Samir wins trophy

Published October 12, 2010

LAHORE, Oct 11 Pakistan's Samir Iftikhar won the Zain Bahrain Open Junior World Ranking Tournament, defeating Markos Kalovelonis of Greece 6-0, 1-0.

Top junior players from Germany, Canada, Russia, Uzbekistan, India, Turkey, Egypt and UAE participated in the event.

After Samir made a brilliant start winning the first set without dropping any point, his rival got injured in the second one and conceded the final.

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