Eight players advance

Published August 21, 2006

ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: Eight players advanced into main draw of the ITF Pakistan Junior Ranking Tennis Championship by beating their respective opponents in the final round of the qualifying event held on Sunday.

Syed Zohair Raza from Karachi displayed brilliant performance by overcoming 8th seed Punn Bodhidatta of Thailand in a well-contested two set match.

Results:

Krishik Divakar (Ind) bt Hira Ashiq (Pak) 6-4, 1-6, 1-3; Mansingh Athare (Ind) bt Prithiv Sugumar (Ind) 6-2, 6-3; Shiva Sangwan (Ind) bt Muhammad Chaudhry (Pak) 6-0, 6-0; Syed Zohair Raza (Pak) Punn Bodhidatta (Tha) 6-4, 6-3 Kreankrai Prajoubphansri (Tha) bt Shehryar Hameed (Pak) 5-0 (Ret); Akshay Kohli (Ind) bt Shahzain Khalid (Pak) 6-0, 6-0; Shaan Bukhari (USA) bt Guyanga Weerasekera (Sri Lanka) 6-2, 6-2; M Waqas Malik (Pak) bt Syed Abbas Raza (Pak) 6-3, 6-4.

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