LAHORE - The Sapphire National Open Tennis Championship 2021 reached the semifinals stage after the quarterfinals were decided here on Thursday at the Punjab Tennis Academy, Bagh-e-Jinnah.
In the Mens Singles Quarterfinals, Aqeel Khan beat Mudassar Murtaza 6-3,4-6,6-3, Muzamil Murtaza beat Yousaf Khalil 6-0,6-1, Shoaib Khan beat Heera Ashiq 6-2,7-5 and Huzaifa Abdul Rehman beat Muhammad Abid 6-4,6-1. In the Men’s Doubles semifinals, Muzamil Murtaza and Mudassar Murtaza beat Huzaifa Abdul Rehman and Muhammad Abid 6-3,7-5.
In the Boys U-16 pre-quarterfinals, Bilal Asim beat Taimoor Khan 6-1,6-0, Kamran Khan beat Kashan Tariq 6-3,6-3, Uzair Khan beat Abdur Rehman Pirzada 6-1,6-1, Shehryar Anees beat Shahsawar Khan 6-3,6-2, Haider Ali Rizwan beat Yafaat Nadim 6-0,6-4, Asad Zaman beat Abdullah Pirzada 6-0,6-1.
In the boys U-14 quarterfinals, Asad Zaman beat Shahsawar Khan 6-1,6-2, Husnain Ali Rizwan beat m Ibrahim Ashraf 6-4,6-3, Hamza Roman beat Hamza Ali Rizwan 6-2,6-1 and Shehryar Anees beat Abdul Basit 6-1,6-3.
In the Girls U-14 quarterfinals, Amna Ali Qayyum beat Noori Saad 4-0,4-1, Zara Khan beat Lalarukh 4-2,5-3 and Mahrukh beat Zainab Imran 4-1,4-2. In the Boys/Girls U-10 1st round, Abdur Rehman beat Bismel Zia 4-0,4-0, Mustafa Uzair Rana beat Abdur Rehman 4-2,4-2, Zayad Zaman beat Shafay Iqbal 4-0,4-0, Fajar Fayyaz beat Mauz Shahbaz 2-4,5-4,4-0 and Hajra Sohail beat Taha Asad 4-0,4-0.