All Pakistani showdowns for ITF Pakistan Junior Tennis Championships 2019 final

Frisky tennis players Huzaifa Abdul Rehman and Shoaib Khan will vie for the top honour in the singles final of the ITF Pakistan Junior Tennis Championships second leg in Islamabad.

There will be a local winner at the ITF Tennis Championships after Huzaifa Abdul Rehman and Shoaib Khan recorded straight set victories in their semi-final clashes. 

Second seed Huzaifa, who had won the first leg of the international event last week, will be looking to win a second straight title after he dispatched Korean Kim Min-Joon 6-1, 6-1. Shoaib had a much harder time against another Korean, Kang Gunuk, as he came back from a set down to win 4-6, 7-5, 6-1. 

Both Kang and Kim, however, took revenge for their losses in the boys’ doubles event as they teamed up to beat Huzaifa and Shoaib 2-6, 7-6 (7-2), 10-7 in the semi-finals before defeating another Pakistan duo, Mohammad Nauman Aftab and Saqib Hayat, 7-5, 6-2 in the final.

The girls’ singles event, meanwhile will see Turkey’s Ayesgul Mert clash with Korean Soo Ha Jang in the final. While Mert cruised past Korea’s Ji Woo Chai 6-4, 6-1, Soo caused a major upset as she eliminated Russian third seed Arina Valitova 7-5, 6-4. 

Soo and Ji teamed up to beat Iranians Mahta Khanloo and Meshkatolzahra Safi 6-3,-7-5 in the girls’ doubles final.