LAHORE-Top seed Aqeel Khan, Muzammil Murtaza and Muhammad Shoaib entered the next round of the 6th Benazir Bhutto Shaheed National Tennis Championships 2020 at Islamabad Tennis Courts on Wednesday.
According to PTF spokesman, in the men’s singles second round of men singles, Aqeel Khan beat Barkat Ullah 6-2, 6-1, Muzammil Murtaza beat Nauman Aftab 6-1, 6-2, M Shoaib beat Mudasir Murtaza 6-4, 6-7(8), 6-3, M Abid beat Jibran Ul Haq 6-2, 6-1, Shahzad Khan beat Ibrahim Omer 6-1, 6-0, Ahmed Ch beat Imran Bhatti 6-0, 6-1, Yousaf Khalil beat Shakir Ullah 6-1, 6-1 and Heera Ashiq beat Ahmed Kamil 6-0, 6-3.
In the men’s doubles quarterfinals, Aqeel Khan/Shahzad Khan beat Ahmed Kamil/Ibrahim Omer 6-1, 6-1; Muzammil Murtaza/Mudasir Murtaza beat Saqib Hayat/Nauman Aftab 6-2, 6-0; M Abid/Waqas Malak beat Faizan Khurram/Imran Bhatti 6-2, 6-7(4), 10-5; M Shoaib/Barkat Ullah beat Syed Nofil Kaleem/Abbas Khan 7-5, 6-1.
In the ladies singles second round, ladies champion Ushna Suhail beat Apsara Sheraz 6-1, 6-0; Esha Jawad beat Syeda Eraj 6-2, 6-3; Hania Naveed beat Oreen Jasia 6-0, 6-0; Mahvish Chishtie beat Natalia Zaman 6-1, 6-3; Farah Shah Khan beat Mariam Mirza 2-6, 6-3, 7-5; Sheeza Sajid beat Saher Aleem 7-5, 6-7(3), 7-6(3) and Sarah Mahboob beat Hareem Fatima 6-0, 6-0.
In the boys U-18 quarterfinals, M Shoaib beat Hamid Israr 6-0, 6-1; Sami Zeb beat Mahatir Mohammad 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-5; Ahmed Kamil beat M Huzaifa Khan 7-6(4), 6-3; Aqib Hayat beat Hasheesh Kumar 6-1, 6-2. In the boys U-14 quarterfinals, Bilal Asim beat Asad Zaman 4-1, 4-0; Haider Ali Rizwan beat M Ibrahim Ashraf 4-1, 4-1; Ahmed Nael beat Shahsawar Khan 4-1, 4-2; Hamid Israr beat Hamza Roman 4-0, 4-1.
In the girls U-14 first round, Sara Khan beat Mahrukh Sajid 4-2, 4-0; Zara Khan beat Lalarukh Sajid 4-1, 4-1; Fatima Ali Raja beat Hareem Fatima 4-1, 4-2 and Zainab Ali Raja beat Farah Shah Khan 4-1, 4-2.
In the boys/girls U-12 second round, Zohaib Afzal beat Mian Abdullah 4-1, 3-5, 5-3; Samer Zaman beat Ismail Aftab 4-1, 4-1; Hamza Ali Rizwan beat Syed M Aalay 4-0, 4-0; Amir Mazari beat Taimoor Khan 4-0, 4-1; Amna Ali Qayum beat Eesa Fahad 4-0, 4-0, Ali Zain beat Nabeel Ali Qayum 5-3, 4-1; Hania Minhas beat Hamza Hussain 5-3, 4-0 and Hamza Roman beat Abdul Basir 4-1, 4-2. In the boys/girls U10 second round, Eesa Fahad got w/o against Uzair Maqsood; M Shayan Afridi beat Abdul Wasay 4-0, 4-2; Haris Bajwa beat Syed M Aalay 4-1 4-2; Mahnoor Farooqui got w/o against Zarnaaz Noor; Ismail Aftab got w/o against Aqtan. In the seniors 45 plus first round, Rashid Ali/Col Faisal beat Wakeel Khan/Amjad Nasir 6-1, 6-3.