Women’s tennis squad off to NZ

Published January 30, 2020

ISLAMABAD: A four-member Pakistan women’s tennis squad left for New Zealand on Wednesday to participate in the Fed Cup scheduled to be held from Feb 1 to 10.

The squad includes Ushna Sohail, Sara Mansoor, Sara Mehboob and Mahin Aftab, Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) secretary general retired Col Gul Rahman told APP.

He said the women’s team had played three events during January and had worked hard in those tournaments.

“Players from seven countries, including Guam, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Turkmenistan will join hosts New Zealand in Wellington for the Fed Cup,” he said.

The eight teams will compete across two pools of four teams each. The winners of each pool will play-off to determine which nation would advance to Asia/Oceania Group I.

Published in Dawn, January 30th, 2020

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