Islamabad, October 15, 2026: China’s Ru Xi Wu, South Africa’s Wozuko Mdlulwa, France’s Astrid Cirotte and Thailand’s Kamonwan Yodpetch advanced to the women’s singles semi-finals of the W-15 Islamabad Junaid Family Foundation World Tennis Women’s Championships 2026 after winning their respective quarter-final matches at the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Tennis Complex on Thursday.
Wu defeated the Czech Republic’s Gloria Levinsky 6-0, 6-3, while Mdlulwa outclassed Germany’s Anastasiya Kuparev 6-1, 6-1.
Cirotte overcame Russia’s Ksenia Laskutova 6-2, 6-4, while Yodpetch secured a hard-fought 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 victory over the Netherlands’ Florentine Dekkers.
In the women’s doubles quarter-finals, Cirotte of France and Mexico’s Sabastiani Leon defeated Japan’s Suzuna Oigawa and Korea’s Jeong Moon 6-2, 7-6(6).
South African sisters Wozuko and Warona Mdlulwa beat Russian pair Lilia Piskun and Sofiia Suslova 6-2, 6-1.
Thailand’s Kamonwan Yodpetch and China’s Ru Xi Wu defeated Hong Kong’s Kei Yau Cheung and Uzbekistan’s Sabrina Olimjanova 6-1, 6-2.
Germany’s Anastasiya Kuparev and Uzbekistan’s Sevil Yuldasheva completed the doubles semi-final line-up with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Dutch duo Emma Van Poppel and Florentine Dekkers.
The second leg of the international tournament is being held at the PTF Tennis Complex in Islamabad, featuring 31 players from 17 countries, including France, China, Russia, Denmark, Mexico, Uzbekistan, South Africa, the Netherlands, Korea, Nepal, Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, Thailand, Türkiye, the Czech Republic and Pakistan.
The event is sponsored by the Junaid Family Foundation, whose support is helping promote and develop international women’s tennis in Pakistan.
