LAHORE-The 2nd PLTA Super Series Punjab Junior Tennis Championship 2020 reached the semifinals stage after the quarterfinals of different categories were decided here at the PLTA courts on Friday.
In U-16 singles quarterfinals, Shaeel Durab beat Hamza Jawad 8-2, Hassan Ali outpaced Asad Zaman 8-2 and Shehryar Anees outlasted Ibrahim Anjum 8-3. In U-16 doubles quarters, Hamza/Shaeel defeated Asad/Hassan 9-7 and Abu Bakar/Ali Talha beat Ahmad/Shehenshah 8-3. In U-14 quarters, Asad Zaman toppled Abdullah Pirzada 8-2, Shehansha beat Waleed 8-7(3), Shehryar defeated Arman Kamran 7-5 and Haroon Arshad thumped Labika Durab 8-4. Later in Under-14 semifinals, Asad Zaman outclassed Shehansha 8-1 and Shehryar Anees routed Haroon Arshad 8-5.
In Under-12 quarterfinals, promising Zohaib Afzal Malik (LGS DHA Phase V) played well against Abdullah Pirzada and outpaced him by 9-7. In other matches of this category, spirited Ameer Mazari beat Shehansha 8-4, Ismail Aftab beat Abdul Rehman 8-4 and Omer Jawad thrashed Talha Tarar 8-0.
In Under-10 quarterfinals, Ismail Aftab beat Haris Bajwa 8-1, Abdul Rehman beat Hajra 8-1 and Aalay Hussain beat Talha Tarar 8-0.