{"id":4169,"date":"2023-11-15T11:11:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T11:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=4169"},"modified":"2023-11-15T11:11:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T11:11:19","slug":"itf-pakistan-j30-world-junior-tennis-championships-ii-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=4169","title":{"rendered":"ITF Pakistan J30 World Junior Tennis Championships-II 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"4170\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_20231115_160905.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_20231115_160905.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_20231115_160905-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_20231115_160905-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad :&nbsp; The Islamabad Tennis Association is pleased to inform that on the opening day,&nbsp; unseeded upcoming youngster Hamza Roman of Pakistan defeated third seed and hot favorite Bilal Asim from Lahore in a major upset in a thrilling three sets match whereas all the seeded players conveniently advanced to the next round without being put to&nbsp; test by their adversaries in the first round of ITF Pakistan J30 World Junior Tennis Championships here at PTF-SDA Tennis Complex, Islamabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the opening match, upcoming youngster Hamza Roman after losing the 1st game by hitting a double fault and down 0-1 played aggressive tennis and broke back the 2nd game of Bilal Asim in the same style and levelled the score 1 game all. Hamza continued his winning pace and broke the 4th and 6th game of Bilal Asim and won the first set comfortably 6-1. In the second set, Bilal Asim changed the pattern of the game by playing a mix of cross-court and down the line shots, and serve and volley games. Both the players played an excellent game of tennis and reached 4 games all. At this stage Hamza Roman made some unforced errors and hit the ball into the net resulting in losing the 10th game and 2nd set at 4-6. In the decisive set both the players exhibited a high standard of tennis and long rallies ultimately finished in favour of Hamza Roman at 7-5. The match lasted 2 hours and 29 minutes was chaired by ITF White Badge Umpire Husnain Mehmood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President \u2013 PTF Senator Salim Saifullah Khan and Mr. Tariq Mehmood Murtaza President Islamabad Tennis Association in a message, conveyed their best wishes to all the participants, especially the foreign players for a comfortable stay and a good tournament. They also thanked the Islamabad Police for the provision of foolproof security coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opening Ceremony was held today at PTF-SDA Complex Islamabad. Mrs. Zarmeeneh Rahim was the Chief Guest at the Opening Ceremony. The Ceremony was also attended by Col.Gul Rehman[R] Secretary-General-PTF, Mr. Arif Qureshi Tournament Referee, Mr. Khalil Chughtai-Treasurer-PTF, and a larger number of players, Parents, and Coaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boys Singles 1st Round<br>Ahmad Nael Qureshi (PAK) beat Mustansir Ali Khan Barons (PAK) 6-1, 6-0, Aahil Kaleel (SRI) beat Muhammad Kashan Tariq Qureshi (PAK) 3-6, 6-3 6-2, Taichi Tamura (JPN) beat Muhammad Haider Ali Rizwan (PAK) 2-6 6-3 6-3, Jain Pyun (KOR) beat Abdullah Khan (PAK) 6-2 6-1, Hamza Roman (PAK) beat Bilal Asim (PAK) 6-1 4-6 7-5, Toki Adachi (JPN) beat Inam Qadir (PAK) 6-0 6-2, Muhammad Hamza Aasim (PAK) beat Thanathip Poti (THA) 6-1 6-3, Naqeeb Hussain (SRI) beat Muhammad Husnain Ali Rizwan (PAK) 6-0 6-0, Asad Zaman (PAK) beat Abdul Baasith Cader (SRI) 6-1 6-2, Yoshito Oda (JPN) beat Ahtesham Humayun (PAK) 6-4 6-1, Takuto Fuke (JPN) beat Rayyan Khan (PAK) 6-0 6-1, Amir Muhammad Khan Mazari (PAK) beat Doruk Elbirlik (TUR) 3-6 6-4 6-4, Zaidh Zihar (SRI) beat Shehryaar Anees (PAK) 6-3 6-1, Gehash Tissera (SRI) beat Ibrahim Sohail (PAK) 6-0 4-6 6-2, Hamid Israr Gul (PAK) beat Muhammad Salar Khan (PAK) 6-4 7-5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad :&nbsp; The Islamabad Tennis Association is pleased to inform that on the opening day,&nbsp; unseeded upcoming youngster Hamza Roman of Pakistan defeated third seed and hot favorite Bilal Asim&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4171,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4169\/revisions\/4171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}