Aqeel advances to second round

ISLAMABAD: Top player Aqeel Khan got off to a winning start in the Khawar Hyat Khan Memorial National Ranking Tennis Tournament beating Kamran Maqbool in straight sets at the PTF-SDA Tennis Complex.

Aqeel won 6-3, 6-3 to make it to the second round. The tournament has attracted more than 250 entries across seven categories: men’s singles, men’s doubles, ladies singles, boys 18 & under singles, boys 14 & under singles, boys 12 & under singles and senior doubles 50 & above).

Results:

Men’s singles 1st round: Aqeel Khan bt Kamran Maqbool 6-3, 6-3; Saqib Hayat bt Salar Khan 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-2; M. Hamza Aasim bt Shehryar Anees 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Ahmed Babar bt Haider Ali Rizwan 6-4, 6-4; Bilal Asim bt Ahtesham Humayun 6-1, 6-2; Hamza Roman bt Shahid Afridi 7-6(4), 6-2; Muhammad Shoaib bt Rayan Khan 6-1, 6-1; Yousaf Khalil bt Muhammad Ali 6-2 (Retd); Muhammad Huzaifa Khan bt M. Haziq Aasim 6-3, 6-1; Asad Zaman bt Gibran ul Haq 6-4, 6-1; Ahmad Nael Qureshi bt Uzair Khan 6-0, 6-0; Muzammil Murtaza bt Murtaza Hussain 6-1, 6-2; Shahzad Khan bt Syed Nofil Kaleem 6-1, 6-1; Abdullah Adnan bt M. Talha Khan 4-6, 6-3, 7-5; Barkatullah bt Sami Zeb Khan 6-2, 7-5; Mudassir Murtaza bt Huzaima Abdul Rehman 6-1, 6-1

Boys 18 & under singles 1st round: Haider Ali Rizwan bt Haziq Areejo 6-0, 6-2 Boys 14 & under singles 1st round: Anis Khan bt Salar Khan 4-0, 4-0; M. Shayan Afridi bt Muhammad Faizan 4-1, 4-1; Muhammad Aayan bt Ahmed Ayan ul Haq 4-0, 4-1.