Qureshi wins Futures tourney

JAKARTA (JP): Aisam Qureshi of Pakistan won the US$150,000 Indonesia Futures F5 tournament after defeating Danai Udomchoke of Thailand 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 in the final on Sunday.

In the semifinal, Qureshi ousted Sebastian Da Costa of Indonesia 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday.

Qureshi, seeded fifth, put up a tough game against the second seed of Thailand.

Although Qureshi lost 5-7 in the first set, he did not give way to Udomchoke a victory in the second and third sets.

With the victory Qureshi received $1,950.

In the men's doubles, mixed partners Thomas Shimada of Japan and Myles Wakefield of South Africa won the tournament defeating the Japanese pair of Satoshi Iwabuchi and Hideki Kaneko 6-2, 6-7, 7-6. Shimada and Wakefield received $945. (lnt)