LAHORE-Top seeds advanced into the next round of the 6th Benazir Bhutto (Shaheed) National Tennis Championships 2020 after winning their respective matches played at Islamabad Tennis Courts on Tuesday.
In the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals, top seed Aqeel Khan beat Ejaz Ahmed 6-3, 6-2; M Abid beat Faizan Khurram 6-1, 6-1; Shahzad Khan beat Sikandar Hayat 6-3, 6-2; Nauman Aftab beat Waqas Malak 7-5, 6-3; Jibran Ul Haq beat Israr Gul 6-2, 6-2 while Imran Bhatti was given a walk over against Zalan Khan. The men’s doubles saw M Abid/Waqas Malak, Muhammad Shoaib/Barkar Ullah, Syed Nofil Kaleem/Abbas Khan, Saqib Hayat/Nauman Aftab, Muzamil Murtaza/Mudasir Murtaza, Aqeel Khan/Shahzad Khan, Ahmed Kamil/Ibrahim Omer and Faizan Khurram/Imran Bhatti winning their respective matches.
In ladies singles, Fatima Ali Raja beat Farah Shah Khan 6-4, 6-0; Natalia Zaman beat Ayesha Rao 6-0, 6-0; Sheeza Sajid beat Arooj Fatima 6-0, 6-0; Oreen Jasia was given a walk over against Mahnoor Sohail and Syeda Eraj beat Mahrukh Farouqhi 6-3, 6-0.
In boys U-18 pre-quarterfinals, M Shoaib beat Shaeel Durab 6-3, 6-1; Hasheesh Kumar beat Farman Shakeel 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Mahatir Muhammad beat M. Talha Khan7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-2; M Huzaifa Khan beat Osama Mehmood 6-1, 6-3; Ahmed Kamil beat Kamran Khan 6-1, 6-2; Aqib Hayat beat Baqar Ali 6-4, 6-4; Hamid Israr beat Asad Zaman 6-1, 6-1 and Sami Zeb Khan beat Ahmed Nael Qureshi 6-1, 6-3.
In boys U-14 pre-quarterfinals, Hamza Roman beat Mustansir Ali 4-0, 4-0; Haider Ali Rizwan beat Amir Mazari 4-1, 4-0; Bilal Asim beat Ryyan Kh Saud 4-0, 4-0; Ibrahim Ashraf beat Yahya Musa Luni 4-0, 4-3(ret); Asad Zaman beat Hamza Rahmat 4-2, 5-3; Shahsawar was given a walk over against Ammar Masood; Ahmed Nail beat Hamza Aasim 4-2, 3-5, 5-3 and Hamid Israr beat Haziq Aasim beat 5-3, 4-1.
In boys/girls U-12 pre-quarterfinals, Hamza Roman was given a walk over against Razik Sultan; Abdul Basit beat Zainab Ali Raja 4-1, 4-1; Zohaib Afzal beat Uzair Maqsood 4-0, 4-0; Eesa Fahad beat Lalarukh Sajid 4-2, 4-2; Samer Zaman beat Mahrukh Sajid 4-0, 4-0; Nabeel Ali Qayum beat Haris Bajwa 4-0, 4-0; Amir Mazari beat Ammar Masood 4-0, 4-2; Ali Zain beat Haziq Aasim 4-5 (4), 4-1, 4-1 and Haniya Minhas was given a walk over against Sameer Maqsood.
In boys/girls U10, promising Zohaib Afzal Malik thrashed Rizwan Shah Khan 4-0, 4-0, Abdur Rehman beat M Ayan Sher Dil 4-0, 4-0; M Hassan Usmani beat Hajra 4-0, 4-0 and Abdul Wasay beat Zohaib Amjad 0-4, 4-2, 4-2.