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ISLAMABAD: Aqeel Khan exacted swift revenge for his defeat in the last event as he downed Muzamil Murtaza 7-5, 6-1 at the Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan National Ranking Tennis Tournament to set up a final with Mohammad Shoaib, who routed Mohammad Abid 6-2, 6-2 in the other last-four clash on Friday.
Shoaib downed Aqeel in the Federal Cup final two weeks ago as the 42-year old had to withdraw from the final following an injury.
Results:
Men’s doubles (quarter-finals): Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi/Aqeel Khan bt Bilal Asim / Mahatir Muhammad 6-0, 6-0.
Ladies singles (semi-finals): Sarah Mahboob bt Natalia Zaman 6-2, 6-1: Noor Malik bt Meheq Khokhar 6-2, 6-3.
Boys singles (quarter-finals): Hamid Israr bt Hamza Roman 6-2, 6-3; M.Talha Khan bt Mahatir Muhammad 6-1, 4-6, 7-5; Sami Zeb Khan bt Ahmed Nael Qureshi 6-4, 6-4; Bilal Asim bt Farman Shakeel 3-6, 6-3, 3-0 (retd).
Boys U-14 singles (quarter-finals): Abdul Basit bt Taimoor Ansari 4-2, 5-3; Abubakar Talha bt Nabeel Ali Qayum 4-1, 4-0; Sameer Zaman bt Haziq Asim 4-2, 4-2; Amir Mazari bt Muzammil Bhand 4- 2, 4-2.
Girls U-14 singles (semi-finals): Soha Ali bt Lalarukh Sajid 4-0, 4-0; Zunaisha Noor bt Mahrukh Sajid 4-2, 1-4, 4-0.
Boys/Girls U-12 singles (quarter-finals): Hajra bt M. Arsalan 4-2, 4-2; Razik Sultan bt Ihsanullah Kabir 4-1, 3-5, 4-1; Hassan Usmani bt Shayan Afridi 5-4(4); 2-4, 5-4(3); Abdur Rehman bt Haziq Areejo 4-0, 4-1.
Men’s 45 plus doubles (semi-finals): Mahmood Khan/Azeem Khan bt Talha Waheed/Rashid Ali 2-6, 6-3(10-7); Rashid Malik/Israr Gul bt Imran Ahmad/Col.Zia 6-0, 6-2.
Published in Dawn, December 24th, 2022
