LAHORE - The Rafum Junior Tennis Championship 2018 reached the quarterfinals stage as pre-quarterfinal matches were decided here at PLTA courts on Thursday. In u-16 pre-quarters, Rayan Jawad defeated Shaeel Tahir 6-4, 6-1, Hamza Jawad outlasted Tauheed Basit 6-2, 6-0, Faizan Fayyaz routed Bilal Khan 6-2, 6-2, Hamid Yaqoob beat Haider Ali Rizwan 7-5, 2-6, 10-7 and Zain Ch defeated Inam Arif 7-5, 7-5. In u-14 pre-quarters, Ahmad Nael beat Ahtesham Humayun 4-1, 5-3, Hamza Jawad beat Hamid Yaqoob 5-3, 2-4, 4-1, Ahtesham outpaced Saeed Suleman 4-1, 4-0 and Bilal Asim thrashed Ghazi Ahmad 4-0, 4-0. In u-12, Bilal Asim, Asad, Nael and Ahtesham were the winners. In u-10 pre-quarters, Hamza Ali, Asfandyar, Ismail Aftab, Labika Durab, Haziq Asim, Sarim Rasul and Nabeel Ali emerged as winners.–Staff Reporter