LAHORE - Forty six more matches were played in the Aitchison College Junior National Tennis Championship 2021 here at the Aitchison College tennis courts on Wednesday.
In the boys U-18, Abdullah Adnan beat Hamid Israr 6-2, 6-1, Zalan Khan beat Hamza Jawad 6-0, 6-2, Faizan Fayyaz beat Yahya Ahtesham 6-3, 6-4, Bakar Ali beat M Ahtesham 6-2, 6-0, Farman Shakeel beat Hassam Khan 6-3, 6-3, Semi Zeb beat Haider Ali Rizwan 7-6, 7-6, Bilal Asim (SICAS) beat Ghazi Ahmad 6-0, 6-0 and Mahatir Muhammad beat Abdul Hanan Khan 6-2, 6-2.
In the boys U-16, Abdul Hanan beat Kamran Khan 6-4, 6-2, Haider Ali Rizwan (LGS Paragon) beat Ayan Amjad 6-0, 6-0, Uzair Khan beat Rayan Munsif 6-2, 6-2, Huzaima Abdul Rehman beat Taimoor Khan 6-0, 6-2, Ahtesham Humayum beat Muneeb Majeed 6-1, 6-1, Hamid Israr beat Rehmat Ali 6-1, 6-1, Shaeel Durab beat Shahswar Khan 6-2, 6-2 and Bilal Asim (SICAS) beat Arman Kamran 6-0, 6-0.
In the boys U-14, Asad Zaman (McDonald’s) beat Asfandyar 4-0, 4-0, Hussnain Ali Rizwan (LGS Paragon) beat Hashir Alam 4-0, 4-0, Abubakar Khalil beat Aalay Hussain 4-1, 4-1, Abdul Basit beat M Mustafa 4-0, 4-0, Hamza Ali Rizwan beat Taimoor Khan 4-1, 4-1, Hamza Roman beat Ibrahim Zaman 4-0, 4-0, Shahswar Khan beat Amir Mazari 4-1, 5-3 and Ahtesham Humayum beat Abdullah Sajjad 4-0, 4-0.
In the boys U-12, Hamza Roman beat Shayan Afridi 4-0, 4-0, Hashir Alam beat Muaz Khan 4-0, 4-0, Umar Jawad beat M Abdullah Mobeen 4-0, 4-1, Amir Mazari win 4-0, 4-1, Ismail Aftab beat Bari 4-1, 4-0, Zohaib Amjad beat Xeerak Mustafa 4-0, 4-1, Zohaib Afzal Malik beat Talha Tarar 4-0, 4-0, Hajra Sohail beat Eesa Bilal 4-0, 4-1, Hamza Roman beat Abdullah Sajjad 4-1, 4-0, Nabeel Ali beat Fajar Fayyaz 4-0, 4-0, Abdul Rehman beat Hamza Ahmad 4-1, 4-2, Sameer Zaman beat Aalay Hussain 4-0, 4-1 and Abubakar Talha (Wapda) beat Ibrahim Hassan 4-0, 4-0.
Earlier, Aitchison College Principal Mr. Michael Thomas, along with PLTA Secretary Rashid Malik and participating players, formally inaugurated the championship and hoped that very enthralling and action-packed matches would be witnessed throughout the tournament.
CONCEPTS OPEN NATIONAL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP 2021
Meanwhile, as many as eight matches were played in the Tennis Concepts Open National Tennis Championship in progress here at Punjab Tennis Academy Bagh-e-Jinnah. In the men's singles quarterfinals, Pakistani No 1 Aqeel Khan beat Mudassar Murtaza 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, M Abid beat Imran Bhatti 6-3, 6-1, Muzamil Murtaza beat Yousaf Khalil 7-5, 6-1 and M Shoaib Khan beat Huzaifa Abdul Rehman 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.
In the men's doubles semifinals, Abid/Huzaifa beat Heera/Yousaf 6-3, 6-3 and Muzamil/Mudassar beat Shoaib/Barkat 3-6, 6-2, 10-6. In the senior's doubles 40 plus quarterfinals, Talha Waheed (Gas and Oil Pakistan)/Ashar Ali Khan beat Adnan/Rashid 6-3, 6-3 while Arif Feroze/Fayyaz Khan beat Hassan Mahmood/Israr Gul 6-7, 6-4, 10-6.
