Aisam and Aqeel cruise into doubles final

Published December 4, 2021
In this File photo, Pakistan’s Aqeel Khan and Aisam-ul-Haq look on during their doubles match in the Davis Cup tie against Blaz Kavcic and Tom Kocevar of Slovenia. —Tanveer Shahzad/White Star
In this File photo, Pakistan’s Aqeel Khan and Aisam-ul-Haq look on during their doubles match in the Davis Cup tie against Blaz Kavcic and Tom Kocevar of Slovenia. —Tanveer Shahzad/White Star

LAHORE: Top seeds Aisam-ul-Haq and Aqeel Khan made light work of Ahmad Chaudhry and Abdal Haider, winning their doubles semi-final 6-3, 6-2 at the Hassan Tariq Rahim National Ranking Tennis Championship on Friday.

Their final opponents will be Mohammad Abid and Waqas Malik, who overcame the Muzammil Murtaza and Mudassir Murtaza in the three setters 3-6, 6-4, 10-5.

In the ladies singles competition, Sarah Mehboob reached the semis with a double-bagel triumph over Zahra Suleman while Ushna Sohail topped Asifa Shahbaz 6-2, 6-0. Esha Jawad also made the last four with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Laiba Iqbal.

Abdullah Adnan edged a thriller against Hasheesh Kumar 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to set up the boys’ under-18 singles final against Semi Zeb who thumped Hamid Israr 6-0, 6-2.

Published in Dawn, December 4th, 2021

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