ISLAMABAD - Aqeel Khan, M Abid, Jaleel Khan and Ahmed Ch moved to the 1st Ch Rehmat Ali Memorial PTF National Ranking Tennis Championship semifinals here at Senator Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex on Thursday.
Top seed Aqeel Khan was in excellent form as he won his match against Heera Ashiq without conceding a single game 6-0, 6-0. Seventh seeded Jaleel Khan stunned Fourth seeded Usman Rafiq (SNGPL) 6-4, 6-4 while third seeded M Abid from Lahore thrashed Syed Nofil Kaleem 6-3, 6-0. He will face Aqeel in the semi-final.
In the last quarterfinal, Ahmed Ch played well against experienced Shahzad Khan in a three-set match. Ahmed won the first set 6-4 but lost the second 6-1. In the third and decisive set, Ahmad played well and won the set 6-1. Ahmad will take on Jaleel Khan in the second-semifinal.
The pair of Aqeel and Jaleel, Abid and Usman Rafiq, Shahzad and Yasir Khan, Ahmed and Sanaullah Khan moved to the men’s doubles semifinals by winning their respective matches.