ISLAMABAD: Local player Nadir Mirza set up a ITF World Juniors Tennis Championship final date with Japan’s Takaya Ishi after beating compatriot Abubakar Talha 7-5, 6-1 in the boys’ singles semi-final here at the PTF Tennis Complex on Thursday.

Ishi, in the other semi-final, got the better of Kazakhstan’s Rodion Likashov 6-1, 6-4.

In the girls’ singles semi-finals, Kazakhstan’s Alissa Korolyova overcame compatriot Yelizaveta Slepchenko 6-3, 5-7, 6-2. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s Haniya Aman Minhas secured a convincing 6-2, 6-1 win against Turkey’s Serife Pelin Sari to book her spot in the final.

In the boys’ doubles quarter-finals, China’s Yuxuan Li and Haolin Liu defeated the Indonesian-Kazakh pair 6-3, 6-4. Abubakar and Singapore’s Luke Jie Xi Ho advanced with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over another Pakistan-Singapore duo.

In the girls’ doubles quarters, the Kazakh duo of Aruzhan Bayalina and Sofiya Malysheva won their match 6-0, 6-3, while Alissa Korolyova and Yelizaveta Slepchenko triumphed in a close match against Pakistan’s Amna Ali Qayum and Turkey’s Serife Pelin Sari, ending 4-6, 6-3 (10-5).

Published in Dawn, April 18th, 2025