Abubakar & Haniya earns double-crown in Servis Tyres Junior National Tennis Championship 2020
Abubakar Talha and Haniya Minhas lifted the Servis Tyres Junior National Tennis Championship 2020 boys/girls U-12 doubles title after defeating Rizwan brothers in the final played at the Punjab Tennis Academy, Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore.
Abubakar Talha and Haniya Minhas lifted the Servis Tyres Junior National Tennis Championship 2020 boys/girls U-12 doubles title after defeating Rizwan brothers in the final played at the Punjab Tennis Academy, Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore.
On the fourth day of the event, the matches were conducted in men’s singles, girls U-16, boys/girls U-12, boys/girls U-10, boys U-18 doubles and boys/girls U-12 doubles.
In the boys/girls U-12 doubles final, WAPDA’s Abubakar Talha, a student of FG Mazhar Lines School Lahore, partnering with promising Haniya Minhas played well against the pair of Rizwan brothers, Hussnain Ali Rizwan and Hamza Ali Rizwan, after a tough battle as the score after the marathon final was 2-4, 4-1, 10-4 in favour of Abubakar and Haniya, who emerged as title winners.
Haniya Minhas again played tremendous tennis against Ismail Aftab and crushed him 4-0, 4-0 to book a berth in the another final, as she already made her way to the boys/girls U-12 final, where she will face Hussnain Ali Rizwan. In the second semifinal of U-10, upcoming Hamza Ali Rizwan outperformed promising Zohaib Afzal Malik 4-0, 4-2 .
Today (Tuesday), the finals of men’s singles, boys U-18 singles and doubles, boys U-16, Boys U-14, boys/girls U-12, boys/girls U-10 and girls U-16 will take place. Servis Tyres PVT Ltd CEO Arif Saeed will grace the finals as chief guest. Other notables, who will also grace the occasion, will be PLTA Secretary Rashid Malik (Tamgha-e-Imtiaz), PLTA Senior Vice President Afzal Shareef, players and their families.
Men’s singles semifinal:
| Player | vs | Player | Scoreline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mian Bilal | def | Imran Bhatti | 6-4, 7-5 |
| Faizan Fayyaz | def | Hassan Riaz | 7-5, 6-2 |
Boys U-18 doubles semifinals:
| Player | vs | Player | Scoreline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahtesham Arif/Hamza Jawad | def | Faizan Fayyaz/Abdul Hanan Khan | 5-4, 5-4 |
| Zainul Abideen/Ifham Rana | def | Bilal Asim/Ahmad Nael | 2-4, 5-3, 13-11 |
Girls U-16 semifinals:
| Player | vs | Player | Scoreline |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaIbia Durab | def | Mehru Fatima | 4-0, 4-0 |
| Zahra Sulman | def | Maya Lone | 4-0, 4-0 |
Boys/girls U-12 semifinals:
| Player | vs | Player | Scoreline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hussnain Ali Rizwan | def | Ahtesham Humayum | 2-4, 4-1, 4-2 |
| Haniya Minhas | def | Hamza Ali Rizwan | 0-4, 4-0, 4-2 |
