Seeded players move into ranking tennis semis

ISLAMABAD: Seeded players moved into the men’s singles semi-finals of the second Chairman POF Board National Ranking Tennis Championships underway at the POF Tennis Complex in Wah Tuesday.
Top seed Aqeel Khan, Shahzad Khan, Muzammil Murtaza and Mohammad Abid checked into the semi-finals by beating their respective opponents in style.In the boys’ Under-18 singles, Saqib Umer, Asad Ullah, Muhammad Shoaib and Yousaf Khan moved into the semi-finals.
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; Mohammad Abid bt Muhammad Shoaib 6-0, 6-1.
Men’s doubles: Aqeel Khan/Shahzad Khan bt Yousaf Khan/Saqib Umer 6-1, 6-1; Asad Ullah 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/Muhammad Ali 6-2, 6-2; Malik Abdul Rehman/Waqas Malik bt Ejaz Ahmad Khan/Abbas Khan 6-2, 6-1; Muzammil Murtaza/Muddassar 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) Mohammad Abid/Usman Rafiq bt Amjad Ishaq/Maj. Mazhar Qayoom 6-1, 6-2.
Boys’ Under-18 singles: Saqib Umer bt Sami Zaib 6-1, 6-3; Asad Ullah Khan bt Musa Chaudhry 6-1, 1-6, 6-3; Muhammad Shoaib bt Muhammad Abdullah 6-1, 6-1; Yousaf Khan bt Aqib Umer 6-3, 6-2.
Boys’ Under-14 singles quarter-finals: 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.