ISLAMABAD: Third seed Ti Chen of Chinese Taipei outplayed Mohammad Abid, the only Pakistani hope in the Serena Hotels ITF Futures Championship men’s singles, in the quarter-final here at the PTF Complex on Thursday.

Ti Chen, 35, comfortably overcame Abid 6-1, 6-3 to reach the last-four stage.

In another quarter-final, top seed Korean Kim Cheon Eui outclassed his Uzbek opponent Saidal’o Saidkarimov 6-4, 6-1.

Second seed Rio Noguchi of Japan defeated Germany’s Kai Wehnelt 7-6, 6-4 in their last-eight match while Alexis Canter of Great Britain got the better of Japan’s Sora Fukuda 6-3, 6-7, 7-5 in their quarter-final.

In ladies’ singles quarter-finals, Sara Mansoor outplayed Shimza Naz 6-0, 6-2; Hania Navaid bovercame Mahvish Chishtie 6-4, 6-4; Esha Jawad crushed Sheeza Sajid 6-0, 6-1 and Sarah Mahboob whipped Mehek Khokhar 6-1, 6-1.

Meanwhile, the Pakistan pair of Heera Ashiq and Mudassir Murtaza lost their men’s doubles quarter-final to the third seed duo of Eui Kim (Korea) and Rio Noguchi (Japan) 6-4, 6-2.

Results (prefix number denotes seeding):

Men’s singles:

Quarter-finals: 2-Rio Noguchi (JPN) bt 5-Kai Wehnelt (GER) 7-6, 6-4; 1-Kim Cheon Eui (KOR) bt Saidal’o Saidkarimov (UZB) 6-4, 6-1; 3-Ti Chen (CHINESE TAIPEI) bt Mohammad Abid (PAK) 6-1, 6-3; Alexis Canter (GBR) bt 4-Sora Fukuda (JPN) 6-3, 6-7, 7-5

Men’s doubles:

Quarter-finals: 4-Darko Jandric (SRB)/Shonigmatjon Shoeyziyev (UZB) bt Mohammad Abid (PAK)/ Mohammad Wagas Malik (CAN) 6-3, 4-6, 10-3; 2-Alexander Pavliouchenkov (RUS)/Vladimir Polyakov (RUS) bt Dmitry Myagkov (RUS)/Saida’lo Saidkarimov (UZB) 6-1, 7-5; 1-Anton Chekhov (RUS)/Kai Wehnelt (GER) bt Sora Fukuda (JPN)/Ray Ho (CHINESE TAIPEI) 7-6, 2-6, 10-6; 3-Eui Kim (KOR)/Rio Noguchi (JPN) bt Heera Ashiq/Mudassir Murtaza (PAK) 6-4, 6-2

Ladies’ singles:

Quarter-finals: Sara Mansoor bt Shimza Naz 6-0, 6-2; Hania Navaid bt Mahvish Chishtie 6-4, 6-4; Esha Jawad bt Sheeza Sajid 6-0, 6-1; Sarah Mahboob bt Mehek Khokhar 6-1, 6-1

U-18 boys singles:

Second round: Mohammad Shoaib bt Nalain Abbas 6-3, 6-0; Musa Choudhary bt Mohammad Huzaifa Khan 6-4, 6-4; Ahmed Kamil bt Abdul Hanan 6-3, 7-5; Mohammad Abdullah bt Zain Choudhary 6-1, 6-2; Abdullah Adnan bt Mohammad Talha Khan 6-0, 6-0; Mohammad Nauman Aftab bt Kamran Khan 6-3, 6-0; Ahmed Asjad bt Sami Zeb 7-6 (3); 6-1; Saqib Umer bt Subhan Bin Salik 6-0, 6-4

U-14 boys singles:

Second round: Sami Zeb bt Kamran Khan 6-3, 6-2; Bilal Asim bt Azan Sajid 6-0, 6-0; Abdul Hannan bt Mohammad Haziq 6-0, 6-0; Huzaima Abdul Rehman bt Azan Shahid 6-0, 6-1; Mohammad Huzaifa bt Mohammad Amir 6-3, 6-0; Kashan Umer bt Ahmed Nael 6-3, 7-5; Hamza Roman bt Mohammad Talha Khan 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2; Uzair Khan bt Mohammad Hamza Asim 6-2, 6-3.

Published in Dawn, December 7th, 2018

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