Korea)/Chaeria LEE (Korea) bt Tanisha Kantam (Singapore)/Leyla-Esther Knese (Germany) 6-1, 6-4; Dinara De Silva (Sri Lanka)/Phitchayapak Srimuk (Thailand) bt Jn A Hong (Korea)/Chaewon Moon (Korea) 6-2, 6-4.

Published in Dawn, November 21st, 2024