ISLAMABAD: Talented Mohammad Shoaib stunned seasoned Mudasir Murtaza in second round match of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Tennis Championship here at Islamabad Tennis Club on Wednesday.
Shoaib won 6-4, 6-7 (8-10), 6-3 and was joined by Aqeel Khan in the third round after the top seed eased past Barkatullah 6-2, 6-1.
Results:
Men’s singles (second round): Ahmed Ch bt Imran Bhatti 6-0, 6-1; Mohammad Abid bt Jibran-ul-Haq 6-2, 6-1; Yousaf Khalil bt Shakir Ullah 6-1, 6-1; Shahzad Khan bt Ibrahim Omer 6-1, 6-0; Muzammil Muraza bt Nauman Aftab 6-1, 6-2; Shoaib bt Mudasir Murtaza 6-4, 6-7 (8-10), 6-3; Heera Ashiq bt Ahmed Kamil 6-0, 6-3; Aqeel Khan bt Barkatullah 6-2, 6-1.
Ladies singles (second round): Ushna Suhail bt Apsara Sheraz 6-1, 6-0; Esha Jawad bt Syeda Eraj 6-2, 6-3; Hania Navid bt Oreen Jasia 6-0, 6-0; Mahvish Chishtie bt Natalia Zaman 6-1, 6-3; Farah Shah Khan bt Mariam Mirza 2-6, 6-3, 7-5; Sheeza Sajid bt Saher Aleem 7-5, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-3), Sarah Mahboob bt Hareem Fatima 6-0, 6-0.
Men’s doubles (quarter-finals): Aqeel Khan/Shahzad Khan bt Ahmed Kamil/Ibrahim Omer 6-1, 6-1; Muzammil Murtaza/Mudasir Murtaza bt Saqib Hayat/Nauman Aftab 6-2, 6-0; M. Abid/Waqas Malak bt Faizan Khurram/Imran Bhatti 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 10-5; M. Shoaib/Barkatullah bt Syed Nofil Kaleem/Abbas Khan 7-5, 6-1.
Boys’ U-18 singles (quarter-finals): M. Shoaib bt Hamid Israr 6-0, 6-1 ; Sami Zeb bt Mahatir Mohammad 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 7-5; Ahmed Kamil bt M. Huzaifa Khan 7-6 (7-4), 6-3; Aqib Hayat bt Hasheesh Kumar 6-1, 6-2.
Boys’ U-14 singles (quarter-finals): Bilal Asim bt Asad Zaman 4-1, 4-0; Haider Ali Rizwan bt M. Ibrahim Ashraf 4-1, 4-1; Ahmed Nael bt Shahsawar Khan 4-1, 4-2; Hamid Israr bt Hamza Roman 4-0, 4-1.
Girls’ U-14 singles (quarter-finals): Sara Khan bt Mahrukh Sajid 4-2, 4-0; Zara Khan bt Lalarukh Sajid 4-1, 4-1; Fatima Ali Raja bt Hareem Fatima 4-1, 4-2; Zainab Ali Raja bt Farah Shah Khan 4-1, 4-2.
Boys and Girls U-12 singles (second round): Zohaib Afzal bt Mian Abdullah 4-1, 3-5, 5-3; Samer Zaman bt Ismail Aftab 4-1, 4-1; Hamza Ali Rizwan bt Syed M. Aalay 4-0, 4-0; Amir Mazari bt Taimoor Khan 4-0, 4-1; Amna Ali Qayum bt Eesa Fahad 4-0, 4-0, Ali Zain bt Nabeel Ali Qayum 5-3, 4-1; Hania Minhas bt Hamza Hussain 5-3, 4-0; Hamza Roman bt Abdul Basir 4-1, 4-2.
Boys and Girls U-10 singles (second round): Eesa Fahad bt Uzair Maqsood — walkover; M. Shayan Afridi bt Abdul Wasay 4-0, 4-2; Haris Bajwa bt Syed M. Aalay 4-1, 4-2; Mahnoor Farooqui bt Zarnaaz Noor — walkover; Ismail Aftab bt Aqtan — walkover.
Published in Dawn, December 17th, 2020
