LAHORE - Top national tennis girls Sarah Mahboob, Ushna Suhail, Hania Navaid and Sheeza Sajid reached the semifinals of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed National Tennis Championship at ITC on Thursday.
In women’s singles quarterfinals, Sarah Mahboob overpowered Meheq Khokhar 6-1, 6-1 while Ushna Suhail toppled Asfa Shahbaz 6-2, 6-0. In the third quarterfinals, Hania Navaid faced some resistance from spirited Mahvish Chishtei before winning the encounter 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 while Sheeza Sajid got a walkover against Zahra Khan.
In men’s singles pre-quarterfinals, Barkat Ullah beat Shahzad Khan 3-0 (retd) while Mohammad Shoaib outclassed Usman Ejaz 6-0, 6-1. Top seed Aqeel Khan beat Asad Ullah 7-5, 6-0, Muzammil Murtaza beat Talha Asif 6-0, 6-1, M Abid beat Hamid Israr 6-0, 6-0, Mudasir Murtaza beat Imran Bhatti 6-2, 6-2, Heera Ashiq beat Sami Zeb 6-2, 6-0 and Yousaf Khalil beat Hasheesh Kumar 6-1, 6-1. In the men’s doubles quarterfinals, Muzammil/Mudassir beat Ahmed/Talha 7-5, 6-1, Usman/Shahzad beat Israr/Irfan 6-2, 6-2, Aqeel/Abid beat Nofil/Parbat 6-2, 6-0, Heera/Yousef beat Hasheesh/Mahatir 6-4, 6-4.
Aqeel, Abid, Muzammil and Shoaib advance to next round in men’s singles
In the boys U-18 singles second round, Nalain Abbas beat Asad Zaman 6-2, 6-2, Faizan Fayyaz beat M Salaar 6-4, 6-2, M Huzaifa Khan beat Shaeel Durab 6-4, 6-3, Ahmed Nael beat Kamran Khan 6-4, 6-2, M Talha Khan beat Farman Shakeel 6-2, 6-2, Hamid Israr beat M Zaryab Khan 6-3, 6-4 and Mahatir beat M Hamza Aasim 6-2, 6-4.
In the girls U-18 singles quarterfinals, Saher Aleem beat Amara Khan 6-1, 6-0, Amna Ali Qayum beat Zara Khan 6-0, 6-0, Sheeza Sajid beat Shoa Ali 6-1, 6-4 and Sara Pervaiz got w/o against Zara Suleman. In the girls U-14 singles, Zara Khan beat Mahrukh Sajid 4-1, 2-4, 4-2 and Zunaisha Nour beat Soha Ali 4-1, 5-3.
In the boys U-14 singles, Hamza Roman beat Ihsan Ullah Kabir 4-1, 4-0, Abdullah beat Samer Zaman 4-2, 4-2, Ibrahim Ashraf beat Hamza Hussain 4-1, 4-1, Zohaib Afzal beat Nabeel Qayum 5-3, 5-4(1), M Salaar beat Ammar Maqsood 4-0, 4-0, Ali Zain beat Sameer Maqsood 4-0, 4-0 and Asad Zaman beat M Junaid 4-0, 4-0.