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TENNIS - National 08 Dec, 2022

Federal Cup: Aqeel Khan overcomes Barkatullah 2-0 in Singles fixture
Federal Cup: Aqeel Khan overcomes Barkatullah 2-0 in Singles fixture

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ISLAMABAD: Top seed Aqeel Khan overcame Barkatullah 2-0 in the first quarterfinal of the Men’s Single event of the 35th Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championships at PTF-SDA Tennis Complex, Islamabad on Thursday. The final score-line was 6-1 and 7-5.

The top seed Aqeel Khan faced little resistance from 8th seeded Barkatullah. In the opening set, Aqeel served and returned well to finish the set comfortably at 6-1. In the second set which was marked with aces and long rallies and the score went up to 5-5 all as both players held their respective serves, Aqeel broke the eleventh game of Barkat by hitting some winners down the line forced out Barkatullah in 7-5.

The 4th seed Muzammil Murtaza conveniently won his encounter against upcoming proficient Abdullah Adnan 6-2, 6-3. The 6th seed Mudassar Murtaza qualified for the semifinal when 3rd seed Mohammad Abid retired hurt due to injury at 5-0 in the first set.

Results:

Men’s Singles (Quarterfinals):

Aqeel Khan beat Barkatullah 6-1, 7-5

Muzammil Murtaza beat Abdullah Adnan 6-2, 6-3

Mudassar Murtaza beat Mohammad Abid 5-0 (Retd)

Mohammad Shoaib beat Yousaf Khalil 6-2, 6-3

Ladies Singles (Quarterfinals):

Sarah Mahboob w/o Amara Qadir

Esha Jawad w/o Sheeza Sajid

Amna Qayyum w/o Mehaq Khokar

Noor Malik bt Soha Ali 6-4, 6-4

Men’s Doubles (Quarterfinals):

Mohammad Shoaib / Barkatullah beat Sami Zeb Khan / Abdullah Adnan 6-2, 7-6 (3)

Muzammil Murtaza / Mudassar Murtaza beat Bilal Asim / Mahatir Mohammad Khan 7-5, 6-4

Mohammad Talha Khan / Mohammad Huzaifa Khan beat Parbat Kumar / Baqar Ali 7-6 (2), 6-2

Heera Ashiq / Yousaf Khalil w/o Hamid Israr / Ahmed Naeel Qureshi

Under-18 Singles (Quarterfinals):

Bilal Asim beat Mohammad Huzaifa Khan 6-4, 7-6 (6)

Ahmed Nael Qureshi beat Hamid Israr 2-4(retd)

Sami Zeb Khan beat Mohammad Salar 6-2, 7-5

Mohammad Talha Khan beat Mahatir Mohammad 6-2, 6-2

Under-12 Boys & Girls Singles:

Abdur Rehman beat Mohammad Hassan Usmani 4-1, 3-5, 4-2

Ahmed Khan beat Mohammad Shakib 5-3, 4-2

Haziq Arejo beat Mohammad Junaid Khan 4-0, 4-0

Hajra Suhail beat Ihsanullah Kabir 5-3, 5-3.

 

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