Three locals enter ITF Juniors quarters

ISLAMABAD: Three local lads made it to the quarter-finals of the boys’ singles in the ITF Pakistan World Juniors Tennis Championship 2025 Leg-II here at the PTF Tennis Complex following Tuesday matches. Abubakar Talha, Mikaeel Ali Baig and Nadir Mirza won their matches and qualified for the quarter-finals.

Results: Boys’ singles 2nd round: Nadir Mirza (Pak) bt Lucas Wing Chun Lee (HKG) 6-0, 6-0; Mikaeel Ali Baig (Pak) bt Keitaro Ksathra (INA) 6-0, 6-4; Platon Kovalyov (KAZ) bt Yagiz Yildiz (TUR) 6-2, 6-4; Rodion Lukashov (KAZ) bt Salar Khan (Pak) 6-1, 6-1; Takaya Ishi (JPN) bt Haolin Liu (CHN) 6-2, 6-2; Arjan Singh Dhami (SGP) bt Artem Khusanov (UZB) 6-2, 6-2; Muhammad Ali (CAN) bt Luke Jie Xi Ho (SGP) 2-1(retd); Abubakar Talha (PAK) bt Zohaib Afzal Malik (PAK) 6-1, 6-2.

Girls’ singles 2nd round: Haniya Amna Minhas (KSA) bt Anna Stepanyants (RUS) 6-1 (retd); Alissa Korolyova (KAZ) bt Dicle Izgi (TUR) 6-2, 6-0; Yelizaveta Slepchenko (KAZ) bt Amna Ali Qayum (Pak) 6-3, 6-2; Serifie Pelin Sari (TUR) bt Da Eun Lee (KOR) 6-2, 6-2; Rion Shinden (JPN) bt Zhaniya Zhaxembay (KAZ) 6-0, 6-3; Sofiya Malysheva (KAZ) bt Samira Kamalova (UZB) 6-3, 6-0; Zihan Feng (CHN) bt Nala Josephine Maskey (USA) 6-1, 6-3.