ISLAMABAD: On the opening day of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed National Tennis Championship, brothers Muzammil Murtaza and Mudassir Murtaza registered easy victories here at Islamabad Tennis Complex on Monday.

The 6th edition of BB Shaheed championship was inaugurated by Senator Taj Haider. Over 200 players are participating in various categories in the championship which will conclude on Dec 19.

In men’s singles, second seed Muzammil Murtaza comfortably defeated Maj Murtaza Hassan in straight two games 6-3,6-0. While his elder brother Mudassir outplayed his opponent Maj Suleman in 6-0,6-0.

Top ranked national player Aqeel Khan is the top seed of the championship and he will be seen in action on Tuesday (today). On the opening day, matches in men singles, boys U-18, boys U-14, and U-12 were played.

Results:

Men Singles: Heera Ashiq bt SaqibHayat 6-3, 6-2; Shakir Ullah bt Hamza Bin Asif 6-4, 6-3; Yousaf Khalil bt Ahmed Babar 6-4, 6-4; Mudassir Murtaza bt Maj. Suleman 6-0, 6-0; Ibrahim Omer bt Abbas Khan 6-2, 6-2; Muzammil Murtaza bt MurtazaHussain 6-3, 6-0; Ahmed Kamil bt Asad Ullah 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-4; Barkat Ullah bt Syed Nofil Kaleem 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Ahmed Ch. bt Abdal Haidar 6-3, 6-1; M. Shoaib bt M. Usman Ejaz 6-3, 6-2.

Boys 18 & Under: Osama Mehmood bt Ahtsham Arif 6-4, 6-4; Kamran Khan bt Abdullah Rashid 6-3, 7-5;Hamid Israr bt Huzaima A. Rehman 6-4, 6-3; Asad Zaman bt Yahya Musa Luni 6-2, 6-2; Sami Zeb Khanbt Faizan Fayyaz 6-4, 6-2; Ahmad Nael Qureshi bt Hamza Jawad 6-0, 6-4; M. Huzaifa Khan bt Zaeem Ghafoor 6-1, 6-0; Baqar Ali bt Haider Ali Rizwan 6-2, 6-4; Farman Shakeel bt Uzair Khan 6-4, 6-4; Ahmed Kamil bt Kashan Omer 6-4, 6-1; Aqib Hayat bt Nalain Abbas 7-5, 6-4; Hasheesh Kumar bt Bilal Asim 6-4, 6-4; M. Shoaib bt M. Bilal Farooq 6-0, 6-0; M. Talha Khan bt Zalan Khan 6-4, 3-6, 6-2;Mahatir Mohammad bt Faizan Shahid 6-1, 6-3; Shaeel Durab bt M. Abdullah 6-1, 6-0.

Boys 14 & Under: Hamza Rahmat bt Imdad Ali 4-2, 1-4 5-4(1); Shahsawar Khan bt Taimoor Khan 4-0, 4-0; Mustansir Ali Khan bt Abdul Basit W.O; Razik Sultan bt Ryaan Kh. Saud W.O; Haider Ali Rizwan btAli Zain 4-0, 4-0; M. Ibraheem Ashraf bt Eeman E Rasiq 4-2, 4-2; M. Hamza Aasim bt Samer Zaman 4-2, 4-0; Ahmed Nael Qureshi bt Jamal Shah W.O; Ammar Masood bt Rayan Khan 4-1, 5-4(3); Hamza Roman bt Husnain Ali Rizwan 4-2, 4-1; M. Haziq Aasim bt Moavia Butt 4-0, 4-1; Bilal Asim bt Sameer Maqsood 4-0, 4-0;Asad Zaman btAbdullah Azhar 4-2, 4-0; Amir Mazari bt Nabeel Ali Qayum 4-1, 4-2; Omair Khan bt Yahya Musa Luni W.O; Hamid Israr bt Mian Abdullah 4-0, 4-1.

Boys & Girls U-12: Hamza Ali Rizwan bt Saqib Ali 4-1, 4-0; Hamza Hussain bt Soha Ali 1-4, 4-2, 4-0; Amna Ali Qayum bt Riyyan Shah Khan 4-2, 4-1; Taimoor Khan bt Mahnoor Farooqui 4-1, 4-0; Ismail Aftab bt Zohaib Amjad 4-1, 4-1; Syed M. Aalay bt M. Ayan Sher Dil 2-4, 4-0 4-2; Mian Abdullah bt Hareem Fatima 4-1, 4-0.

Published in Dawn, December 15th, 2020