Yu-Shun beats Nauman in junior tennis

ISLAMABAD: Unseeded Lai Yu-Shun (Chinese Taipei) started the ITF Pakistan World Junior Ranking Tennis Championships with an upset win on the opening day on Monday.

Results: Boys’ singles first round: Fayzullaev Ibrokhim (Uzb) bt Osama Khan (Pak) 7-6, 6-4; Yahha Luni (Pak) bt Taibzada Bilal (Afg) 6-0, 6-0; Kim Dong Hwan (Kor) bt Saqib Hayat (Pak) 6-1, 6-4; Kim Min-Joon (Kor) bt Muhammad Talha Khan (Pak) 6-0, 6-0; Ratnayake Kavisha (Sri) bt Zalan Khan (Pak) 6-2, 6-3; Hamid Israr Gul (Pak) bt Tootoonchi Mogha­dam (Iri) 6-2, 7-6(2); Lai Yu-Shun (TPE) bt M.Nauman Aftab (Pak) 6-3, 6-0; Shoaib Khan (Pak) bt Subhan Bin Salik (Pak) 6-1, 6-3; Shamsutdinov Oybekimirzo (Uzb) bt Jawad Hyyat (Pak) 6-0, 6-2; Lu Chen-Yu (Tpe) bt Semi Zeb Khan (Pak) 6-3, 6-0; Knese Luca Emanuel (Ger) bt M.Huzaifa Khan (Pak) 6-3, 6-3; Kamil Ahmed (Pak) bt Tan Curtis Hong Tseng (HK) 6-2, 6-1; Gunuk Kang (Kor) bt Muhammad Hadin (Pak) 6-2, 6-0; Aryan Giri (Nep) bt Ahmed Nael Qureshi (Pak) 6-0, 6-0.

Girls’ first round: Asima Sazanova (Kaz) bt Zoha Asim (Pak) 6-0, 6-2; Leyla Nilufer Elmas (Tur) bt Imsha Jawad (Pak) 6-1, 6-1.