TAXILA: The third National Ranking Tennis Tournament entered the semi-finals stage after the quarter-finals of various categories were held at the POF Tennis Courts Wah Cantt on Wednesday.

The tournament is being organised by the Pakistan Tennis Federation in collaboration with the POF sports control board.

Results (quarter-finals):

Men’s singles:

Aqeel Khan bt Yousuf Khan 6-3, 6-0: Muzammil Murtaza bt Mudassir Murtaza 6-4, 6-3; Mohammad Shoaib bt Jibran ul Haq 6-3, 6-4; Abid Akbar bt Mohammad Abid 6-4, 6-0

Men’s doubles:

Mohammad Abid/Waqas Malik bt Saqib Hayat/Nauman Aftab 6-0, 7-5; Muzammil/Mudassir Murtaza bt Mohammad Shoaib/Huzaifa A. Rehman 6-1, 6-4; Heera Ashiq/Malik A. Rehman bt Amjad Ishaq/Maj Mazhar 6-2, 6-3; Aqeel Khan/Abid Ali Akbar bt Yousuf Khalil/Asadullah 6-4, 6-3

Boys U-18:

Huzaifa A. Rehman bt Mohammad Shoaib 6-4, 6-4; Nauman Aftab bt Parbat Kumar 6-0, 1-0 -- retired; Ahmed Asjad bt Hassam Khan 7-5, 6-3; Saqib Hayat bt Aqib Hayat 6-4, 7-5

Boys U-14:

Sami Zeb bt M.Talha Khan 4-2, 2-4, 4-0; Uzair Khan bt Ahmed Nael 1-4, 4-2, 4-1; Hasheesh Kumar Mohammad Huzaifa Khan 4-0, 4-2; Hamid Israr bt Kashan Umar 4-0, 4-2

Boys/girls U-10:

Hamza Roman bt Abdul Basit -- walkover; Mohammad Haziq bt Hammad Shah 4-1,4-2; Taimur Khan bt Zainab Ali 5-4 (5), 4-2; Jamal Shah bt Esa Zubair 4-2, 4-0.

Published in Dawn, November 1st, 2018