Nael in junior tennis semis

ISLAMABAD: Local player Ahmed Nael Qureshi Thursday moved into the semi-finals of Syed Dilawar Abbas World Junior Tennis Championship Leg-2 following an easy straight sets victory over Minwoo Kim from Korea.

Nael won 6-1, 6-2. Bilal Asim got a walkover against Talha Khan. One Chinese and one Korean also made it to the pre-finals. Results: Boys’ singles quarter-finals: Ahmed Nael Qureshi (PAK) bt Minwoo Kim (KOR) 6-1, 6-2; Bilal Asim w/o Talha Khan; Xiuyuan Guo (CHN) bt Abubakar Talha (PAK) 6-3, 7-5; Sion Ji (KOR) bt Youngchae Oh (KOR) 6-1, 6-0.

Girls’ singles quarter-finals: Karolina Ligai (KAZ) bt Yeon Joo Cha (KOR) 6-4, 6-1; Hinata Wada (JPN) bt A Hyun Jo (KOR) 6-3, 2-6, 6-1; Dinara De Silva (SRI) bt So Yuna(KOR) 6-4,1-6,6-4; Chaeirn Lee (KOR) bt Elizaveta Privalova (RUS) 6-4, 6-3.