ISLAMABAD: Seeded players moved into men’s singles semifinals of second Chairman POF Board National Ranking Tennis Championship at the POF Tennis Complex Wah Cantt.
Top seed Aqeel Khan, Shahzad Khan, Muzamil Murtaza and Mohammad Abid checked into the semis beating their respective opponents in style Tuesday. In the boys’ singles U-18 event Saqib Umer, Asadullah, M. Shoaib and Yousaf Khan moved into the semifinals by beating their respective opponents.
Results: Men’s singles: Aqeel Khan bt Aman Atiq 6-1, 6-1; Muzammil Murtaza bt Yasir Khan 6-3, 7-5; Shahzad Khan bt Yousaf Khan 6-3, 6-0; M. Abid bt M. Shoaib 6-0, 6-1.
Men’s doubles: Aqeel Khan/Shahzad Khan bt Yousaf Khan/Saqib Umer 6-1, 6-1; Asadullah Khan/Barkat Ullah W/O Umair Salim/Haroon Javaid; Yasir Khan/Abdaal Haider bt Zeeshan Malik/Farhan Shah Khan 6-0, 6-1; Qasim Ali/Nadeem Khan bt Ertaza Javaid/M Ali 6-2, 6-2; Malik Abdul Rehman/M. Waqas Malak bt Ejaz Ahmad Khan/Abbas Khan 6-2, 6-1; Muzamil Murtaza/Mudassir Murtaza bt Ikram Ullah Khan/Tahir Ullah 6-0, 6-4; Aman Atiq/Ahmed Babar bt Shakir Ullah/Rashid Khan 6-3, 7-6 (3) M. Abid/Usman Rafiq bt Amjad Ishaq/Maj Mazhar Qayoom: 6-1, 6-2.
Boys singles: Saqib Umer bt Sami Zaib 6-1, 6-3; Asad Ullah Khan bt Musa Chaudhry 6-1, 1-6 6-3; M.Shoaib bt M. Abdullah 6-1, 6-1; Yousaf Khan bt Aqib Umer 6-3, 6-2.
Boys singles quarterfinals: Sami Zaib bt Uzair Khan 4-0, 5-3; Farman Shakeel bt Faizan Fayyaz 3-5, 4-0, 5-4 (3); Hasham bt Hassan Ali 5-3, 4-1; Hamza Roman bt Ahmed Ali Khan: 4-0, 4-0.
