KARACHI: Nemeer Shamsi emerged victorious in the men’s Singles and Eraj Batool in Ladies Singles events when they beat Sheeraz Bhand of Hyderabad and Versha Das respectively in the Finals of 2nd Afeef Trophy Sindh Ranking Tennis Championships which concluded at Beach view Club DHA Karachi,
Mr. Farrukh Mazhar ( CE M& F )was the chief guest at the closing Ceremony .He distributed the Trophies among winners and Runners up of various events,
Sponsor Rashid Siddique, Chief Executive of Afeef Group promised to continue his support for Tennis & Wheelchair Tennis in future also. ,
Muhammad Khalid Rehmani, Vice President Pakistan Tennis Federation while thanking Mr. Rashid Siddiqui and Col , Abdul Rehman, Secretary DA Beach View Club for their support , announced to hold Two national Juniors & Seniors Tennis Championships,( 18th Westbury Tennis & 9th Essa Lab National Tennis ) , 1st Rotary Sindh Baluchistan Executive Tennis Championships, a two months Sindh Sports Board -Wheelchair Tennis Coaching Camp, Two IC. Inter school JTI tournaments a workshop for emerging coaches of province Sindh and 4th Ace Travels Sindh Ranking Tournament in remaining three months of 2020 ,He added that Junior Tennis Initiative activities in Province are again getting momentum and will be in full swing when schools of Province allow sports activities in their premises.
Gulzar firoz ( President Karachi Tennis Association), Chief Guest Farrukh Mazhar , Ahmed Ali Rajpot and Col Abdul Rehman also spoke at Closing Ceremony.
Para Sports Pakistan & Pakistan Soft Tennis Association provided technical assistance for Wheelchair tennis & Soft tennis events.
Other prominent present were. Asgher Baloch, Muhammad Taqi, Muhammad Saeed, Noushad Ahmed, Sana Ali, Erum Bukhari, Perveen Akhter, Saadia Sheikh, Rukhsana Abis. Raisa Ashfaq, Ishrat Zehra, Shaheen Rajpot, Shazia Zaidi, Rafi Derbari