TENNIS – Bahrain’s Sophia Bader claimed an incredible title double in the second week of the Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) Bahrain 16 and Under Championship 2026, which was played recently at the Bahrain Tennis Federation (BTF) hard courts in Isa Town.
Sophia won the girls’ singles title after overcoming a tough challenge from Oman’s Areen Al Azkawi 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 in their final.
She added a girls’ doubles crown teamed up with Areen, beating the Saudi Arabian pair of Joudi Hakeem and Jana Hakeem 6-3, 7-5 in the title-decider.
Meanwhile, Bahrain’s Hashim Altoobli secured a title double in the boys’ competitions.
He secured the singles crown as second seed after upsetting top seed Ahmed Sarouji from Saudi 6-4, 6-1.
He then won the doubles title with fellow-Bahraini Talal Al Sayed.
They lived up to their tag as number one seeds and defeated Bahrain’s Ali Alkhayyat and Saudi’s Sultan Alyami 6-3, 6-1 in the final.
At the end of the competition, the winners were awarded their respective medals by Bahrain Tennis Federation secretary general Fuad Al Rowaie and tournament referee Ahmed Al Hawaj.
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