Syed Zohair Raza and Adil Kohari stormed into the final of the Junior U-18 event by beating their respective opponents in the semi-finals of UBL International Hard Court Tennis Championship at Karachi Gymkhana courts. The third seed and coming tennis star from Karachi Syed Zohair Raza registered the major up set of the tournament when he eliminated top seed Muhammad Muddasir of Multan without conceding a single game in both sets at 6-0, 6-0 by displaying powerful service, excellent combination of vollies and a numbers of winners from the base line.
Muddasir made a number of unforced errors and most of his returns went out or in the nets. Syed Zohair moved to the final where he will face second seed Adil Kohari who won the best match of the tournament against Ahmed Chaurdary in thrilling three set match. Both the players displayed quality tennis and were appreciated for their good shots. The match lasted two hours and 20 mins. Top seed Syed Nofil Kaleem, an upcoming player from Islamabad, won the under-14 title when he eliminated Dawar Rehan of Karachi in straight sets 6-3, 6-1.
Nofil, who is member of Pakistan under-14 team which will participate in the ATF under-14 championship at Qatar from December 24, played outstanding tennis in the final. He won the first set 6-3 breaking the game of Dawar. He kept the same pressure in the second set and won the set at 6-1 by breaking 4th and 5th game of the set. Nofil is ranked 41st in Asia.
In the men’s singles event, M Mushtaq Abid from Lahore caused a major upset when he outplayed second seed Yasir Khan of Karachi in a well contested match. Abid beat the 1st seed 6-3. In the final set Abid displayed world class tennis and did not allow Yasir to settle down throughout the set with his powerful service and cross court and down-the-line shoots. He won the final set easily at 6-1. He will face top seed Aqeel Khan in the final on 24th at 2pm.
In the second semi-final, top seed Aqeel Khan beat Thangrajah Dinsehkant (SRI) in straight sets 6-1, 6-2.
Aqeel crushes Thangarjah in UBL Tennis
