Zarif Abrar carried his fine form and reached the quarter-finals of the ITF World Tennis Tour Junior J-30 Dhaka at the National Tennis Complex in Ramna on Tuesday.
Zarif confirmed his place in the last eight after defeating Singapore鈥檚 Arjan Singh 6-2, 6-3 in straight sets.
A tough test awaits Zarif in the quarter-finals as he is set to face the tournament's second seed, Shounak Chatterjee of India, who advanced after beating Thirumurthi of the USA.
Other players who have secured their spots in the quarter finals are Chuan Ding of China, Robert of Singapore, Tejas Ravi of India, Chun Lee of Hong Kong, Leekul of Thailand, and Kamal Haqim of the United Kingdom.
In the girls' singles, both Bangladesh鈥檚 Sumiya Akter and Halima Jahan were eliminated.
Sumiya was defeated by Aasaal Azim of the Maldives with a score of 6-3, 6-2, while Halima Jahan lost to China's Tianran Dong 6-0, 6-2.
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