ITF World Jr Tennis Championship kicks off

The ITF Pakistan National Foods World Junior Tennis Championship J-60 -2025 kicked off here at the PTF-SDA Tennis Complex on Monday.

In Boys Singles 1st Round, Theodor Kraytchev (GBR) beat Bilal Awais Janjua (PAK) 6-0,6-0; Napradh Lalai (THA) beat Abdaar Ali (PAK) 6-0,6-0; Kristijonas Milasauskas (LTU) beat Nabeel Ali Qayum (PAK) 6-2,6-1; M. Haziq Aasim beat Inam Qadir (PAK) 6-2,6-3; Zoahiab Afzal Malik beat Muhammad Yahya (PAK) 4-6,6-3,6-1; Asad Zaman beat Razik Sultan (PAK) 6-2,6-3; Hamza Roman beat Amir Mazari 6-0,6-2; Abdul Basit (PAK) beat Chanapat (THA) 1-6,7-5,6-3; M. Hassan Usmani beat Ahtesham Humayun (PAK) 6-4,6-2. The matches will start on Tuesday at 10am.

A large number of junior tennis players from around the world, including China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Lithuania, Russia, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Nepal and the host nation, Pakistan, are participating in this prestigious tournament.

The J-60 is a higher-ranked tournament than the J-30 and it is for the first time, it is being organised in Pakistan. Aisam ul Haq Qureshi, President-PTF, said that this is the first time a J-60 tournament is being held in Pakistan, and next year, we plan to host two J-60 tournaments and five J-30 tournaments.

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