ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: Aqeel Khan, Asim Shafique, Hameed ul Haq and Tanvir Ashiq confirmed their berths in the quarter-finals of National Clay Court Tennis Championship at the PTF Complex on Thursday.

Top seed Aqeel Khan won his match against Wakeel Khan 6-2 and 6-2. Asim Shafique, second seed, toppled Rashid Malik 6-3, 6-3. Aqeel will now play Hameed-ul-Haq while Asim Shafique will face Sadan-ul-Haq in the quarter-finals on Friday.

Meanwhile, in the ladies singles event top seed Sara Mehboob, hammered Mehak Khokhar. Mehak won the first set 6-4 hitting some powerful backhand shots.

Sara made a good comeback winning the second set 7-5. She finished the game in style winning the last set 6-4.

Saba Aziz, Ushna Sohail and Sara Mansoor reached the semi-final.

Saba beat Anam Ayesha, while Sara Mansoor and Ushna Sohail got a walkover against their opponents.

Heera Ashiq, Hamza Pataudi, Jibran-ul-Haq and Faizan Khurram were among the quarter-finalists of boys’ junior U-17 category.

In men’s doubles category, Tanvir Ashiq and M. Abid Ali, Asim Shafique and Hameed-ul-Haq, Aqeel Khan and Rashid Malik and Usman Ejaz/Imran Shaukat reached the semi-final. In the boys’ U-13 quarter-final, Kashan-ul-Haq defeated Akbar Tiwana while M. Saad, Hamza and Salman bin Saleem also won their fixtures.

Results:

Men’s singles

Aqeel Khan bt Wakeel Khan- 6-2, 6-2; Hameed-ul Haq beat Munir Ashiq 6-3, 6-4; Abid Ali bt Aman-ul-Anwar 6-0, 6-0; Faizan Khurram bt Sajid Ali-7-5, 6-1; Jehanzeb Khan bt Inamullah 6-4, 6-3; Tanveer Ashiq bt Talha Saeed 6-0, 6-1; Sadan-ul-Haq bt Imran Shaukat 6-4, 6-3; Asim Shafique bt Rashid Malik 6-3, 6-3.

Ladies singles: Saba Aziz bt Anam Ayesha 6-0, 6-0; Ushna Sohail w/o Sahar; Sara Mansoor walkover Heera Arshad; Sara Mahboob beat Mehak Khokhar 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Boys’ juniors’ U-17

Heera Ashiq bt Basit Gabool 6-2, 6-2; Ahmed Ch. bt Talha Saeed 2-6, 7-5, 6-1; Faizan Khurram bt Imran Farooq 6-3, 6-1; Jibran-ul-Haq beat Sajid Ali 6-1, 6-2; Abid Mushtaq bt Asjad Aitezaz 6-1, 6-3; Hamza Patudi bt Saad bin Saleem 2-6, 6-3, 6-3;Saadan-ul-Haq bt Usman Rafique-6-2,

6-1; M. Waqas Malik bt Imran Farooq-6-2, 6-2.

Boys’ U-13

Kashan-ul Haq bt Akbar Tiwana 4-1, 4-0; M. Saad bt Tallal Almas 4-5(6), 4-0, 4-2; Hamza bin Asif bt Abrar Qazi- 4-5, (0) Salman bin Saleem bt Abdil 4-0, 4-0.