Doha: Promising youngster Syed Azlan Amjad (pictured) of Qatar, a product of Aspire Academy, will take on Lucas Serme of France in the qualifying round of the PSA World Championship 2014 which will take place today at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.
19-year-old Amjad, who won a few local tournaments, will be looking forward to continue his good form from the national level to the international.
Amjad is the lone competitor from the host nation in the qualifying round. Another Qatari Abdullah Tamimi features in the main draw.
Players from Pakistan, USA, England, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, France, Malaysia, Australia, Kuwait, Jordan, Scotland, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, Austria, Wales and Pakistan are taking part in the tournament.
Sixteen players from the qualifying round will join the 48 players in the main draw.
The matches of the main draw start from Friday.
In the main draw, Qatar’s challenge will be led by World No.74 Tamimi.
The rising star from Qatar will face World No. 12 Omar Mosaad in the first round match of main draw on Friday.
Tamimi is one of Qatar’s home-grown professional squash stars that has had an impressive career so far, despite being only 19 years old and has been handed a wild card for the championship.
An Aspire Academy graduate he is a tireless competitor and has so far taken part in over 40 tournaments locally, regionally and internationally – including the recently concluded 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
His career has begun to take off and earlier this year he won the Outstanding Asian Junior Player of the Year award for a truly stellar performance in 2013.
In 2013, Tamimi skyrocketed to the top of the World Junior Circuit rankings and retained his Dutch Under-19 Open trophy in Amsterdam, as well as claiming the fourth spot at the World Junior Championships in Poland.
Last month, he finished runner-up to Abdullah Al Mezayen of Kuwait, the Asian Games winner in South Korea, at the 26th Arab Championship in Doha.
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