Sports Bulletin Report
LAHORE:-Punjab Open Tennis Championship 2022 got underway at State-of-the-Art five Tennis Courts adjacent to Punjab International Tennis Stadium, Nishtar Park Sports Complex under the aegis of Sports Board Punjab here on Friday evening.
Former Davis Cupper and Secretary Punjab Lawn Tennis Association (PLTA) Rashid Malik and other notable sports figures were also present on this occasion. The final of the 5-day Punjab Open Tennis Championship will be played on August 30 at the same venue.
Around 150 male and female tennis players from all parts of the province are participating in this high-profile tennis championship. The championship is being contested in various age group categories including men's singles, boys U-18, girls U-18, boys U-16, boys U-14, boys/girls U-12, boys/girls U-10, boys/girls U-8 and boys/girls U-6.
Results (Singles Pre-Quarters):
Heera Ashiq beat Shahrukh Hussain 8-0
Imran Bhatti beat Hassan Kamran 8-0
Hamza beat Kamran Qureshi 8-2
Bilal Asim beat Abdul Saboor 8-0
Sikandar Hayat beat Aakif Hussain 8-0
Ahmad Waqas Basit beat M Faisal 8-1
Abdullah Adnan beat Saif ul Aziz 8-2
Boys’ Under-18 (Quarterfinals):
Hamza Jawad beat Around Raza 6-0
Abu Bakar Khalil beat Zain Saeed 6-1
Men’s Singles (Round-I):
Shahrukh Hussain beat Mohammad Akash 8-2
Hassan Riaz beat Farhan Qureshi 8-3
Rana Humayun beat Syed Shams ud Din 8-0
Saif ul Aziz beat Zain Butt 8-3
Amza Jawad beat Waqar Younis 8-1
Bilala Asim beat Ahmad Khan 8-0
Aakif Hussain beat Zaeem Ghafoor 8-2
Sikander Hayyat beat Syed M Mekaeel 8-1
Ahmad Waqas Basit beat Ahmad Adnan 8-5
Boys’ Under-18 (Round-I):
Raahim Khan beat Zaeem Ghafoor 6-2
Zain Saeed beat Mohammad Safin Khan 6-4
Abu Bakar Talha beat Mohammad Hammad Shahi
