Younis, Zakariya set up title clash
MUSCAT: Oman’s top players, Younis bin Tufail Al Rawahi and Zakariya bin Ali Al Suleimani will take centre-stage at the grand finals of the ISC-Muscat Pharmacy Open Junior Tennis Tournament organised by the Indian Social Club on Friday evening.
Younis and Zakariya will clash in the final of the boys under-18 singles scheduled to commence at 6.30 p.m. at the Indian Social Club’s tennis court in Darsait.
Younis had had a rather comfortable passage into the summit clash when compared to Zakariya. In the semifinal, Younis showed brilliant touch when he downed Amaan Kazi with relative ease posting a 6-2, 6-1 victory.
Third seed Zakariya Al Suleimani earned his place in the final af- ter an epic semifinal which went to the wire before edging past second seed Subash Pillai 6-4, 2-6, 10-7.
Besides the high quality tennis produced by the two, it had all the ups and downs associated with a top class match. Zakariya made a brilliant start with a 3-0 lead only for Subash to bounce back to three-games-all.