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 Dr.Quratul 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.