Asad upsets Haider in Millat Tractors Junior Tennis semis.

LAHORE -- Promising Asad Zaman shocked seeded player Haider Ali Rizwan to face Hussnain Ali Rizwan in the boys U-14 final of the Millat Tractors Junior National Tennis Championship 2021 here at the PLTA Courts on Friday.

The first boys U-14 semifinal between Asad Zaman and Haider Ali Rizwan proved to be an entertaining encounter, where both the players matched fire-with-fire but Asad played better tennis to win the match 6-2, 6-4. Asad is a ball-picker but an emerging talent, who is being sponsored by McDonald's and trained by renowned coach Rashid Malik of ZTBL, who has termed this young lad as a future tennis star, seeing his way of learning and dedication towards this game. In the other semifinal of this category, Hussnain Ali Rizwan overwhelmed Ahtesham Humayun 6-2, 6-1.

In men's singles semifinals, Imran Bhatti beat Farman Shakeel 7-5, 6-3 while Hasheesh Kumar beat Fayyaz Khan 6-3, 6-0. The U-18 semifinals saw Faizan Fayyaz outlasting Nalain Abbas 6-2, 6-4 and Hasheesh Kumar facing tough resistance from Mahatir Muhammad before winning the encounter 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. In the U-18 doubles semifinals, Hasheesh Kumar/Mahatir Muhammad beat Ali Talha/Ahtesham Arif 4-1, 4-0 while Farman Shakeel/Nalain Abbas beat...