The team will now travel to Thailand to play friendly matches. PHOTO: FILE
Pakistan defeated Singapore 4-3 to finish third in the International Club Junior Tennis Asia-Oceania Championship in Tokyo yesterday.
This was Pakistan’s first appearance in the league. The team began its campaign with a 4-2 loss against Australia. They were also defeated by Japan 6-0.
Pakistan’s contingent included Ibrahim Iltifat, Raza Sawani, Nazif Ahmed and Hassan Farooq who were accompanied by manager Khalid Rahmani.
The team will now travel to Thailand to play friendly matches. They will play four singles and one doubles match at the Asian Tennis Centre in Bangkok.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 24th, 2013.
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It was fantastic to read that the Pakistan Junior Team Tennis team appeared in an international event in Japan and won the third prize. In Pakistan, we do not see much activities in tennis, especially since the government and the media and the advertisers are all focusing on cricket and only on cricket and nothing else. We we have not performed well in cricket, despite a loss of scores of billions of rupees. We have to look at the other sports for our youngsters and particularly those in the schools and colleges. It is heartwarming to see that the tennis juniors have put our country's name on the tennis-world map. Best wishes to the youngsters who have visited Japan and are now in Thailand. It is for sure that these boys are going to be a torch bearer in the establishment of tennis as an important game and pastime for the Pakistain youth.