Mikaeel Ali Baig wins ITF J100 singles title in Kuala Lumpur

Seeded fifth in Kuala Lumpur, Pakistan’s No. 1 junior beat Japan’s top two seeds and dropped only one game in a 6-0, 6-1 final.

Seventeen-year-old Mikaeel Ali Baig, Pakistan’s No. 1 internationally ranked junior, won the ITF J100 Kuala Lumpur singles title as the No. 5 seed.

He beat Japan’s No. 1 seed Yuta Amano and No. 2 seed Sota Kagawa, winning the final 6-0, 6-1.

The run included straight-set wins over India’s Arya Venkataragavan and No. 3 seed Ivan Makarov.

The victory takes his ITF haul to 16 titles—eight singles and eight doubles—at age 17.

Pakistan Tennis Federation president Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and secretary general Col. (R) Zia-ud-Din Tufail congratulated him and his family.

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