ISLAMABAD:
France’s Astrid Cirotte fought again from a set right down to defeat Thailand’s Kamonwan Yodpetch and win the ladies’s singles title on the W-15 Islamabad Junaid Household Basis World Tennis Girls’s Championships 2026.
Cirotte prevailed 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 within the ultimate of the match’s second leg on the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Tennis Complicated, recovering from a troublesome begin to safe the title.
Yodpetch, nonetheless, returned to the winners’ podium within the doubles competitors, partnering China’s Ru Xi Wu to assert the crown.
The pair defeated Germany’s Anastasiya Kuparev and Uzbekistan’s Sevil Yuldasheva 6-3, 4-6, 10-2 within the ultimate, profitable the deciding match tie-break convincingly after the groups break up the opening two units.
The worldwide match featured 31 gamers from 17 international locations, together with France, China, Russia, Denmark, Mexico, Uzbekistan, South Africa, the Netherlands, South Korea, Nepal, Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, Thailand, Türkiye, the Czech Republic and hosts Pakistan.
United States Chargé d’Affaires Natalie A. Baker attended the closing ceremony as chief visitor, whereas Ansir Junaid, chairman of the Junaid Household Basis, and his spouse have been company of honour. They joined officers in distributing prizes to the champions and runners-up.
PTF president Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and secretary common Colonel Zia-ud-Din Tufail have been additionally current on the ceremony.
French tennis participant Aravane Rezaï acquired a defend in recognition of her companies and contributions to the game.
The closing ceremony was attended by ambassadors, diplomats, tennis officers, gamers, coaches, mother and father and spectators, reflecting rising curiosity in girls’s tennis and worldwide sporting occasions in Pakistan.
Qureshi congratulated the champions and runners-up on their performances and thanked Baker, the Junaid household and different company for attending. He additionally acknowledged the muse’s assist in staging the match.
The championship varieties a part of the PTF’s efforts to advertise girls’s tennis, present Pakistani gamers with alternatives to compete alongside worldwide opponents and strengthen the nation’s capability to host worldwide tennis occasions.
The Junaid Household Basis sponsored the match, supporting efforts to develop the game and develop alternatives for girls gamers in Pakistan.