ISLAMABAD: The pair of Astrid Cirotte of France and Sebastiani Leon of Mexico reached the semi-finals of the W-15 Islamabad Women’s Tennis Championships after defeating Suzuna Oigawa of Japan and Jeong Moon of South Korea 6-2, 7-6(6) at the PTF Tennis Complex on Thursday.

In other doubles quarter-finals, South African sisters Wozuko and Wa­r­ona Mdlulwa beat Rus­sian pair Lilia Pis­k­un and Sofiia Suslova 6-2, 6-1. Kamonwan Yod­petch of Thailand and Ru Xi Wu of China def­eated Kei Yau Cheung of Hong Kong and Sabrina Olimja­nova of Uzbekistan 6-1, 6-2.

Germany’s Anast­asiya Kuparev and Sevil Yuldasheva of Uzbekistan also adva­n­ced to the semi-finals, beating Dutch pair Emma Van Poppel and Florentine Dekkers 6-1, 6-1.

In the women’s singles quarter-finals, Ru Xi Wu defeated Gloria Levinsky of the Czech Republic 6-0, 6-3, while Wozuko Mdl­ulwa beat Anastasiya Kuparev 6-1, 6-1. Astrid Cirotte overcame Russia’s Ksenia Laskutova 6-2, 6-4.

In the closest singles match of the day, Yodpetch defeated Dekkers 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.

The tournament features 31 players from 17 countries.

Published in Dawn, October 16th, 2026