ISLAMABAD: Top seed Aqeel Khan, Ahmed Chaudhry, Heera Ashiq, Barkatullah, Muzammil Murtaza, Shahzad Khan, Aman Atiq and Mohammad Abid reached the men’s singles quarter-finals of the First Chairman POF Board National Ranking Tennis Championships.

The only upset of the day at the Ordinance Club Wah Cantt was seventh-seeded Usman Rafiq crashing out 5-7, 4-6 to Barkatullah.

Barkat broke Usman in the 12th game of the first set and then in the fifth game of the second to set up a last-eight clash against Heera.

Results:

Men’s singles (second round): Aqeel Khan bt Raja Shahid 6-0, Raja retired; Ahmed Ch bt Haris Irfan-ul-Haq 6-2, 6-0; Heera Ashiq bt Abbas Khan 6-1, 6-1; Barkatullah bt Usman Rafiq 7-5, 6-4; Muzammil Murtaza bt Shahid Afridi 6-1, 6-2; Shahzad Khan bt Arham Atiq 6-3, 6-2; Aman Atiq bt Ahmed Babar 6-1, 6-3; Mohammad Abid bt Shahzad 6-0, 6-1.

Men’s doubles (first round): Abdal Haider/Arham Atiq bt Qasim Ali/Zeeshan Malik 6-4, 6-3; Malik Abdul Rehman/Ahmed Babar bt Brig. Allah Nawaz 6-3,6-4; Umair Salim/Syed Shams bt Amjad Ishaq/.Col. Farukh 6-4, 1-6, 10-7.

Boys’ under-18 singles (second round): Muzammil Murtaza bt Zeeshan Bachani 6-0, 6-2; Saqib Umer bt Abdul Sami Qureshi 6-2, 3-6, 6-1; Aman Atiq bt M. Abdullah 6-0, 6-1; Asadullah bt Talha Bin Asif 6-4, 6-4; Yousaf Khan bt Ilham Khan 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Barkatullah bt Hamza Bin Rehan 1-6, 6-4, 6-1; Mohammad Shoaib bt Hafiz Arbab Ali 6-1, 6-1; Haris Irfan-ul-Haq bt Haider Ali Khan 6-1, 6-0.

Boys’ under-14 singles (second round): Mohammad Shoaib bt Subhan Bin Salik 4-2, 4-2; M. Abdullah bt Bilal Asim 4-1, 4-2; Nalain Abbas bt Zalan Khan 4-0, 4-2; Hamza Roman bt M. Talha Khan 4-2, 4-2; Hamid Israr bt Syed Mahad 5-3, 4-0; Sami Zaib bt Shayan Shamraiz 4-1, 5-3; Samad Areejo bt Hamza Mazhar 4-1, 4-0; Hamza Bin Rehan bt Kamran Khan 4-0, 4-0.

Boys’ under-10 singles (first round): M. Talha Khan bt Zainab Ali Raja 4-0, 4-0; Ahmed Nael Qureshi bt Farhan Shah Khan 4-0, 4-0; M Huzaifa Khan bt Fatima Ali Raja 4-0, 4-0; Yahya Musa Luni bt Anam Ali—walkover.

Published in Dawn, October 20th, 2016