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3 Pakistani move into quarterfinals of ITF Junior Championship (I)

Three Pakistani move into Boys singles quarterfinal of ITF Junior Championship (I) played at the PTF Tennis Complex, Garden Avenue, Islamabad.

On the second day of ITF Junior Championship (I) seventeen matches were played at the PTF Tennis Complex, Garden Avenue, Islamabad. In the Boys Singles Pre-Quarterfinals three Pakistani players qualified for the quarter final.  

The upcoming Shoaib Khan cruised into the quarter-finals of the ongoing ITF Junior Championships  when he outclassed Iran’s Yunes Talavar 6-3-6-2 here at the PTF Complex.Now he will face top seed Penev Ivan of Bulgaria today at 10:00 AM.


With the win, the seventh-seeded Shoaib, who hails from Peshawar, joined fellow local hopes Saqib Hayat and Huzaifa Abdul Rehman in the last eight. Saqib Hayat faced stiff resistance before overcoming his opponent  Adnan Abdullah 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 while Huzaifa raced past Zalan Khan 6-0, 6-1.

In the Girls Singles event, Zoha Asim (PAK), Sara Yigin (GER), Hannah Kaile Shen (HKG), Sie Ding Chai (MAS) advanced to the quarter finals by winning their respective matches in straight sets.

Quarter finals of Boys & Girls Singles will played today at 10:00 AM.

Boys’ singles (last-16) Results:
PlayervsPlayerScore line
 Ivan Penev (Bulgaria)defAhmed Kamil (Pakistan)6-3, 7-5
Shoaib Khan(Pakistan)defYunes Talvar (Iran)6-3, 6-2
 Berk Ulas Enc (Turkey)defNauman Aftab (Pakistan)6-3, 6-1
Ronan Sani (Great Britain) defWaleed Anwar (Pakistan)6-0, 6-0
Huzaifa Abdul Rehman (Pakistan)defZalan Khan (PAK)6-0, 6-1
Aryan Esmaielpurfallahi (Iran)defAhmad Asjad Qureshi (Pakistan)7-6 (9-7), 6-4
 Saqib Hayat (Pakistan) defAdnan Abdullah (Pakistan)6-1, 3-6, 6-
Arya Roghani (Iran)defSami Zeb Khan (Pakistan)6-1, 6-2
Girls’ singles (last-16) Results:
PlayervsPlayerScore line
Sie Ding Chai (Malaysia)def Donya Ameri (Iran) 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
Zoha Asim (Pakistan) defPadena Ghoorchian (Iran) 6-2; 6-1
Sara Yigin (Germany)defYiwenden Zhu (China)7-5, 6-4
Hannah Kaile Shen (Hong Kong) defShimza Durab (Pakistan) 6-1, 6-1
Darya Mostofi (Iran)defKushi Venkatesh (Australia)3-6, 6-3, 6-0
Boys’ doubles quarter-finals Results:
PlayervsPlayerScore line
Abdullah Adnan/Ahmed Asjad Qureshi (Pakistan)defSami Zeb Khan/Subhan ( Pakistan) 6-3, 6-4
 Waleed Anwar (Pakistan)/ Berk Ulas Enc (Turkey)defSaeed Chaudary/Ahmar Saeed (Pakistan)walkover
Ahmed Kamil/Zalan Khan (Pakistan)defVhimalshanth Chandramohan (Sri Lanka)/Hai Truong Vo (Vietnam) 6-3, 6-4
Brandon Suryana (Indonesia)/Yunes Talawar (Iran)defAbdullah Abdullah/Moosa Choudhry (Pakistan) 6-0, 7-6 (7-4)




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