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Chinese Taipei's Wen-Yi Chou Causes Major Upset In World Junior Ranking Tennis C'ship
Zeeshan Mehtab Published February 19, 2018 | 07:27 PM
Unseeded Wen-Yi Chou qualified from Chinese Taipei caused a major upset in the tournament when he eliminated 7th Seed Nishad Kalluri of India in straight set 6-2, 6-2 and moved in the second round of Syed Tajammul Abbas ITF Pakistan World Junior Ranking Tennis Championships here at S Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex, Islamabad on Monday.
ISLAMABAD, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Feb, 2018 ) :Unseeded Wen-Yi Chou qualified from Chinese Taipei caused a major upset in the tournament when he eliminated 7th Seed Nishad Kalluri of India in straight set 6-2, 6-2 and moved in the second round of Syed Tajammul Abbas ITF Pakistan World Junior Ranking Tennis Championships here at S Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex, Islamabad on Monday.
All the remaining seeded players won their respective matches. Third Seed Arthav Neema of India struggled hard to win his encounter against Mathew Yee of Hong Kong in a well contested three-set match.
Both the player displayed quality tennis. Rattanan Siritaworchar of Thailand beat Lui Cheng Hsuni of Chinese Taipei in another good three-set match 4-6, 7-5, 6-0. Upcoming player Muhammad Shoaib of Pakistan won his encounter against compatriot Ahmed Kamil of Lahore in three-set match 6-0 4-6 6-1.
Ahmed Asjad Qureshi from Islamabad eliminated Cameron Austin Chang of USA in thrilling and entertaining three-set match 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. The match lasted for two hours. In the Girls event Srujana Payarala of India displayed excellent tennis and beat Sevval Ozseker of Turkey without any resistance at the score of 6-0 6-1.
Semra Aksu and Sedef Bilgic of Turkey were also in fine touch and won their respective matches without conceding a single game in both sets against Pakistani players. Aysegul Mert from Turkey beat Zoha Asim of Pakistan 6-0 6-1 and qualified for the quarter-finals.
Saleem Saifullah Khan President Pakistan Tennis Federation inaugurated the opening ceremony as chief guest. Following are the results: Boy's Singles Main Draw 1st Round: Hamza Bin Rehan (PAK) beat Muhammad Shehryar Ahmed (PAK) 6-1, 6-0; Huzafia Abdul Rehman (PAK) beat Muhammad Ilyas Khan (PAK) 6-0, 6-0; Muhammad Numan Aftab (PAK) beat Haseesh Kumar (PAK) 6-2, 6-1; Arthav Neema (IND) beat Mathew Yee (JHKG) 4-6, 6-1, 7-5; Muhammad Shoaib (PAK) beat Ahmed Kamil (PAK) 6-0, 4-6, 6-1; Zalan Khan (PAK) beat Ahmar Saeed (PAK) 6-0, 6-2; We-Cheng Chen (TPE) beat Muhammad Zaryab Khan (PAK) 6-0, 6-2; Saqib Hayat (PAK) beat Bhaskar Mohan Roy Dolla (IND) 6-2, 6-4; Rattanan Siritaworchar (THA) beat Lui Cheng Hsuni (TPE) 4-6, 7-5, 6-0; Faisal Ghous (CAN) beat Bubhan Bin Salik (PAK) 7-5, 6-2; Wen-Yi Chou (TPE) beat Nishad Kalluri (IND) 6-1, 6-2; Ahmed Asjad Qureshi (PAK) beat Cameron Austin ((USA) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1; Semi Zeb Khan beat Michael Chung Tin Chan (HKG) 6-1, 6-1; Moosa Chudhary (PAK) beat M.Saeed Chudhary (PAK) 6-0, 6-1.
Girls Singles Main Draw 1st Round: Semra Aksu (TUR) beat Nida Akram 6-0, 6-0; Sedef Bilgic (TUR) beat Zahara Suleman (PAK) 6-0, 6-0; Aysegul Mert (TUR) beat Zoha Asim (PAK) 6-0, 6-1; Mina Toglukdemir (TUR) beat Shimza Durab (PAK) 6-1, 6-2; Srujana Payarala (IND) Sevval Ozseker (TUR) 6-0, 6-1; Natthapat Piwbangruk (THA) beat Anna Lajos (HUN) 4-6, 6-4 6-3.
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