LAHORE - Pakistan tennis champion Aqeel Khan on Wednesday registered two back-to-back victories in the 6th Hassan Tariq Rahim National Ranking Tournament being played at Lahore Gymkhana.
Aqeel first won his men’s singles match to move into the quarterfinals and later pairing up with Pakistan top tennis star Aisamul Haq Qureshi, Aqeel got his second win of the day in men’s doubles event. In men’s singles pre-quarterfinals, Aqeel Khan was up against Ahmad Babar and he took little time to overpower his opponent 6-2, 6-4.
In other men’s singles pre-quarterfinals, Muhammad Abid beat Mahatir Muhammad 6-1, 6-1, Muzamil Murtaza beat M Ijaz Khan 7-6, 6-1, Mudassar Murtaza beat Barkat Ullah 6-0, 6-2, Shehzad Khan beat parbhat Kumar 6-2, 6-0, Heera Ashiq beat Imran Bhatti 6-2, 6-3, Yousaf Khalil beat Semi Zeb Khan 6-1, 6-3 and Muhammad Shoaib beat Ahmad Chaudhry 7-5, 6-1.
In men’s doubles pre-quarterfinals, Aisam/Aqeel beat Ahmad/Hamid 6-1, 6-0, Barkat Ullah/Shoaib beat Shakir Ullah/Ibrahim 6-3, 6-4, Ahmad Asjad/Ahmad Nael beat Israr Gul/Hassan Riaz 6-4, 6-3, Jamil/Kashif beat Hasheesh/Faizan 6-3, 7-5 and Yousaf/Heera beat Nasir/Sheheryar 6-3, 6-2.
In the boys U-18 first round, Abdullah Adnan beat Husnain Ali 6-0, 5-0 (rtd), Hamid Israr beat Ismail Ahmad 6-2, 6-2, Hassam Khan beat Haider Ali Rizwan 6-2, 7-5 and Bilal Asim beat Abdul Hanan Khan 7-5, 7-5. In boys U-18 pre-quarters, Hasheesh Kumar beat Yahya Ahtesham 6-4, 6-2, Baqir Ali beat Hassan Ali 6-2, 6-2 and Semi Zeb Khan beat Ghazi Ahmad 6-1, 6-1.