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| March 23, 2003 | Sunday | Muharram 19, 1424 |
Aqeel and Mehvish grab titles
ISLAMABAD, March 22: Top seed Aqeel Khan claimed the ET Memorial Invitation tennis tournament defeating Asim Shafik in three sets at the Margalla Club courts.
In what was a well contested final, Aqeel dropped the first set 4-6 before winning the next two 7-5 and 6-3 to clinch a cash prize of Rs 15,000. Asim took home Rs 10,000.
Mehvish Chishtie took the women’s singles title outplaying Zara Omer 6-1, 6-1 while Tabish Raza, who beat Zain Abbas 2-6, 6- 0, 6-2, emerged the boys under-14 champion.
The tournament was organised in memory of late Eitzaz Azeem founder of the Margalla Tennis Club, who was known to his friends as ET.
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