ISLAMABAD - Unseeded Ahmed Chaudhary continued his winning streak as he caused another major upset by defeating 6th seed Heera Ashiq 6-4, 6-4 in the 3rd SNGPL All-Pakistan Ranking Tennis Championship 2019 here at Senator Dilawar Abbas PTF Complex on Wednesday.
Ahmed will now face Shahzad Khan in the first semifinal. Shahzad toiled hard to win his encounter against Mudassar Murtaza in a two set match 6-3, 7-5 while the second semifinal will be played between Muzamil and Abid Ali Akbar. Abid Ali Akbar played well against Yousaf Ali and overpowered hum 6-4, 6-0 while Muzamil Murtaza had to struggle hard to beat Barkatullah 6-3, 7-5.
In men’s doubles pre-quarterfinals, Yousaf Khalil/Huzaifa Abdur Rehman beat ijaz Khan/Barkatullah 6-2, 6-4; Abdal Haider/Babar Ali Akbar beat Shakir Ullah/Abbas Khan 6-4, 6-4; Noman Aftab/Yousaf Ch beat Ikram Ullah/Tahir Ullah 6-1, 6-4; Ahmed Babar/Saqib beat Shaheen Mehmood/Shahid Afridi 6-3, 3-6, 11- 9. In men’s doubles quarterfinals, Shahzad/Abid beat Yousaf/Huzaifa 6-4, 6-2; Heera/Malik Abdul Rehman beat Ali Akbar/Abdal Haider 6-2, 6-1.
In ladies singles pre-quarterfinals, Sarah Mansoor got w/o against Qudsia Raja while Mariam Mriza thrashed Marukh Farooqi 6-0, 6-1, Esha Jawad routed Zara Umer 6-3, 6-4, Mehaq Khokhar thumped Syeda Eraj Batool 6-2, 6-0; Zahra Suleman got w/o against Uzma Waqar; Noor Malik got w/o against Aleem Azina, Hania Nabeel thrashed Shiza Sajid 6-1, 6-0 and Sara Mehboob Khan got w/o against Shaida.
In girl’s U-18 singles quarterfinals, Azeena Aleem beat Sara Khan 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 and Sheeza Sajid Beat Aleem Sahar 6-2, 6-3. In boys U-18 singles quarterfinals, Ahmed Kamil beat M Huzaifa Khan 6-0, 6-1; Aqib Hayat (SNGPL) beat Faizan Faiz 6-1, 6-1; Subhan Bin Salik beat M Abdullah 6-1, 6-1 and Sami Zaib (SNGPL) beat Nalaan Abbas 6-1, 6-2.
In boys U-16 singles pre-quarterfinals, Nalain Abbas beat Hasham Khan 6-1, 6-1, Uzair Khan beat Hamza Asim 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, Faizan Faiz beat Bilal Asim 7-5, 6-4, Huzaifa Khan beat Rizwan Faiz 6-1, 6-3, Sami Zaib beat Zeeshan Tariq 6-1, 6-3, Hassan Ali routed M Talha Khan 6-1, 6-3, Sulman Shakeel beat huzaima Abdul Rehman 6-3, 6-3, Hamid Israr beat Zeeshan Omer 6-4, 6-4.
In boys U-14 singles quarterfinals, Hamid Israr beat Hamza Jawad 4-1, 2-4, 4-0; Huzaima A Rehman beat Ahmed Nael Qureshi 4-1, 4-2; Zeeshan Omer beat Bilal asim 1-4, 4-2, 5-3(6) and Uzair Khan beat Shah sawar 4-1, 4-2. In boys and girls U-12 singles pre-quarterfinals, Hamza Roman beat M Haaziq 6-1; Ali Zain beat Amna Ali 6-2; Shah sawar beat Hania Minhas 6-2; Moaez Gul beat Abu Bakar 6-2; Hammad Masood beat Alina Suleman 6-1; Subhan Sehar W/O Hamza Ali Rizwan; Amir Mazari W/O Sheeza; Asad Beat Abdul Malik 6-2.
In boys and girls U-10 singles quarterfinals, Hamza Roman (SNGPL) beat Mahnoor Farooqi 4-0, 4-0; Amir Mazari beat Abdul Rehman 4-0, 4-1; Hania Minhas beat M Haziq 4-1, 4-1 and Nabeel got w/o against Hamza Ali Rizwan.