Sehra Akram

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Sehra Akram
Personal information
CountryFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Born (1995-10-01) 1 October 1995 (age 27)
Pakistan
ResidencePakistan
Singles and women's doubles
Highest ranking276 (WS 6 September 2018)
[1]
354 (WD 6 September 2018) [1]
Current ranking508 (WS 16 November 2020)
416 (WD 16 November 2020)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
South Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu-Pokhara Women's team
BWF profile

Sehra Akram (born: 1 October 1995) [2] is a badminton player from Pakistan.

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Career

National

Akram represents WAPDA in domestic competitions including National Championships [3] and National Games.

2020
At the 57th National Badminton Championship held in Lahore, Pakistan, Akram competed in singles and women's doubles. In singles, she reached the semi-finals where she was beaten by her teammate, Mahoor Shahzad, [3] the eventual champion. [4] In doubles she paired with Huma Javeed and was beaten by Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda) and Palwasha Bashir (NBP) in 2 sets (21-9 and 21-8). [3]

International

Akram was part of the six member women's team which competed at the 2019 South Asian Games held in Kathmandu, Nepal. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ranking: Sehra Akram BWF official website. Retrieved 16 November 2020
  2. "BWF". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. 1 2 3 Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2020-01-31). "Two titles decided at National Badminton". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  4. "Mahoor, Murad grab national badminton singles titles". The Nation. 2020-02-01. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  5. "Badminton". South Asian Games Nepal 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-16.