Doha: Top seed Muhammad Asim Khan will take on Israr Ahmad in an all-Pakistan semi-final clash in the Under-19 section of the Doha Junior Open while Sandeep Ramachandran of India will fight with Sajad Zareian of Iran for a place in the final.
Yesterday at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Muhammad defeated Marcus Sim Wei Jie of Malaysia 8-11, 11-6, 11-6, 12-10 to keep himself in the hunt for a title in Qatar. In the other quarter-final matches, Israr defeated Ismail Rauf of Armenia 11-7, 11-3, 11-8, while Sandeep overcame Abdulwahab Al Ishaq of Qatar 11-3, 11-4 11-6 and Zareian of Iran beat Ahsan Ayaz Khan of Pakistan 11-8, 5-11, 10-12, 13-11, 11-4. The semi-finals and finals of all the five age groups will be played today.The Peninsula
Doha Junior Open Results
Under-19
Muhammad Asim Khan [1] bt Marcus Sim Wei Jie [8] 8-11, 11-6, 11-6, 12-10; Israr Ahmad bt Ismail Rauf [6] 11-7, 11-3, 11-8; Sandeep Ramachandran [4]bt Abdulwahab Al-Ishaq 11-3, 11-4 11-6; Sajad Zareian [2] bt Ahsan Ayaz Khan [9] 11-8, 5-11, 10-12, 13-11, 11-4; Syed Anas Ghazanfar bt Mujtaba Raza Changezi [10] 5-11, 12-10, 13-11, 7-11 11-6; Muhammad Farhan bt Muhammad Maaz Khurram [7] 11-4, 11-3, 11-4; Umair Zaman [5) bt Abdul Basit 11-9, 11-6, 11-9; Muhammad Asim Khan [1] bt Syed Anas Ghazanfar 11-4, 11-8, 11-7; Marcus Sim Wei Jie [8] bt Mujtaba Raza Changezi [10] 11-2, 11-5, 11-3; Ismail Rauf [6] bt Muhammad Bilal Khan Walkover; Israr Ahmad bt Syed Azlan Amjad [3] 11-7, 11-6, 11-6; Sandeep Ramachandran [4] bt Muhammad Farhan 11-7, 11-9, 11-8; Abdulwahab Al-Ishaq bt Muhammad Maaz Khurram [7] 11-9, 11-1, 11-7; Ahsan Ayaz Khan [9] bt Umair Zaman [5] 11-5, 11-7, 11-8; Sajad Zareian [2] bt Abdul Basit 11-3, 11-4, 11-8; Syed Anas Ghazanfar bt Amrit Thapa Magar 6-11, 13-11, 14-12, 9-11, 11-9.
Under-17
Nima Jedari Mohammadzadeh [12] bt Krish Kapur [6] Walkover; Alireza Shameli [1] bt Sudesh A/L Mohan [8] 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-2 ; Cheuk Nam Matthew Lai [4] bt Sunil Kumar Sivanesan [9] 11-5, 15-13, 12-10 ; Kashif Asif [13] bt Vikas Mehra [14] 11-3, 8-11, 11-3, 6-11, 11-3 ; Yat Ting Harley Lam [2] bt Abdelaziz Omeira [16] 11-5, 11-2, 11-10; Sergey Gregorian [11] bt Kabeer Alam [15] 12-10, 9-11, 11-6, 6-11 11-9 ; Darren Pragasam [3] bt Mohamad Ali Farahat [5] 11-7, 5-11, 11-2, 11-3 ; Khan Momin Nasir bt Moein Najib Molaei [7] 11-6, 11-5, 11-10; Alireza Shameli [1] bt Sergey Gregorian [11] 11-7, 11-8, 11-3 ; Sudesh A/L Mohan [8] bt Kabeer Alam [15] 11-7, 11-8, 12-10 ; Sunil Kumar Sivanesan [9] bt Krish Kapur [6] 8-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-9, 11-6 ; Cheuk Nam Matthew Lai [4] bt Nima Jedari Mohammadzadeh [12] 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 ; Kashif Asif [13] bt Darren Pragasam [3] 15-13, 11-4, 11-6 ; Vikas Mehra [14] bt Mohamad Ali Farahat [5] 5-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-7 ; Abdelaziz Omeira [16] bt Moein Najib Molaei [7] 11-2, 1-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9 ; Yat Ting Harley Lam [2] bt Khan Momin Nasir 11-5, 15-13, 8-11, 10-12, 11-3 ; Sergey Gregorian [11] bt Saad Abdullah Walkover ; Kabeer Alam [15] bt Hamad Al-Amri Walkover ; Nima Jedari Mohammadzadeh [12] bt Ahsan Ali Kashif 11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 11-7 ; Kashif Asif [13] bt Mojtaba Kafili Vijouyeh 11-4, 11-5, 11-7 ; Vikas Mehra [14] bt Ahmad Ali Walkover ; Abdelaziz Omeira [16] bt Muhammad Abdul Qadir Walkover ; Khan Momin Nasir bt Pranay Jain [10] 12-10, 5-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-3;
