Quick start a pivotal for Pakistan: Aqeel
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KARACHI: Tennis star Aqeel Khan has stressed a need for Pakistan group to be discerning out of a blocks and win their opening-day matches of a Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Zone Group II final opposite Thailand, scheduled to start in Islamabad on Sep 15.
Pakistan will be personification a second-seeded Thai side in a ultimate tie, with a win earning them a graduation to Group I, only like it did in 2016.
“I feel we have a good possibility though we need to devise a tie better,” Aqeel told The Express Tribune. “The fact is that Thailand is a really clever side and we can’t relax on a initial day. We need to win all a singles rubbers since they are really good in doubles.”
Aqeel reliable that a Davis Cup group will underline a talismanic Aisamul Haq Qureshi, who is now competing in a US Open, since trials to collect a residue of a register will resume after Eid, with a group expected to be finalised by Sep 8.
“The other dual players are critical and we’ll know them soon,” he said. “The trials have been holding place.”
Aqeel serve pronounced a new courts during a Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Complex are in good condition to horde Davis Cup matches.
“I’ve been practising in Islamabad with one of a tip 8 players Mehmood Khan for a final dual weeks, and a justice there is great,” pronounced Aqeel. “Our dilettante Inamullah, who is eminent for creation a best weed courts, helped creation these courts for Davis Cup.”
Pakistan got a bye in a second turn of Davis Cup when Hong Kong refused to revisit a nation behind in April.
Despite a remarkably softened confidence conditions of late, a tarnish of prior years meant that tennis authorities have struggled to remonstrate unfamiliar teams to come and visit.
The Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) did, however, get a singular service in Feb when Iran visited Pakistan for their Davis Cup tie.
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