TAXILA: The third National Ranking Tennis Tournament started at the Pakistan Ordnance Factories tennis court in Wah on Monday.

On the opening day, Abid Ali Akbar, Jibran-ul-Haq, Huzaifa Abdul Rehman, Parbat Kumar, Shaheen Mehmood, Rashid Khan, Gul Zaman and Subhan bin Salik won their first-round matches in the men’s singles category to qualify for the main round.

Matches in men’s singles, boys U-18, boys U-14, boys U-10 and girls U-10 categories were held on Monday.

The tournament featuring players from across the country is being organised by the Pakistan Tennis Federation in collaboration with the Pakistan Ordnance Factories sports control board.

The finals of different categories will be played on Nov 2.

Results (first round):

Men’s singles:

Aqeel Khan bt Gul Zaman 6-0 — retired; Malik Abdul Rehman bt Shakirullah 6-1, 6-3; Barkatullah bt Abdal Haider 7-6(6), 6-4; Yousuf Khalil bt Rashid Khan 6-3, 6-2; Muzammil Murtaza bt Mohammad Waqas Malik 7-6(6), 6-2; Ahmed Babar bt Abbas Khan 6-4, 6-4; Mudassir Murtaza bt Nauman Aftab 6-4, 7-6 (5); Mohammad Shoaib bt Ejaz Khan 6-4, 7-5; Saqib Hayat bt Shaheen Mehmood 6-4, 6-3; Subhan bin Salik bt Amjad Ishaq 6-1, 6-0; Heera Ashiq bt Musa Chaudhry 6-0, 6-2; Ahmed Chaudhry bt Asadullah 6-1, 6-1; Mohammad Abid bt Aqib Hayat 6-4, 6-0; Abid Ali Akbar bt Parbat Kumar 6-0, 6-2; Jibran-ul-Haq bt Shahzad Khan 4-0 -- retired; Huzaifa Abdul Rehman bt Iftikhar Ahmed Bajwa 6-0, 6-1

Boys U-18:

Kashan Umar bt Hamidullah Yaqoob 6-1, 6-3; Hamid Israr bt Faizan Shahid 6-3, 6-1; Nauman Aftab bt Amir Zeb 6-1, 6-1; Ahtisham Humayun bt Azan Shahid 7-6(4), 7-5; Parbat Kumar bt Mohammad Huzaifa Khan 6-2, 6-2; Musa Chaudhry bt Nalain Abbas 1-6, 6-3, 6-4; Mohammad Abdullah bt Abdullah Adnan -- walkover; Ahmed Asjad bt Uzair Khan 6-0, 6-0; Hassam Khan bt Asim Gul 6-1, 6-3; Zaib Nasar bt Ahmed Kamil -- walkover; Aqib Hayat bt Jahanzaib Inam 6-2, 6-2; Uzair Khan bt Mohammad Talha Khan 3-6, 7-5, 6-4; Sami Zeb bt Waleed Qureshi 6-1, 6-1; Huzaifa Abdul Rehman bt Hashish Kumar 6-0, 6-1; Saqib Hayat bt Subhan bin Salik 6-1, 6-2

Boys U-14:

Shahsawar Khan bt Taimur Khan 4-0, 4-0; Huzaima Abdul Rehman bt Ahmad Ali Khan 4-0, 4-0; Ahmad Nael bt Mohammad AW Khan 4-0, 4-0; Mohammad Huzaifa Khan bt Mohammad Haziq Asim 4-0, 4-0; Ali Zain bt Nafay Areesh 4-1, 4-2; Mohammad Talha Khan bt Azan Shahid 4-1, 4-0; Hamid Yaqub bt Mohammad Hamza Asim 4-0, 4-1; Ahtisham Humayun bt Esa Zubair 4-0, 4-0

Boys/ Girls U-10:

Abdul Basit bt Ahmed Sheheryar 4-1, 5-3; Taimur Khan bt Ayesha Amjad 4-0, 4-0

Published in Dawn, October 30th , 2018