Abid to face Muzammil in tennis final

ISLAMABAD: Mohammad Abid and Muzammil Murtaza will compete for the men’s singles title in the First Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) Open Tennis Championship here at the PTF Complex today (Friday).

Top seed Abid overpowered a resilient Heera Ashiq in three sets 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 to make it to the decider. Both players played quality tennis and stretched each other to the limits in one of the entertaining matches of the day.

In the second semi-final, Muzammil Murtaza breezed past Yousaf Khalil 6-2, 6-1.Mahin Aftab stunned second seed Sarah Mahboob in the entertaining women’s quarter-final that was decided in three sets 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(4).

Results: Men’s singles semi-finals: Muhammad Abid bt Heera Ashiq 4-6, 6-4, 7-5; Muzammil Murtaza bt Yousaf Khalil 6-2, 6-1.Boys’ Under-18 singles: Mohammad Shoaib bt Ahmad Kamil 6-2, 6-4; Huzaifa Abdul Rehman bt Nauman Aftab 6-3, 6-0.

Boys’ Under-14 singles final: Hamza Roman bt Hasan Ali 4-2, 4-5(4), 4-1.Boys and girls singles semi-finals: Hamza Roman bt Hamad Shah 1-4, 4-0, 5-4 (5); Jamal Shah bt Abdullah Azhar (2) 5-3, 4-1.

Men’s doubles semi-finals: Mohammad Abid/Shahzad Khan bt Abdaal Haider/Mohammad Zaid Mujahid 6-2, 6-3; Muzammil Murtaza/Mudassir Murtaza bt Mohammad Shoaib/Huzaifa Abdul Rehman 6-3, 6-0.

Women’s singles quarter-finals: Sara Mansoor w/o Alina Aftab; Mahvish Chishti w/o Oreen Jasaia; Esha Jawad bt Sheeza Sajid 6-0, 6-0; Mahin Aftab bt Sara Mahboob 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(4).Seniors doubles: Hameedul Haq/Mushaf Zia bt Imran Ahmed/Muhammad Jan 6-0, 6-1; Irfanullah/Mehmood Khan bt Col Abjad/Col Faisal 6-4, 6-2.