PESHAWAR
\nChief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan Thursday awarded Rs. 0.2 million for promising tennis star Hamza Roman Gul, who won the ITF U12 Asian Tennis Team Championship for the first time for Pakistan.
\nThe cash prize of Rs. 0.2 million was awarded to him by Secretary Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Abid Majeed on behalf of the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and was also garlanded the young champion soon after arrival.
\nThe DG Sports Asfandyar Khattak, Director Operation Syed Saqlain Shah, Deputy Director Youth Azizullah Khan, Administrator Peshawar Sports Complex Jafar Shah, DSO Tehseenullah, Director Development Saleem Raza and his coach and father Roman Gul were also present on the occasion.
\nAppreciating his victory, he hoped that the time would come when people would remember Hamza Roman as Roger Federer of Pakistan. He assured full support from the provincial government for further success of Hamza and handed a cash of Rs. 02 million.
\nHamza Roman later told the media men that Pakistan, India and Thailand, including Kazakhstan, hosted the ITF U12 Asian Team Tennis Championship. A total of eight countries including Egypt, Uzbekistan participated and among them he (Hamza). Our Pakistani team defeated India, Egypt, Thailand and then Kazakhstan in the final.
\nThe other members of the team included Abu Bakr and Michael Ali Shah. \u201cI won the ITF U12 Asian team tennis for the first time and now I have started preparing for the ITF U12 competition in Islamabad next year,\u201d Hamza said.
\n\u201cI am trying my best to win more such competition in the days to come and for this I have to work hard,\u201d Hamza Roman said.
\n\u201cI would win back the name for my motherland like Hameed Ul Haq, Rasheed Ul Haq, Aqeel Khan, Aisam Ul Haq Qurashi and other tennis players of the country. \u201cIt is my dream and for this I have to work hard,\u201d he added.
\nThe facilities are very modern but thank Almighty Allah Directorate General extended all out support to me and to my ailing father and directorate Tennis coach Roman Gul,\u201d Hamza Roman said. We all team members played the game with the spirit of victory and dedication and despite our limited resources and facilities, our team performed well,\u201d Hamza said.
\n\u201cIt is my dream to become Roger Federer of Pakistan because from day one I\u2019m copying his strokes, rallies and forceful serves,\u201d Hamza Roman said. He also thanked Secretary Sports Abid Majeed, DG Sports Asfandyar Khan Khattak, Chairman KP Tennis Association Dr. Tahir, Dr. Farhat Abbas, and Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for supporting me and other players with the monthly stipend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan Thursday awarded Rs. 0.2 million for promising tennis star Hamza Roman Gul, who won the ITF U12 Asian Tennis Team Championship for the first time for Pakistan. The cash prize of Rs. 0.2 million was awarded to him by Secretary Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Abid Majeed on behalf of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-230710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n