Asian Games
\n KARACHI
\nPakistan on Sunday recorded impressive performances in shooting and tennis with setbacks in taekwondo and swimming and taekwondo in the ongoing Asian Games 2023 being held in Hangzhou, China.
\nIn shooting, Pakistan\u2019s GM Bashir secured the eighth position after scoring 282 points with eight centres off target. The Pakistani shooter needs to finish in the top six to proceed to the finals. The second round of the qualification phase will be played on Monday (tomorrow).
\nBashir recorded 98 points in eight seconds, then 97 in six seconds and 97 in four seconds.
\nSeparately, Pakistan\u2019s Mehak Fatima failed to qualify for the next round in women\u2019s 10m air rifle. She finished 40th in the qualifying round.
\nSarah Ibrahim, Ushna Sohail secure important wins in Tennis
\nOn the other hand, Pakistan got off to a flying start in the tennis singles and doubles.
\nIn women\u2019s tennis singles, Ushna Sohail handed a straight-sets defeat to Tajikistan\u2019s Sumaya Tukhtaeva 6-2, 6-3.
\nAnother Pakistani tennis player, Sarah Ibrahim emerged victorious against Qatar\u2019s Hind Almudahka after a three-set battle 6-2, 6(5)-7, 6-3.
\nIbrahim won the first set comfortably 6-2, but Almudahka made a comeback in the second set \u2014 which lasted for more than an hour \u2014 and won it after a close encounter 7-6(5).
\nThe decisive set was won by the Pakistani player 6-3 after a 51-minute long clash.
\nSunday was Pakistan\u2019s day in tennis, after triumphs in women\u2019s singles, Pakistani continued its excellent form and beat Mongolia in straight sets 6-0, 6-1 in mixed doubles.
\nPakistani duo Sarah Ibrahim and Aqeel Khan \u2014 who lost to Uzbekistan\u2019s Khumoyon Sultanov in men\u2019s singles \u2014 came over Mongolia\u2019s Anand Gankhuyag and Khatansuikh Batbayar and won the tie in just 48 minutes.
\nSetbacks in taekwondo, swimming disciplines
\nIn men\u2019s taekwondo, Pakistan\u2019s Aqdas Ullah Qadeer lost to Nepal\u2019s Bahadur Prem Limbu in the first round.
\nMeanwhile, Pakistan\u2019s Naila lost to Japanese athlete Yuiko Niwa in the quarter-final.
\nThe Pakistani athlete finished the match with 100.0 points but her opponent qualified for the semi-final with 104.6 points. Earlier, Naila defeated Saudia Arabia\u2019s Medhat Abrar Bukhari in the Round of 16.
\nIn swimming, both of Pakistan\u2019s swimmers Mohammad Amaan Siddiqui and Mohammad Ahmed Durrani failed to qualify for the next round. In Men\u2019s 200m individual medley, Durrani\u2019s timing was two minutes and 15.10 seconds, which was enough to create a new national record but he failed to reach the next round.
\nThe previous Pakistani record in the 200m individual medley was two minutes and 16.26 seconds.
\nDurrani was 12 seconds behind the last swimmer who qualified for the next round. His final position was 19th out of 27.
\nMeanwhile, Amaan finished 22nd with his timing of two minutes and 18.65 seconds.
\nIn the 100m freestyle heats, Durrani finished 33rd while Aman was ranked 37th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Asian Games KARACHI Pakistan on Sunday recorded impressive performances in shooting and tennis with setbacks in taekwondo and swimming and taekwondo in the ongoing Asian Games 2023 being held in Hangzhou, China. In shooting, Pakistan\u2019s GM Bashir secured the eighth position after scoring 282 points with eight centres off target. The Pakistani shooter needs to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-358137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n