National Tennis: Saras to vie for girls’ title

LAHORE: The girls singles final of the Sheheryar Malik National Grass Court Tennis Championship 2018 is going to be an all Sara affair at Bagh-i-Jinnah Tennis Courts.

The girls of Mansoor and Mehboob fraternity will be all set to fight against each other for the title on Friday while the men’s final will be played between Pakistan number one Aqeel Khan and Shahzad Khan later on the day.

On Thursday semi-final and earlier quarterfinals of some of the categories were played. Noor Malik, daughter of former Davis Cupper Rashid Malik, beat Esha Jawad in a thrilling quarterfinals by 6-3, 6-3. Later Noor lost her semifinal match against Sara Mehboob by 6-1, 6-3. In the 2nd semifinal Sara Mansoor beat Mehwish by 6-1, 7-5 in a very keenly-contest match.

In men’s doubles first semifinal Aqeel Khan and Shahzad Khan beat Heera Ashiq and Abdul Rehman by 6-2, 6-3 and in the other semifinal, Muhammad Abid and Usman Rafique beat sprited brothers Muzmmil Murtaza and Mudasir Murtaza by 3-6, 7-6, 10-8 after a 2 hours long battle.

Earlier in the day, in the quarterfinals Aqeel Khan and Shahzad Khan beat Asadullah and Barkatullah of KP by 6-3, 6-2. Heera Ashiq and Malik Abdul Rehman beat Ahmed Babar and Sid Siddique by 6-3, 7-4. Muzmmil Murtaza and Mudsir Murtaza beat Abdal Haider and Zahid Mujhaid by 1-6, 7-6, 10-6. Muhamad Abid and Usman Rafique beat Talha Waheed and Fayyaz Khan by 6-3, 6-1.