CHIBA (Japan): Pakistan’s tennis pair of Ahmed Ehtisham and Ibrahim Iltifat went down fighting against the Cambo­dian pair of Kann Sophorn and Orn Sambath in the first round of men’s doubles event at the eighth Asian Soft Tennis Championship here from Nov 16-21.

In the hard fought match, the Pakistani players took lead in the initial stage but could not sustain it against their experienced Cambodian opponents, and finally lost 5-3.

The chilly weather and rain at the venue also created problems for the Pakistan pair but they still put up a decent fight.

On Sunday morning, Pakistan play against Cambodia once again in the team event.

Published in Dawn, November 20th, 2016