LAHORE: Top seed Aqeel Khan was made to work before he beat Mudassir Murtaza 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 to reach the semi-finals of the Sapphire National Open Tennis Championship at the Punjab Lawn Tennis Association courts here on Thursday.

Mudassir’s brother Muzammil made it to semis with a 6-0, 6-1 cruise past Yousaf Khalil, Shoaib Khan toppled seasoned campaigner Heera Ashiq 6-2, 7-5 while Huzaifa Abdul Rehman overcame Mohamamad Abid 6-3, 7-5.

Other results:

Boys’ U-16 singles (last-16): Bilal Asim bt Taimoor Khan 6-1, 6-0; Kamran Khan bt Kashan Tariq 6-3, 6-3; Uzair Khan bt Abdur Rehman Pirzada 6-1, 6-1; Shehryar Anees bt Shahsawar Khan 6-3, 6-2; HaiderAli Rizwan bt Yafaat Nadim 6-0, 6-4; Asad Zaman bt Abdullah Pirzada 6-0, 6-1.

Boys’ U-14 singles (quarter-finals): Asad Zaman bt Shahsawar Khan 6-1, 6-2; Husnain Ali Rizwan bt M Ibrahim Ashraf 6-4, 6-3; Hamza Roman bt Hamza Ali Rizwan 6-2, 6-1; Shehryar Anees bt Abdul Basit 6-1,6-3.

Girls’ U-14 singles (quarter-finals): Amna Ali Qayyum bt Noori Saad 4-0, 4-1; Zara Khan bt Lalarukh 4-2, 5-3; Mahrukh bt Zainab Imran 4-1, 4-2.

Published in Dawn, October 15th, 2021