Tennis: Aqeel crosses first hurdle at ITF event
Pakistan number one downs seventh-seeded Hungarian.
KARACHI:
Pakistan number one Aqeel Khan got his campaign at the International Tennis federation (ITF) Futures men’s singles event off to a winning start, defeating seventh-seed Hungarian Gabor Csonka 6-3, 6-0 in Manama, Bahrain.
He defeated the 18-year-old Csonka in an hour to cruise into the second round where he will face Czech Republic’s Jan Blecha today.
“It’s a very competitive circuit and I’m trying to make a place for myself,” Aqeel told The Express tribune. “I’m getting the hang of the international matches. This is a different deal altogether compared to the Davis Cup matches.”
Aqeel has been unable to find a partner for the ongoing event in Bahrain.
“I still don’t have a doubles partner. Maqdas is partnering a countryman here but I’m not giving up. I’m talking to different players since I better take every opportunity to get ITF ranking points.”
Published in The Express Tribune, March 26th, 2012.
Pakistan number one Aqeel Khan got his campaign at the International Tennis federation (ITF) Futures men’s singles event off to a winning start, defeating seventh-seed Hungarian Gabor Csonka 6-3, 6-0 in Manama, Bahrain.
He defeated the 18-year-old Csonka in an hour to cruise into the second round where he will face Czech Republic’s Jan Blecha today.
“It’s a very competitive circuit and I’m trying to make a place for myself,” Aqeel told The Express tribune. “I’m getting the hang of the international matches. This is a different deal altogether compared to the Davis Cup matches.”
Aqeel has been unable to find a partner for the ongoing event in Bahrain.
“I still don’t have a doubles partner. Maqdas is partnering a countryman here but I’m not giving up. I’m talking to different players since I better take every opportunity to get ITF ranking points.”
Published in The Express Tribune, March 26th, 2012.