ISLAMABAD:Natalia Zaman of Pakistan lost in the Girls singles semifinals of the ITF Pakistan ITA-Midcourt International Junior Tennis Championships on Thursday here at PTF Tennis Complex.
In Girls singles semifinals, Abhilasha Bista of Nepal beat Natalia Zaman of Pakistan by 6-7(3),6-1,6-0 while Goetz Taylor of USA defeated Daria Stefania Malaescu of Romania by 6-1,6-0.
In the Boys singles semifinals, Amir Asylkozhaev of Russia downed Aarav Samrat Hada of Nepal by 6-4,6-0 while Mujtaba Ali Khan of USA outplayed his country mate Abhishek Thorat by 6-3,6-2.
In Boys doubles semifinals, Aarav Samrat Hada, Aki Zuben Rawat (NEP) beat Mujtaba Ali Khan (USA), Ferdi Tangal (TUR) 3-6,6-3 (10-7); Amir Asylkozhaev (RUS), Dmitry Bessonov (RUS) beat Dev Kanbargimath (ROU), Abhishek Thorat (USA) 7-6(5),6-4.
In Girls doubles semifinals, Abhilasha Bista (NEP), Taylor Goetz (USA) beat Sai Harshitaa Adivi (IND), Zahra Suleman (PAK) 6-0,6-1; Sorochkina (RUS), Ekaterina (RUS) beat Daria Stefania Malaescu (ROU), Sharvani Shreshta(NEP) 2-6,6-4(10-8).
The GIRL’s doubles and boys doubles finals would be played on Friday. Tahir Mushtaq, Chief Human Resource PTV visited PTF Complex and interacted with the players and also had a photo session with the participants. He also saw the arrangements of the tournament and lauded the PTF infrastructure for organizing the tournament in a befitting manner.