PESHAWAR
The first Haji Malik Umar Khattab Khalil Memorial KP Junior Tennis Championship being played at the Synthetic Courts of the Peshawar Sports Complex Saturday entered the final stage.
Secretary General of KP Tennis Association Umar Ayaz Khalil was the chief guest on the occasion. In the quarter-final matches of U16, Shah Sawar defeated Zain Roman by 6-2 and 6-3, Muhammad Uzair upset seeded 3 Arsalan by 6-2 and 6-4 while Ryan Khalil upset seeded No. 6 Faisal Khan by 6-4 and 6-4 in a tough match and Hamza Rehmat defeated Talha Khan by 6-3 and 6-3 and qualified for the semi-finals. In the U13 competitions, Arsalan Khan defeated Zain Roman 6-4 and 6-3.
Umar Ayaz Khalil said that they are focusing on junior players and that is why holding the tournaments in different age groups. He said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa got an honor of having more than 10 national ranking players in various age groups. He expressed his determination that the players will bring more international honors for the country and the nation.
