Over 200 entries received for Emerging Pakistan Cup

ISLAMABAD: More than 200 entries in seven different categories were received in the Emerging Pakistan Cup (Balochistan Open) that got underway here at the PTF Complex Thursday.

The event is being contested in men’s singles, men’s doubles, ladies singles, boys 18 & under, boys 14 & under, and boys 12 & under. Top players including Aqeel Khan, Shahzad Khan, Yousaf Khalil, Muzammil Murtaza, Barkatullah, Abdullah Adnan, Ahmad Nael Qureshi, Abubakar Talha, Asad Zaman, Salar Khan, Abdul Basit, Yahya Ikram, Haziq Asim, Zohaib Afzal Malik, Junaid Khan, Razik Sultan, Ushan Suhail, Meheq Khokhar, Zunaisha Noor, Lalrukha Sajid, and Mahrukh Sajid, will also be seen in action.

The event is proudly sponsored by Emerging Pakistan and State Life Insurance Corporation; the championships aim to promote tennis excellence in the country. The championships were initially planned to be held in Quetta, Balochistan, as the Balochistan Open National Ranking Tennis Tournaments but due to the non-availability of proper infrastructure to hold such a mega event, Honorable Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan was gracious enough to agree to the PTF’s proposal to shift the venue from Quetta to Islamabad.