Ushna Suhail has reached the doubles semifinals of the International Tennis Tournament, Women’s Circuit, the at Djibouti, Africa. According to information received here, Ushna, Pakistan’s only woman tennis player on international circuit is currently participating in International Tennis Tournament in Djibouti. In doubles, her partner is an Indian girl and this Indo-Pak pair defeated the third seeded pair from USA and Egypt, Alexandra Riley and Nour Azzouz with a scoreline of 6-2 and 6-4.
In the first set, Ushna and Aashmitha overpowered their opponents by putting up fine coordination with combination of aggressive baseline tennis and net game and reached a score of 6-2. In the second set they were leading 4-2, when the third seeds showed a well coordinated and aggressive game to level the score at 4-4. This was followed by a closely contested match but the Indo-Pak pair overwhelmed their opponents and finally won by 6-2 and 6-4. In the singles, Ushna lost in the second round to the second seeded Pooja Shree with a scoreline of 6-3 and 6-2. Ushna fought well but could not beat Pooja who is an experienced player from India and is also a Fed Cup member of the Indian team. Ushna and her partner Ashmitha will play the doubles semi-finals today (Wednesday) against the second seeds Poojashree Venkatesha and her Russian partner Alexandra Romanova.
