ISLAMABAD: Aqeel Khan, Muz­ammil Mur­taza, Mudassir Murtaza, Ahmed Nael, Yousuf Khalil, Barkatullah, Hamza Asim and Hamza Roman won their matches on the first day of the Pakistan Independence Day National Ranking Tennis Tournament at the PTF Complex on Monday.

Results (first round):

Men’s singles: Aqeel Khan bt Sami Zeb Khan 6-3, 6-3; Ahmed Nael bt Mohammad Salar 6-3, 6-2; Hamza Roman bt Abdullah Adnan 6-0, 6-3; Yousuf Khalil bt Mohammad Yahya 6-1, 6-0; Muzammil Murtaza bt Shahzad Khan 6-1, 6-3; Barkatullah bt Ahmed Chaudhry 6-3, 5-0 – retired; Hamza Asim bt Mohammad Talha 6-1,6-2; Mudassir Murtaza bt Huzaifa Khan 6-0, 6-4.

Women’s singles: Sheeza Sajid bt Labika Durab 6-3, 6-0; Shimza Naz Durab bt Sania Zahra 6-0, 6-0; Shandana Rabi bt Sofia Tariq 6-0, 6-3; Soha Ali bt Lalarukh Sajid 6-0, 6-0; Romaisa Malik bt Maria Rasheed 6-1, 6-0.

Boys 18 & under singles: Abdul Basit bt Amir Mazari 6-0, 6-0; Haziq Asim bt Inam Qadir 6-1, 6-2; Razik Sultan bt Moazzam Babar 6-0, 6-3 ; Hassan Usmani bt Mahad Mehmood 6-0, 6-1; Hamza Roman bt Rajam Taha 6-0, 6-0; Muhammad Yahya bt Ahmed Raza 6-1, 7-5.

Girls 14 & under singles: Zainah Abdullah bt Zoya Mustaf 4-1, 4-1; Shahreen Umer bt Areeba Adnan 4-0, 4-1.

Boys 14 & under singles: Behroze Mahmood bt M. Turab Bhatti 4-1, 4-0; Mohammad Ayyan bt Haseeb Mustafa 4-0, 4-0; Ahmed Afzal bt Abdullah Haider 4-0, 4-0; Mohammad Faizan bt Mozzam Babar 5-4(6), 4-0; Mohammad Umar Ali bt Mohammad Ehsan Bari 4-0.4-0 Mahad Mehmood bt Ashtar Alam 5-4 (6), 5-4(4); Mohammad Muaz bt Raja Taha 4-0, 4-0.Boys 12 & under singles: Mohammad Turab Bhatti bt Ali Asghar 5-4(5), 4-1; Behroze Mehmood bt Zulfiqar Omer 4-1, 4-1; Salar Khan bt Saifullah Omer 4-0, 4-0.

Published in Dawn, August 26th, 2025