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

The tournament, being organised by the Pakistan Tennis Federa­tion in collaboration with the POF sports control board, will be featuring players from all over the country.

Results:

Men’s Singles (second round):

Aqeel Khan beat Malik Abdul Rehman: 6-4, 6-2: Muzammil Murtaza beat Huzaifa Abdul

Reham: 6-4, 6-3; Mudassir Murtaza beat Ahmed

Babar: 6-1, 6-0; M. Shoaib beat Saqib Hayat 6-1, 6-4; Gibran ul Haq beat Subhan bin Salik 6-1,6-2; Abid Akbar beat Heera Ashiq 6-4, 6-4; M. Abid beat Ahmed Chowdhury 6-2, 7-6 (2).

Men’s Doubles (first round):

Saqib Hayat,Nauman Aftab beat Kashan ul Haq,Gibran ul haq 7-5, 6-2; Amjad Ishaq, Major Mazhar beat Shakirullah, Musa Chowdhury 7-6 (4), 5-7, 10-5: Heera Ashiq, Malik A.Rehman W/O Qasim Ali,Zeeshan Malik:Yousah Khalil, Asadullah beat Ahmed Asjad, Ahmed Babar 6-3, 3-6,10-5; M. Shoaib, Huzaifa A. Rehman beat Abdaal Haider, Ahmed Chowdhury 6-3, 2-6, 10-7.

Boys U-18 (second round):

Muhammad Shoaib beat Kashan Umar: 6-3, 6-4; Huzaifa A. Rehman beat Hamid Israr: 6-0, 6-0; Nauman Aftab beat Ahtisham Humayun: 6-0, 6-0; Parbat Kumar beat Musa Chowdhury 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; Ahmad Asjad beat M. Abdullah 6-0, 6-4; Hassam Khan beat Zaid Nasir 6-4, 6-1; Aqib Hayat beat Uzair Khan 6-0, 6-1; Saqib Hayat beat Sami Zeb 6-1, 6-2.

Boys U-14 (second round):

Sami Zeb beat Shahsawar Khan: 4-1, 4-2; M. Talha Khan beat Hamza Roman: 5-3, 4-2; Uzair Khan beat Huzaima A. Rehman 4-2, 2-4, 5-4 (3); Hasheesh Kumar beat Ahtesham Humayun 4-0, 4-0; Kashan Umar beat Yahya Musa Luni 4-0, 4-0; Hamid Israr beat Muhammad Zubair 4-0, 4-0.

Boys/Girls U-10 (second round):

Hamza Roman W/O Abdul Basit; Hammad Shah beat Abdullah Amjad 4-1, 4-0; M. Haziq beat Abdur Rehman 4-0, 4-2; Taimur beat Muhammad Zubair 4-1, 4-1; Zainab Ali beat Hassan Usmani 5-3, 4-2; Jamal Shah beat Esha Zubair 4-2, 4-0.

Published in Dawn, October 31st, 2018

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