ISLAMABAD: Promising young player Mohammad Shoaib battled past Yousaf Khalil in the fifth Serena Hotels National Ranking Tennis Tournament here at the PTF Complex on Thursday.
Shoaib fought back from a set down to beat Yousaf (4-6, 6-2, 6-2). In another three-set battle, Heera Ashiq came back from a 0-6 thumping in the first set to beat Asadullah in next (6-1, 6-0). Top seed Aqeel Khan had to face some difficulty to beat Barkatullah. After winning first set 6-0, Khan faced strong resistance from Barkatullah in the second, which was ultimately won by Khan on tie break 7-6 (7).
Results:
Also, second seed Muzammil comfortably outclassed Aqib Hayat 6-2, 6-3.
Men’s singles (second round): M. Shoaib bt Yousaf Khalil 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; Shahzad Khan bt Israr Gul 6-3, 6-3; Heera Ashiq bt Asadullah 0-6, 6-1, 6-0; Mudassir Murtaza bt Waqas Malik 7-6 (8), 6-1; M.Abid bt Asad Siyyid 6-2,6-3; Aqeel Khan bt Barkatullah 6-0,7-6 (7); Ahmed Ch bt Shaheen Mehmood 6-1, 6-1; Muzammil Murtaza bt Aqib Hayat 6-2, 6-3.
Men’s doubles (quarter-finals): Barkatullah/Ahmad Ch bt Mudassir Murtaza/Asad Siyyid 6-3, 6-3; M. Abid/Waqas Malik bt Ahmed Kamil/Ibrahim Omer 6-3, 6-1; Yousaf Khalil/Heera Ashiq bt Ejaz Khan/Asadullah 4-6, 6-1 (13-11); Aqeel Khan/Muzammil Murtaza bt M. Shoaib/Huzaifa Abdul Rehman 6-2, 6-4.
Ladies’ singles (quarter-finals): Sara Mansoor bt Esha Jawad 6-1, 6-1; Sarah Mahboob bt Shimza Naz 6-2, 6-4; Meheq Khokhar bt Noor Malik 6-2, 6-0; Mahin Aftab bt Adela Miron 6-0, 6-0; Ushna Suhail bt Mahin Aftab 6-1, 6-2.
Ladies’ doubles (semi-final): Ushna Suhail/Mahin Aftab bt Adela Miron/Krisztina Jekkel 6-0, 6-0; Meheq Khokhar/Noor Malik bt Mehvish Chistie/Esha Jawad 6-0, 6-0.
Boys’ U-18 singles (second round): Hamid Israr bt Saim Danish 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; Faizan Fayyaz bt Kashan Umar 6-4, 6-0; Mahatir Mohammad bt M.Huzaifa Khan 6-3, 6-4; Sami Zeb bt M Abdullah 6-3, 6-3; Hasheesh Kumar bt Hassan Ali 6-2, 6-3; M. Shoaib bt Bilal Asim 6-1, 6-0; Zalan Khan bt Uzair Khan 6-1, 7-5; Nalain Abbas bt M. Hamza Aasim 6-1, 6-1.
Boys’ U-14 singles (second round): Ahtesham Humayun bt Mustansar Ali 4-0, 4-0; Yahya Musa Luni bt Abdullah Ahmad 4-0, 4-0; Husnain Ali Rizwan bt Ali Zain 4-1, 4-2; Haider Ali Rizwan bt Ammar Masood 4-1, 4-0; Asad Zaman bt Sameer Maqsood 4-1, 4-0; Ahmed Nail bt Saim Shahzad 4-0, 4-0 ; M. Hamza Asim bt Nabeel Ali Qayum 4-0, 4-1.
U-12 singles (second round): Ameer Mazari bt Razik Sultan 4-0, 4-0; Hammad Shah bt Abdullah Ahmad 1-4, 5-4 (4), 5-2; M Haziq Asim bt Amna Ali Qayum 5-3, 5-3; Hamza Ali Rizwan bt Moeez Gul 4-1, 4-1; Zohaib Malik bt Subhan Sahir 4-0, 4-0; Soha Ali bt Uzair Maqsood 4-1, 4-1; Nabeel Ali Qayum bt Essa Fahad 4-0, 4-0; Taimoor Khan bt Zonaisha 1-4,4-0,4-0; Ameer Mazari bt Hammad Shah 4-1, 4-0; Haniya Minhas bt Abdul Basit 4-1, 4-0; Ahtesham Humayun bt Sameer Maqsood 4-1, 4-0; Zohaib A. Malik bt Soha Ali 4-0, 4-0.
U-10 singles (second round): Hamza Ali Rizwan bt Uzair Maqsood 4-0, 4-0.
Published in Dawn, January 24th, 2020
