Unseeded Wen-Yi Chou qualified from Chinese Taipei (TPE) 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
Monday(Pakistan Point News - 19th Feb, 2018 ) Unseeded Wen-Yi Chou qualified from Chinese Taipei (TPE) 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. All the remaining seeded players won their respective matches. 3rd 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 (THA) beat Lui Cheng Hsuni (TPE) in another good three set match 4-6, 7-5, 6-0. Upcoming player Muhammad Shoaib of Pakistan won his encounter against 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 2 hrs. In the Girls event Srujana Payarala of India also 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 was also in fine touch and won their 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. Mr. Saleem Saifullah Khan President Pakistan Tennis Federation inaugurated the opening ceremony and grace the occasion as Chief Guest. Mr. Tariq Mehmood Murtaza President Islamabad Tennis Association and large number of Tennis fans and PTF officials were present on the occasion. Senator Syed Dilawar Abbas, Patron Pakistan Tennis Federation and Sponsor of the event could not attend the function due to the sadden death of his close family member.
The tennis fraternity during their condolence meeting with Mr. Saleem Saifullah Khan, Mr. Tariq Mehmood Murtaza, President ITA, Khawar Hyat Khan SEVP, PTF Mr. Saeed A.Khan SVP, PTF and other members of PTF and ITA offered Fatiha for the departed souls and also extend their heartfelt condolences to Senator Syed Dilawar Abbas, on the sad demise of his close family member, Omer Rashid – Former Davis Cup player on passing away of his illustrious father Dr.
Kh. Abdul Rashid and also on the demised of new born nephew of Inam-ul-Haq & Hamid-ul-Haq . 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. Tomorrow matches of 2nd Round Boy’s Singles will start at 10:00 AM followed by Boy’s Doubles and Girls Doubles.
