WTT Youth Contender Tunis II 2025:
Lorestani wins U15 title as Iranian boys bag double trophies
The final day of the WTT Youth Contender event in Tunis saw Iran’s Arshia Lorestani win the U15 boys’ singles title.
The Iranian prodigy defeated Russian Zakhar Varfolomeev, competing as a neutral athlete, in straight games (11-8, 11-2, 11-4) to claim the third trophy for the country across the four-day event.
Lorestani beat Russian Aleksei Marchuk and Tunisian Moemen Sghaier without dropping a single game to progress to knockouts as the Group 1 winner.
The Iranian then came out victorious (3-1) against Liam Bouchoir of France in the round of 16, before marching to a straight-game win (11-5, 11-8, 11-9) against Egypt’s Asser Sameh for a place in the semifinals.
A thrilling 3-2 victory over Russian Evgenii Dosov sent Lorestani into the final.
Elsewhere at the Multidisciplinary Hall of Rades, Nikan Shirvani settled for a runner-up trophy in the U11 boys’ singles competition, relinquishing a two-game lead to suffer a 3-2 setback (9-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9) against Iraq’s Andya Mohammed in the final.
This was Shirvani’s second trophy in the Tunisian capital, following a third-place finish in the under-13 age class.
Shirvani dominated Group 2, completing a clean sweep of three 3-0 wins – against Algerian Nail Chaichi and the host duo Yaakoub Marnissi and Ahmed Halaoua – to advance to the quarterfinals.
The Iranian was given a bye in the last eight, before defeating Aleksandr Melnikov 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-8) in the semifinals.