Rafum Punjab Junior Tennis Championship 2020 Day-1: As it happened
PLTA Secretary Rashid Malik (Tamgha-e-Imtiaz) inaugurated the Rafum Punjab Junior Tennis Championship 2020 at the Punjab Tennis Academy, Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore.
PLTA Secretary Rashid Malik (Tamgha-e-Imtiaz) inaugurated the Rafum Punjab Junior Tennis Championship 2020 at the Punjab Tennis Academy, Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore.
On the opening day, first round matches of all the categories were played where young tennis star and promising talent Haniya Minhas played superb tennis against Inam Bari and outclassed him 8-0 in U-10 first round.
Rashid Malik thanked Rafum Group CEO Zahid Hussain for sponsoring the event. “Rafum Group is taking keen interest in promotion of tennis especially at junior level and this event is being conducted quarterly by the sponsors to further uplift of the game among juniors.”
Malik said like previous two years, where the services of PLTA for tennis promotion and conducting record number of events throughout the year were acknowledged by Pakistan Tennis Federation, this year too, they are keen to hold record number of events. “The entire February, March and April are almost full of tennis activities, where the youngsters will remain busy in in exhibiting their prowess during these months while after that, the PLTA will focus on JTI summer camps and also line up more events for the players.
“There is a dire need to establish and promote sports nurseries throughout the country as it is the only viable solution to uplift the declining standard of sports. It is my request to Prime Minister Imran Khan, who himself is a sportsman, to focus on propping up sports nurseries, where the talent of the country will be trained and groomed and will be prepared to represent the country at international level and win glories for it globally,” Malik concluded.
U-12 first round results:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ismail Aftab | def | Abdullah Sajjad | 8-6 |
| Raja Mustafa | def | Jannat Khalil | 8-1 |
U-14 first round results:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waleed | def | Zaeem Ghafoor | 8-4 |
| Harris Bajwa | def | Essa Bilal | 8-4 |
U-18 first round Results:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faizan Fayyaz | def | Shahzaib Zahid | 8-3 |
| Abdul Hanan Khan | def | Inam Arif | 8-4 |
U-10 first round:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haniya Minhas | def | Inam Bari | 8-0 |
U-18 Qualifying round results:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdullah Anjum | def | Husnain Ali | 8-0 |
| Shahzaib Zahid | def | Arman Kamran | 8-8(11-9) |
| Jabbir Ali | def | Zaeem Ghafoor | 8-1 |
| Inam Arif | def | Ahmad Amir | 8-4 |
| Khizer Mehboob | def | Haris Wahla | 8-5 |
U-14 Qualifying round results:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zaeem Ghafoor | def | Abdullah Sajjad | 8-8(7-5) |
