Yasir Ali was born on 12th August 1997 in Vietnam. He completed his Bachelor's in Information Technology from Superior University Lahore. He started to play outdoor Badminton in 2015 and 2 years later his beloved friend Qari Shoaib took him to play badminton at an indoor court in Micro badminton club Sialkot. Over there, Mr. Rizwan Rana taught him basic skills of Badminton and polished his technique.
He implemented his training in his first ever tournament: PCSIR Badminton open Lahore 2017. He became the Men's Singles Champion. In 2018, the youngster beat the former National Champions (MD), Irfan Saeed/ Azeem Sarwar in All Pakistan Kolo Tara Badminton Tournament in Hafizabad.
Moreover, he displayed fine Badminton skills in All Pakistan Ranking tournament in 2019 at Peshawar, where he reached Semi Finals (Men's Doubles). He did not hold back to dominate his division. Yasir Ali has clinched the Division title 2 consecutive times: Men's Doubles 2019 & Men's singles 2020. Upon shifting to Lahore in 2020, Yasir Ali trained under Coach Nadeem Javed to enhance his skills but later on he could not continue due to financial issues. He won many Badminton tournaments at punjab level and has been Semi finalist several times in Official Punjab championship organized by Pakistan badminton federation.
Moreover, he has been the 9th best Men's Doubles player. Currently Yasir is at 25th spot in Men's Singles and 11th best Men's Doubles (with Anjum Bashir) player all of the country. He aims to become the best player in the country and represent Pakistan worldwide.
Yasir is currently fighting from Hepatitis and eager to make a comeback once he recovers from his illness.
According to Yasir Ali, during his career, people like Qari Shoiab, Rizwan Rana, Amir saeed, Anjum Bashir, Malik sajid, Asim, Irfan Mehmood, Nauman Sikander have helped him get stronger.
Written by: Muhammad Anas Akhtar (Admin FBCOP)
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keep up the good work! it's very interesting to read the backgrounds of our national players and see from what scenarios they came from to dominate in pakistan
ReplyDeleteThanks for the appreciation. We aim to cover the careers of as many National players as we can.
DeleteImpressive! Love you brother
ReplyDeleteGrat man yasir bhai... MashAllah boht kamal k insan hain
ReplyDeleteMeethi meethi baten krty hain boht he innocent hain or dil k boht achy hain...
Dua hy Allah Pak ap ko booooht ziada trakki dy or ap Pakistan k number one player bano.