Mohammad Shoaib, Yousaf, Barkatullah, Muzammil, Mohammad Abid, Ahmad Nael, and Mudassar reach in quarterfinals
Sports Bulletin Report
ISLAMABAD: Mohammad Shoaib (PAF), Aqeel Khan (WAPDA), Yousaf Khalil, Barkatullah, Muzammil Murtaza, Mohammad Abid (WAPDA), Ahmad Nael Qureshi and Mudassar Murtaza (WAPDA) moved into the quarterfinals by winning their respective matches of the 36th Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championships at PTF-SDA Tennis Complex, Garden Avenue, Islamabad on Wednesday.
Today once again the best encounter of the day was played between upcoming youngster Ahmad Nael Qureshi and Saqib Hayat which was won by Ahmed Nael Qureshi in a thrilling three-set match with the score-line of 7-6 (3), 4-6, and 7-5.
Ahmad Nael Qureshi earned the vital lead 4-2 by breaking the 1st and 5th games but Saqib bounced back brilliantly and levelled the set 6-6. The set was decided in the tie break which was won by Qureshi 7-3. In the second set, Saqib Hayat exhibited an excellent game of tennis changed his strategy, got the lead 4-2, and continued the same pace won the second set at 6-4, and leveled the match 1-1 all.
In the final set, Saqib Hayat continued his winning lead 4-2 by breaking the 1st and 3rd games but was unable to hold his winning streak against the youngster Ahmed Nael Qureshi who not only changed his pace of the game but also played aggressively and hit excellent cross court and down the lines helped him to levelled the set 5 games all.
By holding the 11 games took the lead 6-5 and in the 12th game Saqib, Ahmad Nael Qureshi was in full form and did not allow his opponent to settle down and won the game at 15-40 and finished the match by winning the set at 7-5 and qualified for the quarter-final for which he will face 2nd Seed Aqeel Khan. The match lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes, as the final score-line was 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-5. Husnain Mehmood ITF White Badge umpire supervised the match.
Results:
Men’s Singles (Round-II):
Mohammad Shoaib (PAF) beat Amir Mazari 6-1, 6-1
Yousaf Khalil beat Hamza Roman 6-3, 6-3
Muzammil Murtaza beat Mohammad Salaar Khan 6-2, 6-1
Barkatullah beat Shahzad Khan 3-1 (Retd)
Mudassar Murtaza beat Sami Zeb Khan 6-2, 6-1
Mohammad Abid beat Huzaima Abdul Rehman 6-1, 6-1
Ahmad Nael Qureshi beat Saqib Hayat 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-5
Aqeel Khan beat Mohammad Zaryab Khan 6-2, 6-0
Junior U18 Singles (Round-II):
Hamid Israr beat Rayyan Khan 6-1, 6-2
Zohaib Afzal Malik beat Saifullah Khan 6-3, 6-3
Mohammad Salaar Khan beat Abdul Basit 6-4, 6-3
Mohammad Hamza Aasim beat Mohammad Rehaan Noori 6-1, 6-0
Kashan Tariq beat Talha Khan (PES) 5-7, 6-3, 6-0
Hamza Roman w/o Hasir Ahmad
Ahmad Nael Qureshi beat Amir Mazari 6-1, 6-2
Boys U14 Singles (Round-II):
Zohaib Afzal Malik beat Raja Mohammad Taha 4-0, 4-0
Mohammad Junaid Khan beat Junaid Meher 1-4, 5-4 (6), 4-0
Essa Fahad beat Azan Imran 4-0, 4-1
Mohammad Shayyan beat Zayd Zaman 4-1, 4-1
Mohammad Hassan Usmani beat Rohan Sohail 4-2, 4-1
Razik Sultan beat Waqas Janas 4-2, 2-4, 4-0
Zohaib Amjad beat Arslan Khan 4-1, 4-1.
