LAHORE – Late Jamil Ahmed widely known as Jimmy in tennis playing circles was a consummate, masterly and proficient tennis player of the seventies and early eighties. He had a fulfilling time on the national tennis arenas and attainments included six national titles, a bolstering appearance in the Wimbledon as a 16-year-old, a fortifying representation in Davis Cup encounters and upholding the national flag in the Asian Games 1978. The Lahore Gymkhana Tennis playing benefactors, counterparts, intimate playmates and companions assembled at the tennis courts in his remembrance and offered Dua-e-Maghfirat for Jimmy. Prominent admirers and adherents were his daughter Misha Ahmed, his tennis playing Khala Zulekha Nisar, a ladies tennis champion of the sixties, current national champion Aqeel Khan, Shahzad Khan, Haseeb Aslam and tennis great and coach Rashid Malik, who is focused on juniors development. Secretary Waqar Nisar shared that a tennis memorial event will be held in his honor in September or October this year, once the weather becomes endurable.

Source: The Nation May 31, 2022 09:49 UTC