ISLAMABAD: Aqeel Khan, Barkatullah, Abdullah Adnan, Yousuf Khalil, Muzammil Murtaza, Mohammad Shoaib, Mudassar Murtaza and Mohammad Abid reached the men’s singles quarter-finals of the 35th Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championships here at S. Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex on Wednesday.

Unseeded Abdullah caused the major upset of the day when he defeated seventh seed Heera Ashiq 7-6(5), 6-4 in the pre-quarterfinal.

In other last-16 matches, in-form top seed Aqeel eliminated Ahmed Nael 6-3, 6-0, second seed Shoaib routed Asadullah Khan 6-2, 6-2 and Abid brushed aside Baqar Ali 6-1, 6-0.

Muzammil and Mudassar also won their matches in straight sets.

Results (pre-quarterfinals):

Men’s singles: Aqeel Khan bt Ahmed Nael 6-3, 6-0; Barkatullah bt Mohammad Talha 6-3, 6-2; Abdullah Adnan bt Heera Ashiq 7-6(5), 6-4; Yousuf Khalil bt Mohammad Huzaifa 6-3, 6-1; Muzammil Murtaza bt Nofil Kaleem 6-1, 6-1; Mudassir Murtaza bt Mohammad Waqas Malik 6-2, 6-1; Mohammad Abid bt Baqar Ali 6-1, 6-0; Mohammad Shoaib bt Asadullah Khan 6-2, 6-2

Junior 18 & under singles: Bilal Asim bt Talha Khan 6-0, 6-0; Sami Zeb Khan bt Ibrahim Yousuf -- walkover; M. Talha Khan bt M. Hamza Aasim 6-4, 6-2; Mohammad Salar bt Arslan Khan 6-0, 6-0; Mahatir Mohammad bt Shahsawar Khan 6-1,

3-6, 6-0; Hamid Israr bt Abdul Hanan 6-2, 7-5; Mohammad Huzaifa bt Hamza Rehman 6-0, 6-1; Ahmed Nael bt Uzair Khan 6-0, 6-3

Ladies Singles: Amara Khan bt Madina Qadir 6-3, 6-0; Esha Jawad bt Kianat Ali 6-0, 6-0; Soha Ali bt Zainab Ali Naqvi 6-1, 6-0

Men’s doubles: Mohammad Huzaifa/Mohammad Talha bt Mohammad Waqas Malik/Asadullah Khan 7-5, 2-6, 10-7; Bilal Asim/Mahatir Mohammad bt Uzair Khan/Hasam Khan 6-2, 6-0; Sami Zeb Khan/Abdullah Adnan bt Mohammad Salar/Major Suleman 6-1, 6-2

Boys & girls 12 & under singles: Mohammad Hassan Usmani bt Uzair 4-0, 4-0; Ahmed Khan bt Anas 4-0, 4-0; Uzair Abbasi bt Changaz Leghari 4-0, 4-0; Abdur Rehman bt Uzair -- walkover; Haziq Arejo bt Eesa Fahad 4-0, 4-2; Mohammad Shakib bt Behroze Wander Maimoom 4-0, 4-0; Mohammad Junaid bt Aamir Masood 4-0, 4-0; Ihsanullah Kabir bt Moazzam Babar 4-0, 4-0; Hajra Suhail bt Mahad Mehmood 4-0, 4-0.

Published in Dawn, December 8th, 2022