ISLAMABAD: The nati­onal duo of Nadir Mirza and Mikael Ali Baig adva­nce into the Zainab Ali Naqvi Memorial ITF World Junior Championship doubles final here at the PTF Complex on Thursday.

Nadir and Mikael boo­k­ed the final spot when their opponent Kazak­hstan’s Platon Kovalyov — partnering Pakistan’s Shehryar Anees — retired while being 3-0 down in the first set.

The other doubles semi-final had an identical outcome, as Abubakar Talha and Luke Jie Xi Ho of Singapore downed the team of Russia’s Alexey Ryabov and Turkiye’s Yildiz Yagiz 3-0, when Yagiz retired.

The girls’ semi-final saw Saudia Arab’s Hania Amna Minhas defeating Yeliz­aveta Slepchenko of Kaza­k­hstan 6-0, 6-3 to book the final date with Alissa Korolyova, also from Kazakhstan. Korolyova brushed aside Nana Okawa of Japan 6-2, 6-2.

Results (semi-finals):

Girls doubles: Zihan Feng (China)/Haniya Aman Minhas (Saudi Arabia) bt Seo Hee Jeon (South Korea)/Da Eun Lee (South Korea) 6-0, 6-2; Sofiya Malysheva (Kazakhstan)/Aruzhan Bayalina (Kazakhstan) bt Nana Okawa (Japan)/Rino Shinden (Japan) 6-1, 6-2.

Published in Dawn, April 11th, 2025