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  • Women’s tennis can only flourish in Pakistan if girls are introduced to the sport at school and university level, according to Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Secretary Khalid Rehmani.

  • The Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) is planning to set up a national academy soon at its tennis complex in Islamabad to address the longstanding need of a proper tennis academy in the country.

  • Experience prevailed as country’s top player Aqeel Khan delighted the fraternity of the game by handing a straight defeat to his sibling and second seed Yasir Khan in the all-brothers final to retain the men’s singles title in the second Modern Club Founder Members...

  • Two more seeded players — second seed Yasir Khan and third seed Mohammad Abid Mushtaq — joined top seed Aqeel Khan in the men’s singles semi-final of the second Modern Club Founder Members Tennis Championship

  • Abdul Samad, 11, and Hammad Khan, 10, have two things in common. They are both determined ballboy-turned-tennis-players who aspire to emulate world number one Novak Djokovic to an extent that they see their lankiness as a sign of thriving at the elite sport.