Pakistan beat Kazakhstan in junior tennis

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan beat Kazakhstan 2-1 in the second playoff of the Junior Asia/Oceania Davis Cup tie in Bangkok on Friday.

Zalan Khan lost the first match of the tie but Abdullah Adnan overwhelmed his opponent in a three-set matches to make it 1-1.

In the doubles, Pakistani duo made a remarkable comeback after losing the first set to beat their opponents in a nail-biter to win the match and the tie.

Earlier, Pakistan lost their first playoff tie against Indonesia 1-2.

Results: Pakistan beat Kazakhstan 2-1: Nikita Sidorov bt Zalan Khan 7-5, 6-1; Abdullah Adnan bt Zhanger Almashev 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4; Abdullah Adnan & Zalan Khan bt Nikita Sidorov & Timur Chsherbakov 4-6, 6-3, 10-8.

Indonesia beat Pakistan 2-1: Lucky Candra Kurniawan bt Zalan Khan 6-3, 6-1; Abdullah Adnan bt Nauvaldo Jati Agatra 6-3, 6-1; Lucky Candra Kurniawan & Moh Gunawan Trismuwantara bt Abdullah Adnan & Zalan Khan 6-2, 6-2.