LAHORE: A good number of quarter-finals in different categories were held in the inaugural SNGPL All-Pakistan Men and Women Tennis Championships at the Cosmopolitan Club, Bagh-i-Jinnah here on Tuesday.
The quarter-finals in the boys U-18, men’s doubles, and women’s singles were held.
In the boys’ U-18 quarter-finals, Yousuf Khan and Abdaal Haider were stretched to full three sets before both of them beat their respective rivals. Yousuf ousted Hamza bin Asif 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-4, while Haider overcame Asadullah 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
Muzammil Murtaza and Haris Irfaullah had an easy sailing in other two last-eight matches.
In women’s singles, Khusna Babar, Esha Jawad, Rimsha Nawaz and Noor Malik made the semi-finals comfortably after winning their respective quarter-finals.
Results (quarter-finals):
Boys U-18:
Muzammil Murtaza bt Sohaib Omer 6-2, 6-3; Haris Irfanullah bt Huzaifa Abdul Rehman 6-1, 6-1; Yousuf Khan bt Hamza bin Asif 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-4; Abdaal Haider bt Asadullah 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
Men’s doubles:
Yasir Khan/Shahzad Khan bt Mohammad Abid/Usman Rafique 6-4, 6-4; Ahmed Babar/Faizan Khurram bt Waqas Malik/Abdaal Haider 7-5, 6-4; Aqeel Khan/Heera Ashiq bt Ejaz Khan/Rashid Khan 6-2, 6-2; Muzammil Murtaza/Mudassar bt Irfanullah/Shahzad 3-5, 6-4, 10-5 (super tiebreak).
Women’s singles:
Khusna Babar bt Oreen Wazir 6-1, 6-0; Esha Jawad bt Nadia bt 6-0, 6-2; Rimsha Nawaz bt Khadija Shoaib 6-2, 6-3; Noor Malik bt Maheen Khan 6-0, 6-1.
Published in Dawn, June 10th, 2015
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