Pakistan’s upcoming tennis star Samir Iftikhar, who is currently at University of New Mexico USA on Tennis Scholarship, has achieved 3.75 GPR out of 4 (A average) in his first Semester at the University.
According to reports received here, University coach Alan Aldis through an e-mail message praised the Pakistani youngster and congratulated his father and former Davis Cup player Tayyab Iftikhar for his brilliant performance in the examinations.
He informed him that Samir is training very hard with the tennis team and has shown a lot of improvement and the University will encourage him to play for Pakistan in the Davis Cup ties and other national events in the future.
Samir is currently in London on holidays and will join the University in January 2012 for highly competitive NCAA Division 1 season. He said: ”The UNM has world class Tennis Facilities and am very impressed with the professionalism and tennis training of US coaches which is really helping my game. I am proud to play for Pakistan and will be available when ever I am needed by PTF.” He further said that he wants to focus on his game and education without financial worries and hoped that Chief Minister Mian Shabaz Sharif and the head of other provinces will urgently look into his appeal for financial help after his current academic achievement.
