Midcourt-UTR tennis Leagues wrapped up successfully
‘Midcourt’ a parent-player initiative in collaboration with Sports E.T.C organized first-ever UTR Tennis leagues in Islamabad, Pakistan.
‘Midcourt’ a parent-player initiative in collaboration with Sports E.T.C organized first-ever UTR Tennis leagues in Islamabad, Pakistan.
| League | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Midcourt Islamabad Ladder League | Zunaisha Noor | Sheeza Sajid |
| Islamabad Tennis Complex Ladder League-U14&Under | Haziq Asim | Nabeel Quyum |
| Islamabad Tennis Complex Ladder League-U14& above | Ahmad Asjad Qureshi | Ahmad Nael Qureshi |
The League was organized and sponsored by Zaira Ahmad Zaka founder of Midcourt platform. All the matches were supervised by Mr Nauman Ul Haq ITF Level 2 coach, other arrangements were watched by Ahmad Asjad Qureshi who helped UTR team for different tasks.
Mr.Tariq Mahmood Murtaza, chairman RDA graced the concluding ceremony as a chief guest and distributed prizes among the winners of the Leagues.
President of Islamabad Tennis association, Tariq addressed praised the step of introducing UTR first time in Pakistan. Mr Aqeel Khan Pakistan No.1 Tennis player for the last 20 years also gave a motivational speech to all players.
| Group | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Girls-Chris Evert | Sehar Aleem | Azeena Aleem |
| Girls-Martina Navratilova | Amna Qayum | Zunaisha Noor |
| Boys-John McEnroe | Azan Sajid | Jarrar Hussain |
| Boys-Bjorn Borg | Hamza Asim | Ali Zain |
The UTR leagues in Pakistan will surely give new dimension to all players and it will lead to various successful endeavors in life of a Tennis player. It is a great initiative of Mr Yasir Hassan President & Mr Shehryar Salamat Director at Sports E.T.C to introduce UTR in Pakistan.
Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) is a global tennis player rating system intended to produce an objective, consistent, and accurate index of players' skill in the game of tennis. UTR rates all players on a single 16-point scale, without regard to age, gender, nationality, or locale of a given match. All professional players in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) have UTRs, as do most college players and many junior tournament players worldwide, as well as many adult league and tournament players. The UTR database includes results from more than 8 million matches and 200+ countries. More than 800,000 players have UTRs.
