Sarah and Aman reach in Ladies final, Mohammad Shoaib to face Aqeel in Men’s final
Sports Bulletin Report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan top national tennis lad Mohammad Shoaib pairing with Muzammil Murtaza clinched the Men’s Double title of the 36th Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championships after beating Yousaf Khalil, and Barkatullah in a three set thrilling final here at PTF-SDA Tennis Complex Garden Avenue on Saturday. The final score-line was 4-6, 7-6 (2), and 10-6. Seed Hamza won U18 title.
Top seed Mohammad Shoaib will face 2nd Seed Aqeel Khan in the Men’s Singles final on Sunday afternoon at the same venue. Top seed Sarah Mahboob Khan and Aman Ali Qayum qualified for the Ladies’ final after beating their respective opponents in well-contested semifinals.
In the first semifinal, top seed Sarah Mahboob Khan struggled hard to win her match against upcoming Natalia Zaman from Karachi in a three-set match. Talented Natalia Zaman proved her worth against Sarah Mahboob and won the first set at 6-4 by breaking the 5th game of Sarah and taking the lead 1-0.
In the 2nd set, Sarah bounced back aggressively and gained his strength according to experience and leveled the match 1-1 set all. In the final set Sarah Khan kept the same pressure and did not allow her opponent to settle down and won the set without conceding a single game and match at score line of 4-6, 6-2, and 6-3. The match lasted 1 hour 45 minutes.
The best encounter of the day was played in Men’s Doubles Final when 2nd seed Mohammad Shoaib paring with Muzammil Murtaza struggled hard to win the title against top seed Yousaf Khalil parting with Barkatullah with score of 4-6, 7-6 (2), 10-6.
Results (Saturday)
Men’s Singles (Semifinals):
Aqeel Khan beat Mudassar Murtaza 6-1, 6-1
Mohammad Shaoib beat Muzammil Murtaza 6-1, 6-0
Men’s Doubles (Final):
Mohammad Shoaib / Muzammil Murtaza beat Yousaf Khalil / Barkatullah 4-6, 7-6 (2), 10-6.
Ladies’ Singles (Semifinals):
Sarah Mahboob Khan beat Natalia Zaman 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
Amna Ali Qayum beat Sheeza Sajid 6-3, 6-1.
Boys’ U18 Singles (Final):
Hamza Roman beat Hamid Israr 7-5, 6-3
Boys’ U14 Singles (Final):
Mohammad Hassan Usmani beat Zohaib Afzal Malik 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Boys’ U14 Singles (Semifinals):
Mohammad Arsh beat Mohammad Ibrahim Hussain Gill 4-2, 4-2
Amir Masood beat Mohammad Faizan 4-0, 4-0.
