TENNIS – Ahmed Alsayed of Bahrain reached the under-16 boys’ singles semi-finals after defeating compatriot Ahmed Murtadha 6-2, 6-2 in their last-eight match in the 11th EK Kanoo Junior Open Tennis Championship at the Bahrain Tennis Club in Juffair yesterday.
Bahrain’s Abdulrahman Al Dosseri also entered the U16 boys’ singles semi-finals after a tough 1-6, 6-3, 10-6 victory over Rayyan Ahmed of India in the quarter-final.
The other semi-finalists are Faisal Maseeh of Bahrain, who held off Saudi Arabia’s Hassan Al Farag Mohammed 7-5, 6-2, and Bahrain’s Redha Hassan Abdul Nabi, who eased past Zayn Ul Haq Siddiqi of Pakistan 6-1, 6-1.
OTHER RESULTS:
U14 boys’ singles: Ziyad Hassan bt Mohammed Maison Alfarag 7-5, 6-3; Harun Ferizovic bt Marvel Chris Paulson 6-0, 6-0; Makai Chanian bt Adam Mujadami 7-6(7), 6-4; Aarav Sethi bt Hussain Alfarag Ali 6-2, 6-4; Malik Al Sulaim bt Rayyan Jiffry 7-6(6), 6-4; Mohammed Alamuddin bt Danial Alkhadrawi 6-0, 6-1; Mohammed Alyami bt Adam Bokhowa 6-0, 6-3; Hussain Yousuf Masoud bt Akilyan Palaniyappan 6-0, 6-0.
U14 girls’ singles: Kristhi Sagar w/o Avantika Rout; Avril Pan Walker bt Maram Yaseer 6-3, 6-4; Dalal Kazerooni w/o Rehanna Aju; Layal Basel bt Gharam Isa 6-2, 7-6(2).
U14 boys’ doubles: Adam Bokhowa/Mohamed Alamuddin bt Kegan Fernandez/Aarav Sethi 6-3, 7-6(5); Marwan Safi/Rion Jay bt Dylan Barrie/Cian Wagstaff 6-1, 6-0.