TENNIS – Bahrain’s senior women’s tennis national team lost to their counterparts from Pakistan 0-3 yesterday in their opening match-up of the Billie Jean King Cup Group III Asia/Oceania Zone B, which got underway in Islamabad, Pakistan.
The kingdom’s representatives are one of eight national squads in the tournament, which is being played at S Dilawar Abbas-Pakistan Tennis Federation Tennis Complex.
The Bahrainis are competing with a squad of Eman Alzaimoor, Gharam Alkhayat, Hajar Zaidan, and skipper Jameela Alnashaba.
Zaaidan bowed to Pakistan’s Ushna Suhail 0-6, 0-6 in the opening match yesterday and then Alkhayat fell to Mahin Qureshi 0-6, 0-6.
Zaidan and Alzaimoor then lost to Suhail and Qureshi 1-6, 0-6 as the Pakistanis completed their sweep.
In yesterday’s other Group A fixture, the Maldives beat Bhutan 3-0; while in Group B, Jordan edged past Qatar 2-1 and Iran overcame Kuwait 3-0.
The Billie Jean King Cup is the leading international competition between national teams in women’s tennis.
It is held annually with tournaments at various levels in zones all over the world.
At the end of the ongoing round-robin stage in Islamabad, the teams finishing atop each group will face off in a promotional play-off to determine who advances to Asia/Oceania Group II in 2027, while no nations will be relegated.
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