Zain, Ashar , Yahya advance into 2nd round of ATF Super Series Tennis Championship Leg-2
Zain Ehtisham, Ashar Mir and Yahya Luni move into second round of NEMOZ ATF 14 & Under Super Series Tennis Championship Leg-2 at DA Creek Club, Karachi.
NEMOZ ATF 14 & Under Super Series Tennis Championship Leg-2 continue in full swing at DA Creek Club, Karachi. Zain Ehtisham, Ashar Mir and Yahya Luni move into second round of Boys singles event.
In the first match of the opening day, Zain Ehtisham started the match on a positive note as he easily defeated Ayan Khan with the final score line of 6-2, 6-2.
Ashar Mir defeated Ammar Ismail Mapara by 7-5, 6-2 to move into the second round of Boys singles event while Yahya Luni won against Taimoor Khan 6-2, 6-1.
Top seed Hasheesh, unseeded Yahya Ehtisham, and second seed Aarav got byes.
Nepal’s Aarav Hada and Pranav Manandhar were given wildcards for NEMOZ ATF 14 & Under Super Series Tennis Championship Leg-2 that started at DA Creek Club, Karachi.
“They were given wildcards in the singles category since they requested for it as they could not enter their names in this championship,” Tournament Director Khalid Rehmani said.
He said that both the Nepalese performed well in the Leg-1 as Aarav won the singles title and they were finalist in the doubles category. “Their father phoned me from Nepal the other day and requested to give them wildcards for the Leg-2. I accepted his request since we had six wild cards for this format,” said Khalid.
Asked if giving wild cards to the Nepalese was not injustice to local players, he said not many local players entered their names in the championship and he still had two wild cards left. The two from Nepal are the only foreign players in this Asian-level championship as six boys and nine girls from other countries withdrew from this championship.
