Aqeel, Abid reach tennis quarterfinals

LAHORE - Top seed Aqeel Khan, M Abid, Barkatullah, Heera Ashiq, Yousaf Khalil, Mudassir Murtaza, M Shoaib and Hasheesh Kumar reached the quarterfinals of 34th Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championship at S Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex on Wednesday. Aqeel was in excellent form and eliminated Saqib Hayat 6-0, 6-0. M Abid and M Shoaib won their matches in straight sets without any resistance. Unseeded Hasheesh Kumar of Karachi stunned seventh seed Ahmed Chaudhary in a well contested three-set match. He will face second seed M Abid in the quarterfinals today. In the ladies singles event, Sarah Mehboob, Ushna Suhail, Noor Malik (Wapda), Esha Jawad, Haniya Navid, Mehaq Khokhar, Kainat Ali and Sheeza Sajid qualified for the quarterfinals. 

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