BB Shaheed ITF tennis championship starts from 16 December
The $15000 Benazir Bhutto Shaheed ITF Future tennis Championship features from Saturday 16th to Sunday 24th December 2017 at Islamabad Tennis Complex courts.
The third in a row international tennis event to start from Saturday 16th December to Sunday 24th December at Islamabad Tennis Complex (ITC) courts. Serena Hotels ITF Futures Tennis Tournament was the first one while ongoing Begum Kulsum Saifullah ITF Futures tennis tournament is second one. Prize money for the event is $15000.
Senator Taj Haider chief patron of the Benazir Bhutto International Future event while taking to media persons said that the tournament has become one of the leading tournaments in the tennis calendar.
He was of the view that around 26 foreign players to participate in the event. The players from these countries featuring in the event from New Zealand, France, USA and Russia. 6 Pakistani players will also be seen in action during the main draws of the tournament and main draw starts from Monday 18th December 2017. He said that after three years of the tournament, it now started to attract a good number of international players and it is a huge achievement in revival of the game in Pakistan.
Chief organizer of the tournament Fazale Subha was of the view that the event would go a long way in popularizing the game of tennis in the country. The event has already been recognized as the eagerly awaited one for leading tennis players in the country,” he said. The quarterfinals of the tournament will be played on December 22 while the semi-finals on December 23 and final of December 24.
