Pakistan’s Ahmed Nael loses in ITF Pakistan J30 World Junior C’ship final

Islamabad

ISLAMABAD Japan’s Yoshito Oda beat Pakistan’s Ahmed Nael Qureshi in the Boys Singles final to lift the ITF Pakistan J30 World Junior Tennis Championships-II 2023 title at PTF-SDA Tennis Complex Islamabad on Friday.

The highly talented Pakistani rising star, who had outwitted top seed Tadpong Kamonpanyakorn of Thailand in a thrilling three-set semifinal on Thursday, went down fighting hard against his Japanese opponent 6-4, 6-2.

In the Girls’ Singles final, Viktoriia Sedova of Russia beat Saajida Razick of Sri Lanka.

She lost the first set but came back strong 4-6,6-1,6-3 to win the title.

In the Boys’ Doubles final, Thailand’s Thanathip Poti and Kamonpanyakorn Thadapong beat Japan’s Toki Adachi and Yoshito ODA 6-4,7-6(3) and annexed the titlep.

In the Girls Doubles final, Russian pair of Victoria Sedova and Anastasia Melnikova beat Bihar Kilic of Turkey and Saajida Razick and of Sri Lanka 6-2, 2-6 (10-6) and won the title.