ITF Pakistan World Jr. Ranking Tennis C’ship 2019: Day 1 – Top Seeds Move Ahead

ISLAMABAD: Twenty seven (27) matches of Boys & Girls singles and doubles were played on the opening day of Syed Tajammul Abbas ITF Pakistan World Junior Ranking Tennis Championships here at S. Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex, Islamabad.

Top Seed Huzaifa Abdul Rehman started his sailing in positive note by beating qualifier Luca Schurdevin of France in straight sets. All the remaining seeded players except 3rd Seed Saqib Hayat, moved to next round by beating their respective opponents in the first round.

ITF Pakistan World Jr. Ranking Tennis C'ship 2019
Huzaifa Abdul Rehman, Pakistan – FIle Photo

The best encounter of the day was played between 3rd Seed Saqib Hayat (PAK) and Nathan Jattavapornvanit (THA) which was won by Thai player in three sets match. In the first set Saqib Hayat build up the winning lead by breaking, 3rd, 5th and 7th game of Nathan. In the second set both players played excellent game with the combination of forehand and cross court short and Nathan building up the lead 5-3 by breaking 7th game of Saqib and hold the 10th game and level the match one set all. In the third set Nathan started aggressively and buildup the winning lead by breaking 5thand 9th game of Saqib.

ITF Pakistan World Jr. Ranking Tennis C'ship 2019
Nathan Jattavapornvanit, Thailand  –  Courtesy: PTF

Following are the results:

Boy’s Singles Main Draw 1st Round:

  • Shoaib Khan (PAK) beat Talal Albdullah (KUW) 6-4, 6-3
  • Tin Tran (VIE) beat Talha Chaudry (PAK) 6-0, 6-0
  • Luca Emanuel Knese (GER) beat Muhammad Hadin (PAK) 6-0, 6-0
  • Ali Alshati (KUW) beat Sameer Ahmad M.Saeed Chaudary (PAK) 6-1, 6-0
  • Huzaifa Abdul Rehman (PAK) beat Lucas Schurdevin (FRA) 6-0, 6-3
  • Togan Makzume (TUR) beat Ahmar Saeed (PAK) 6-1, 6-0
  • Abdullah Adnan (PAK) beat Cameron Austin Chang (USA) 6-3, 6-4
  • Bader Alabdullah (KUW) beat Ahmed Kamil (PAK) 6-3, 6-3
  • Hai Truong Vo (VIE) beat Abdullah Abdullah (PAK) 6-1, 6-3
  • Zalan Khan (PAK) beat Kavisha Ratnayake (SRI) 7-5, 6-3
  • Essa Qabazard (KUW) beat Waleem Anwar (PAK) 6-3, 6-1
  • Dogeon PARK (KOR) beat Subhan Bin Salik (PAK) 6-0, 6-2
  • Berk Ulas Enc (TUR) beat Soo Hyun KANG (KOR) 6-1 6-1
  • Taentawan Taddeo Majoli Maggioli (THA) beat Sami Zeb (PAK) 6-1, 6-1
  • Nathan Jattavapornvanit (THA) beat Saqib Hayat (PAK) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
  • Muhammad Nauman Aftab (PAK) beat  Tamerlan Kalkenov (KAZ) 7-6(3), 6-1

Girls Singles Main Draw 1st Round:

  • Chloe Chong Zhi Jing (MAS) beat Sajid Sheeza (PAK) 6-0, 6-0
  • Soo Ha Jang (KOR) beat Erica Kanna Hagi (HKG) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
  • Ji Hyun Kang (KOR) beat Emma Jouy (CAL) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4

Boy’s Doubles Main Draw 1st Round:

  • Berk Ulas Enc (TUR) & Togan Makzume (TUR) beat Zalan Khan (PAK) & Lucas Schurdevin (FRA) 6-2, 6-3
  • Ali Alshati (KUW) & Essa Qabazrd (KUW) beat Lucas Emanuel Knese (GER) & Kavish Ratanauake (SRI) 6-2 6-1
  • Cameron Austin Chang (USA) & Dogeon Park (KOR) beat Waleed Anwar (PAK) & Muhamamd Hadin (PAK) 6-0, 6-0
  • Tin Tran (VIE) & Hai Troung Vo (VIE) beat Sami Zeb Khan (PAK) & Subhan Bin Salik (PAK) 6-0, 6-3.

ITF Pakistan World Jr. Ranking Tennis C’ship 2019: Rain Reschedules Matches

Doubles matches in Progress at Time of Filing of this Report:

Bader Alabdullah (KUW) & Talal Alabdullah (KUW) Vs Muhammad Nauman Aftab (PAK) & Saqib Hayat (PAK)

Abdullah Adnan (PAK) & Ahmed Kamil (PAK) Vs Nathan JKattavapornvanit (THA) & Taentawan Taddeo Majoli Maggioli (THA) 

Girls Doubles Main Draw 1st Round:

Kit Yi Kaye Au-Yeung (HKG) & Erica Kanna Hagi (HKG) Vs Jyun Yi Lee (TPE) & Li Hsin Lin (TPE) in progress.

20th February Match Schedule

Matches of 2nd Round Boy’s Singles will start at 9:00 AM followed by Girls Singles, Boy’s Doubles and Girls Doubles.

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