ISLAMABAD: Bilal Asim moved into the final of the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Tennis Championship after defeating Sami Zeb Khan 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-0 in the boys U-18 semi-final here at the Islamabad Tennis Complex on Friday.

Results:

Men’s singles (quarter-finals): Muzammil Murtaza bt Barkatullah 6-4, 6-4; Mohammad Shoaib bt Abdullah Adnan 6-4, 6-1; Aqeel Khan bt Mudasir Murtaza 6-2, 7-6(4); Mohammad Abid bt Yousuf Khalil 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.

Men’s doubles (semi-finals): Heera Ashiq/Yousuf Khalil bt Aqeel Khan/Sami Zeb Khan 6-3, 6-2; M. Shoaib/Barkat Ullah bt M. Abid/WaqasMalik 6-4, 6-3.

Ladies singles (quarter-finals): Meheq Khokar bt Amna Ali Qayum 5-7, 7-5, 2-1 Ret.; Soha Ali bt Kainat Ali 6-0, 6-0; Sarah Mehboob bt Amrah Khan 6-0, 6-0; Esha Javad bt Shandana Rabbi 6-0, 6-0.

U-18 boys single semifinal: Bilal Asim bt Sami Zeb Khan 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-0; Ahmed Nael bt Mahatir Muhammad 7-5, 6-3. U-18 Girls Single Soha Ali bt Amarah Khan 6-0, 6-0.

Boys U-14 (semi-final): S. Hamza Hussain bt Muzamil Bhand 5-4(4), 1-4, 5-3; Abdul Basit bt M. Haziq Aasim 0-4, 5-3, 4-2.

Boys/girls U-12 (quarter-finals): Haziq Areejo bt Ahmed Shaikh 4-2, 4-1; Shayan Afridi bt Abdur Rehman 4-2, 4-1; M. Hassan Usmani bt Rashid Ali Bachani 4-2, 4-0; Razik Sultan bt Ihsan Ullah Kabir 5-3, 4-5(8), 4-1.

Boys/girls (quarter-finals): Rashid Ali Bachani bt Majid Ali Bachani 4-2, 2-4, 5-4(4); Zayd Zaman bt M. Ehsan Bari 4-0, 4-1; Shayan Afridi bt M. Faizan 4-2, 4-2; Hajra bt Moazzam Babar 4-0, 4-0.

Seniors doubles (semi-final): Rashid Malik/Israr Gul W/O LT Col Safdar/Altaf; Azeem Khan/Mehmood Khan bt Asim Israr/Faisal Khan 6-0, 6-1.

Published in Dawn, December 17th, 2022

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