LAHORE: The BOP Junior National Tennis Championship entered the final stage in all age groups here at the Punjab Lawn Tennis Association courts on Tuesday.

In boys U-18 semi-finals, Mohammad Shoaib and Ahmad Kamil qualified for the finals. Shoaib beat Khuzaima Abdul Rehman 6-0, 6-3 while Ahmad defeated Faizan Fayyaz 6-4, 7-5.

Shimza Durrab outclassed Ashtafila Arif 6-0, 6-0 and Rahat Javed overpowered Zara Salman 6-2, 6-4 in the girls semi-finals.

Following are the results of other groups:

Boys U-14 (semi-finals): Bilal Asim bt Shaheel Durrab 6-2, 7-6; Khuziama Abdulrehman bt Ahmed Nail 6-0, 6-2

Girls U-14: Labika Durrab bt Ashtafila Arif 6-2, 6-4; Maha Saeed bt Alina Salman 6-1, 6-1

U-12 (quarter-finals): Husnain Ali Rizwan bt Amir Mazari 4-0, 5-3; Haider Ali Rizwan bt Hamaza Ali Rizwan 4-2, 4-2; Asad Zaman bt Yashir Tarrar 4-1, 4-0

U-10 (quarter-finals): Hamaza Ali Rizwan bt Harris Bajwa 4-0, 4-0; Ismaeel Aftab bt Hassan Usmani 3-4, 5-3, 10-6; Hania Minhas bt Zohaib Afzal Malik 4-1, 4-0

National 35-plus category (semi-finals): Sherhar Salamat-Usama Waheed bt Asher Ali Khan-Fayyaz Khan 2-6, 7-6, 10-4; Faisal Anwar-Pervaiz Hassan bt Arif Feroz-Shahbaz Ahmad 5-7, 6-1, 10-8.

Published in Dawn, October 23rd, 2019