Bahrain’s Abdullah Shaheen battled past Sultan Alyami of Saudi Arabia 6-4, 3-6, 11-9 in an under-12 boys’ singles match of the 27th E K Kanoo Juniors Open Tennis Championship at the Bahrain Tennis Club in Juffair yesterday.
In another under-12 boys’ singles match, Bahrain’s Nasser Mohammed claimed a tough 6-4, 7-5 victory over Saudi Arabia’s Salman Alyami.
Meanwhile, Mohammed Al Gafi of Saudi Arabai defeated Bahrain’s Abdullah Al Dosseri 6-2, 6-4.
Other results:
U12 boys’ singles: Ali Al Khayyat (BRN) bt Martin Zashev (BUL) 6-4, 6-0; Elyas Al Gafi (KSA) bt Keagan Fernandez (IND) 6-0, 6-0; Ahmed Murtada (BRN) bt Atif Saquib (IND) 6-4, 6-2; Rayyan Al Khan (BRN) bt Isa Khalfan (BRN) 6-1, 6-0.
U14 boys’ singles: Ahmed Riyaan (IND) bt Aariz Sahadulla (USA) 6-0, 6-0; Ziyad Hassan (SEY) bt William Zhou (CHN) w/o; Redha Hassam (BRN) bt Abdullah Al Jeeb (BRN) 6-0, 6-0; Rion Jay (IND) bt Javan Leamy (USA) 6-1, 6-2; Minato Abe (JPN) bt Adrian Cifra (PHI) 6-1, 6-0; Abdulrahman Al Doseri (BRN) bt Mohammed Alyami (KSA) 6-3, 6-3; Joshua Jacob (IND) bt Nyall Thoppil (PHI) 3-6, 4-3 ret; Marwan Safi (CAN) bt Sebastian Mathis (GBR) 6-2, 6-2.