{"id":15233,"date":"2025-12-10T13:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/12\/10\/veterans-shine-itf-mt200-khao-lak\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T13:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:02:09","slug":"veterans-shine-itf-mt200-khao-lak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/?p=15233","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Shine at ITF MT200 in Khao Lak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore \u2014 Bank of Punjab-backed veterans <strong>Rashid Malik<\/strong> and <strong>Khurram Imtiaz<\/strong> clinched singles crowns at the ITF MT200 tournament played on the hard courts of the Robinson Hotel Khao Lak, underscoring Pakistan&#8217;s presence on the World Masters Tour.<\/p>\n<p>In the Men\u2019s Singles 60+ final, <strong>Rashid Malik<\/strong> produced a commanding 6-1, 6-1 win over Switzerland\u2019s Hannes Aeberhard. The straight-sets scoreline belied a contest of long baseline rallies in which Malik\u2019s serve proved the decisive weapon throughout the match.<\/p>\n<p>In the Men\u2019s Singles 55+ category, <strong>Khurram Imtiaz<\/strong> secured the title after Switzerland\u2019s Oliver Marjanovic withdrew due to illness, resulting in a walkover. This victory marks <em>Imtiaz\u2019s second ITF title<\/em> in the 55+ age group and adds to Pakistan\u2019s veteran tennis achievements.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the doubles pairing of <strong>Waqar Nisar<\/strong> (PAK) and <strong>Boguslaw Stachurski<\/strong> (POL) staged a strong fight but fell in the Men\u2019s Doubles 55+ semi-final, losing 0-6, 7-6, 6-10 to the Swiss\u2013German duo of Oliver Marjanovic and Andreas Petermann.<\/p>\n<p>The results at the ITF MT200 in Khao Lak reflect growing depth in Pakistan\u2019s veteran ranks and the continued role of sponsors like the Bank of Punjab in supporting players on the international stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rashid Malik and Khurram Imtiaz claim singles crowns at ITF MT200 in Khao Lak, highlighting Pakistan&#8217;s veteran tennis strength with Bank of Punjab support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}