ISLAMABAD: All seeded players, except Mohammad Abid, made it to the quarter-finals of the Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championships here at the Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex on Tuesday.
Second seed Abid was stunned by Abid Ali Akber 6-2, 6-3. The latter, who is settled in the United States, displayed a powerful combination of forehand and backhand drives, not letting his seasoned opponent settle throughout the match.
Veteran Aqeel Khan also won his match, beating Ahmed Chaudhry 6-0, 6-2.
Shamael Chaudhry won his encounter against Waqas Malik of Lahore in a sizzling three-set match. Shamael won the first set comfortably but faced resistance in the second set which lasted at tie break in favour of Waqas.
In the final set Shamael came back courtesy strong serves and solid ground strokes down the line and across the court.
Heera Ashiq also struggle hard to win against Barkatullah from Peshawar in a closely-contested three-set match.
In the Junior U-18 category, eighth seed Moosa Chaudhry struggled hard to win his pre-quarter-final against Karachi’s Parbhat Kumar in a three-set match while top seed Muhammad Shoaib beat Sami Zeb Khan in another close match.
Results:
Men’s singles pre-quarter-finals: Aqeel Khan bt Ahmed Ch. 6-0, 6-2; Yousaf Khalil bt Subhan Bin Salik 7-5, 6-1; Muzammil Murtaza bt Abbas Khan 6-3, 6-4; Mohammad Shoaib bt Shahid Afridi 6-2, 6-3; Heera Ashiq bt Barkatullah 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-1; Shamael Ch. bt M.Waqas Malik 6-2, 6-7(6) 6-4; Mudassar Murtaza bt Asad Ullah 6-3, 6-2; Abid Ali Akber bt Muhammad Abid 6-2, 6-3.
Boys’ U-18 singles pre-quarter-finals : Mohammad Shaoib bt Semizeb Khan 7-5, 7-5; Osma Khan bt Muhammad Zaryab 6-4, 6-3; Aqib Umer bt M.Huzaifa Khan 6-2, 6-4; Ahmed Asjad bt Subhan Bin Salik 6-2, 7-5; Moosa Ch bt Parbhat Kumar 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Abdullah Adnan bt Hassan Ali 6-4, 6-1; Uzair Khan bt Kamran Khan 5-7, 6-2, 7-5; Ahmed Kamil bt Zalan Khan 2-6, 6-2, 6-1.
Boys’ U-14 singles first round: Sami Zeb bt Hamza Jawad 5-4 (3), 4-0; Ahmed Nael bt Haseeb Ullah 5-4 (4), 5-4 (6); Shahsawar Khan bt Ahmed Ali 4-0, 4-0; M.Huzaifa bt Faizan Fayyaz 4-0, 5-3; Uzair Khan bt Kamran Khan 4-0, 5-4 (3); Huzaima Rehman bt Bilal Asim 2-4, 4-1, 4-1; Azan Shahid bt Hamidullah 1-4, 5-3, 4-2; Shaeel Tahir bt Abdullah Hanan Khan 4-2, 4-2; Kashan Umer bt Muhamamd Zaryab 4-2, 4-2; Ihtesham Arif bt Azan Sajid 4-0, 4-0; M.Talha Khan bt Haider Ali 4-0, 4-0; Hassan Ali bt Saeed Suleman 4-0 4-1; Hamza Roman beat Muhammad Aasim 4-0, 4-0; Husnain Ali bt M.Omer 4-1, 4-1; Omer Masood bt Ali Zain 4-0, 4-2, Hamid Israr bt Yahya Musa Luni 4-0, 4-1.
Published in Dawn, November 28th, 2018
