LAHORE: Shaharyar Malik went to full distance in beating Zakaullah to make the men’s singles quarter-finals of the Servis Punjab Open Tennis Championships at the Bagh-i-Jinnah grass courts here on Wednesday.

Shaharyar, who made a flying start by winning the first set 6-3, lost his concentration in the second as Zaka made a strong comeback to take the set 6-1.

Fully dominating the second set, Zaka won it dropping just one point to make it 1-1. The fight for supremacy continued throughout the decisive third set where Shaharyar finally edged out Zaka 7-6.

In the other men’s singles pre-quarterfinals, Mohammad Abid, Fayyaz Khan, Sikander Hayat, Faizan Khurram and Heera Ashiq emerged victorious.

Meanwhile, pre-quarterfinals in the U-12, U-14 and U-18 categories were also decided.

Results (pre-quarterfinals):

Men’s singles:

Mohammad Abid bt Tauqeer Faiz 6-0, 6-0; Fayyaz Khan bt Saif Ali 6-2, 6-3; Sikander Hayat bt Saad Ameen 6-0, 6-0; Faizan Khurram bt Hassan Said 6-3, 6-2; Shaharyar Malik bt Zakaullah 6-3, 1-6, 7-6; Heera Ashiq bt Nawaz 6-0, 6-2.

U-18:

Ali Omer Hiyat bt Sarfraz Khurram 6-0, 6-2; Hassan Kamran bt Behzad Shahid 6-3, 5-7, 10-8; Mohammad Said bt Hamza Nasarullah 6-0, 6-2; Faran Nazir bt Abdullah Tayyab 6-0, 6-0; Humble bt Danish Kamil 6-0, 6-0.

U-14:

Ahmed Kamil bt Ahmad Yousuf 8-3; Abdullah Adnan bt Faizan Subhani 8-1; Sameer Ahmed bt Rasab Bukhari 8-4; Abdul Sami bt Sufyan Ali 8-1; Humza Khan bt Behzad Shahid 8-5.

U-12:

Nalain Abbas bt Ahmed Yousuf 8-0; Hassan Amjad bt Faizan Fayyaz 8-2; Bilal Khan bt Mohammad Zaryab Khan 8-2; Usman Nasarullah bt Rashid Subhani 8-0; Abdullah Adnan bt Hamza Jawad 8-0.

Published in Dawn, April 2nd, 2015

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