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Express Tribune
14 hours ago
- Sport
- Express Tribune
Taimoor, Dalia tame rivals to clinch tennis titles
The winners and runner-up players of the inaugural ISDIN tennis championship are seen with chief guest Shahrukh Khursheed, STA SVP Khalid Rehmani, Director Sports Comm Karachi Ghulam Mohammad Khan and other officials and guests at the DA Creek Club after the finals. PHOTO: KTA Taimoor Ansari and Dalia Ashraf tamed their respective rivals to clinch the mens and ladies singles titles respectively as the inaugural ISDIN Tennis Championship concluded at the DA Creek Club Karachi on Wednesday evening. Taimoor was stretched to the limit by Mahateer Muhammed in the final, the two players matching each other stroke for stroke. However, Taimoor, with his superior skills on the day, emerged as the winner with scores of 6-4,0-6, 11-9. The ladies singles final was also a well contested affair with Eschelle Asif giving a tough time to Dalia Ashraf. Both the players displayed high class tennis before Dalia emerged victorious by 9-7. In the under-13 singles final, spirited tennis was seen from Meer Abbas Bhagat who outplayed Syed Abdullah 4-1,4-1 to win the title. The event was hosted under the auspices of Karachi Tennis Association Shahrukh Khursheed, Director Operation COSMO Group, was the chief guest at the closing ceremony and distributed cash awards worth rupees 200,000 among the winners and runners up of all the five events. In his speech, Shahrukh thanked KTA and Managment of DA Creek Club for professionally and excellently organizing the tennis championship. He added that ISDIN is a world renowned brand and world number one Alcaraz who recently won the men's singles title at French Open is its brand ambassador. He also announced to hold the National Tennis Championship later this year in winter. Khalid Shamsi, Moulana Hafiz Abdul Majeed and Ain, Vice President Sindh Karate Association, also spoke to the sizeable audience at the closing ceremony. They all praised the excellent organisation of the Championship. Muhammad Khalid Rehmani, SVP STA thanked the sponsors and Creek Club management and media for their fullest support to promote tennis in country. He disclosed that 100 plus entries were received for five events. He added that KTA/STA will hold three Nationals in July during summer vacation and one in the month of August in Karachi. Director Sports, Commissioner Karachi's office, Ghulam Mohammad Khan was also present on the occasion among other guests. Results: Men's Singles Final Taimoor Ansari beat Mahateer Muhammed 6-4,0-6, 11-9 Ladies Singles Final Dalia Ashraf beat Eschelle Asif 9-7 Girls Under-17 Singles Final Dalia Ashraf beat Eschelle Asif 8-7 rtd. Under-13 Singles Final Meer Abbas Bhagat beat Syed Abdullah 4-1,4-1.
Express Tribune
5 days ago
- Sport
- Express Tribune
Mahateer, Raahim, Kashan reach semis
Ruhab Faisal is seen with his opponent Ibrahim Parvez after their second round clash in ISDIN tennis championship on Sunday. PHOTO: KTA Mahateer Muhammad overcame stiff challenge in his quarter-final clash with Raahim Veqar to win 8-3 while Taimoor Ansari also fced good resistance from Ismail Aftab before winning his quarter-final by 8-3 on the third day of the inaugural ISDIN Tennis Championship at the Synthetic courts of DA Creek Club on Sunday. The championship is being organized by Karachi Tennis Association. The third quarter-final saw brilliant tennis from Kashan Tariq and Saqib Zia who matched each other stroke for stroke in front of a good crowd. In the end, however, Kashan triumphed 8-6 to enter the semifinals. The lades second round matches witnessed lop-sided contests as Tahreem Yousuf beat Meerab Fatima 8-1 and Dalia Ashraf outplayed Aysha Creek 8-0. In the Juniors 17 Singles 2nd Round, Junaid Meher faced contest frome Meer Abbas Bhagat before going over the winning line by 8-5. In the other two matches, Ismail Aftab beat Rayan Zubair 8-0 while Taimoor Ansari proved too good for Yahya Zaid to wn 8-0. Results in brief Ladies Singles 2nd Round Tahreem Yousuf beat Meerab Fatima 8-1 Dalia Ashraf beat Aysha Creek 8-0 Juniors 17 Singles 1st Round Majid Bachani beat Essa Jee 8-2 Juniors Under 17 Singles 2nd Round Junaid Meher beat Meer Abbas Bhagat 8-5 Ismail Aftab beat Rayan Zubair 8-0 Taimoor Ansari beat Yahya Bin Zain 8-0 Laraib Shamsi beat Ehsan Ali 8-3 Majid Ali beat Hamza Essa Jee 8-1 Ruhab Faisal beat Essa Jee 8-0 Under 13 Singles 1st Round Hamdan Nouman beat Shanaya 4-0,4-1 Zainb Afnan beat Reehah Talha 4-1,4-1.
