Amir Omarkhanov wins the second round of the Australian Open Juniors with a willful victory
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Amir Omarkhanov reached the third round of the Australian Open Juniors, KTF press-service reports.
In the match of the second round, the Kazakh defeated Victor Friedrich from Great Britain - 3:6, 7:6 (6), 6:3. In the last set Amir had been losing 0:2.
The next opponent of the trainee of the Karaganda school of tennis will be South Korean Hyun Kim, the 14th seeded of the tournament.
At the start, the Kazakh competed with the first seeded Federico Cina from Italy. The match ended, 0:6, 6:3, 6:3. This is Amir’s second victory over Federico. The first victory happened last November in the final stage of Junior Davis Cup.
Omarkhanov is ranked 26th in the junior world ranking. He is a trainee of the Karaganda school of tennis, where he trained under the guidance of Peter Nesterov. Currently, Amir is training in Belgrade in Janko Tipsarevic’s Academy, where he is coached by Nemanja Lalic.
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Kazakh table tennis player wins gold at WTT Youth Contender Lignano 2024 in Italy
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Kazakhstan’s Zhaniya Bekmukhambetova won a gold medal in the U11 Girls' Singles finals at the WTT Youth Contender Lignano 2024 in Italy, Kazinform News Agency has learnt from Olympic.kz.
The 11-year-old Kazakh athlete participated in six matches, securing a victory in each. During the tournament, Bekmukhambetova defeated Lola Uria of Spain, Serena Rossati of Italy, Emily Cojocaru of Italy, Julia Fernandes of Spain, Bianca Toma of Romania, and Ayalguu Erdenekhuyag of Mongolia.
It was earlier reported that the Kazakhstani pocketed bronze in the U13 Girls' Singles finals of the WTT Youth Contender Lignano 2024.
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Nurkozha Kaipanov secures gold at World Championships - Non-Olympic weight categories in Tirana
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Kazakhstan's wrestler Nurkozha Kaipanov pocketed the 70kg Freestyle gold at the World Championships - Non-Olympic weight categories in Tirana, Albania. He became the second Kazakhstani male athlete to grab the gold medal at the tournament named after Rizabek Aitmukhan, Kazinform News Agency cites Olympic.kz.
Kazakhstan’s Nurkozha Kaipanov defeated Yoshinosuke Aoyagi of Japan 6-1 in the 70kg Freestyle category.
Nurkozha defeated the Japanese wrestler with a score of 5:3, thus claiming gold.
It bears to remind that the Kazakh athlete won silver at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in Astana.
Earlier it was reported that Yerzhet Zharlykassyn grabbed the 63kg Greco-Roman silver at the World Championships - Non-Olympic weight categories. Rizabek Aitmukhan won the 97kg freestyle gold at the U23 World Wrestling Championships in Tirana, Albania. Among womens, Zhamilya Bakbergenova (72kg) secured the silver medal at the Seniors World Wrestling Championships - Non-Olympic Weight Categories.
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