Abdullah Asjad
ISLAMABAD: Meheq Khokar, Soha Ali, Sarah Mehboob and Esha Javad moved into the Ladies’ Singles semifinals of the ongoing 8th Benazir Bhutto National Tennis Championship after winning their respective matches here at Islamabad Tennis complex on Friday.
In the men’s singles, Aqeel Khan, Muzammil Murataza , Mohammad Abid, and, Mohammad Shoaib reached the men’s-singles semifinals by beating their respective opponents. Mohammad Abid toiled hard in the court to overcome his challenger Yusuf Khalil, who won the first game 7-5 and gave a tough time to Abid. The final score-line was 5-7, 6-3, and 6-1.
Results:
Men’s Singles (Quarterfinals):
Muzamil Murtaza bt Barkat Ullah 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 Yousaf Khalil 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
Men’s Doubles (Semifinals):
Heera Ashiq/Yousaf Khalil bt Aqeel Khan/Sami Zeb Khan 6-3, 6-2; Mohammad Shoaib/Barkat Ullah bt Mohammad Abid/Waqas Malik 6-4, 6-3
Ladies’ Singles (Quarterfinals):
Meheq Khokar bt Amna Ali Qayum 5-7, 7-5, 2-1 Retd; 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.
Boys’ Under-18 (Semifinals):
Bilal Asim bt Sami Zeb Khan 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-0; Ahmed Nael bt Mahatir Mohammad 7-5, 6-3;
Boys’ Under-14 (Semifinals):
Syed Hamza Hussain bt Muzamil Bhand 5-4(4), 1-4, 5-3; Abdul Basit bt Mohammad Haziq Aasim 0-4, 5-3, 4-2
B/G Under-12 Single (Quarterfinals):
Haziq Areejo bt Ahmed Shaikh 4-2, 4-1; Shayan Afridi bt Abdur Rehman 4-2, 4-1; Mohammad Hassan Usmani bt Rashid Ali Bachani 4-2, 4-0; Razik Sultan bt Ihsan Ullah Kabir 5-3, 4-5 (8), 4-1
B/G Under-10 Singles (Quarterfinals):
Rashid Ali Bachani bt Majid Ali Bachani 4-2, 2-4, 5-4 (4); Zayd Zaman bt Mohammad Ehsan Bari 4-0, 4-1; Shayan Afridi bt Mohammad Faizan 4-2, 4-2; Hajra bt Moazzam Babar 4-0, 4-0.
