ISLAMABAD: Karachi-based Syed Zohair Raza on Thursday made major upset by eliminating eighth seed Mohammad Mudasir of Jehani in a well-contested three-set men’s single match at the fourth edition of the Syed Tajammul Abbas Memorial National Ranking Tennis Tournament here at the PTF Tennis Complex.

In the same category, Zohair Raza defeated Mudasir 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 with all the other seeded players including Aqeel Khan, Mohammad Abid, Shahzad Khan, Heera Ashiq, Usman Rafiq, Sanaullah Khan and Ahmed Chaudhry qualifying for second round having beaten their respective opponents in straight sets.

In the boys’ U-18 event, Mir Shahzaib Ahmed made another upset by beating 6th seed Ilham Khan in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 with all the other seeded players moving into the second round.

Also, top seed Syed Nofil Kaleem eliminated Zeeshan Javed without conceding a single game in both sets while third seed Mohammad Muzamil got tough resistance from Haris Irfan-ul-Haq in three-set match.

Results:

Men’s singles main draw:

Aqeel Khan bt Haris Irfan-ul-Haq 6-4,6-1; Hasnain Manzoor bt Fahad Mehmood Khan 6-2,6-1; Faizan Khurram bt Arham Atiq Khan 6-1,7-6(2); Usman Rafiq bt Ayaz Khalil 6-1,6-2; Heera Ashiq bt Shaheen Mehmood 6-2,6-3; Barkatullah bt Mohammad Muzamil 6-4,7-5; Hamza Bin Asif bt Asad Mehmood Khan 3-6,6-3,6-0; Syed Zohair Raza bt Muhammad Mudasir 6-2,3-6,6-4; Sanaullah bt Muhammad Bin Azhar 6-0,6-1; Ejaz Khan bt Kashan-ul-Haq 6-2,6-3; Irfanullah bt Wakeel Khan 6-0,1-6,6-1; Shahzad Khan bt Inamullah 6-2,6-3; Ahmed Choudhary bt Jibran-ul-Haq 6-0,6-0; Shahid Afridi bt Zain Nawab 6-3,6-3; Talha Zubair bt Syed Nofil Kaleem 6-3,7-5; Mohammad Abid bt Malik Hamza 6-1,6-0

Boys’ U-18 main draw:

Syed Nofil Kaleem bt Zeeshan Javed 6-0,6-0; Asad Mehmood Khan bt Danial Mubarak 6-3,6-2; Saqib Umer bt Farhanullah 6-3,7-5; Talha Zubair bt Malik Hamza 6-2,6-3; Mohammad Muzamil bt Haris Irfan-ul-Haq 3-6,6-4,6-3; Aman Atiq bt Asad Ullah 6-0,6-0; Aqib Umer bt Yousuf Hassan 6-4,1-6,7-6; Hamza Bin Asif bt Barkat Ullah 6-2,1-6,6-2; Mir Shahzaib bt Ilham Khan 6-2,6-1; Kashan-ul-Haq bt Hashim Khan 7-5,7-5; Yousuf Khan bt Ahsan Waleed (w/o); Hasnain Manzoor bt Abdullah Qazi 6-1,6-0; Arham Atiq bt Shehryar Khan 6-2,6-0; Shoaib Khan bt Abdullah PSB 6-0,6-2; Hasnain PSB bt Hamza Amjad 6-2,7-6(6)

Boys’ U-14 first round:

Mustafa Qazi bt Zeeshan Javed 4-2,3-5,5-3; Kashan Umer bt Mohammad Huzaifa Khan 4-1,4-0; Hamza Bin Rehan bt Shahzad Ahmed 4-0,4-0; Hanzala bt Asadullah 4-5,5-4,4-2.

Published in Dawn, October 17th, 2014