LAHORE: The first Sonex Junior Tennis Championships has entered the semi-final stage as quarter-finals in different age categories were decided at the Bagh-i-Jinnah courts here on Thursday.

In under-18 boys’ singles quarter-finals, Muzamil Murtaza defeated Abdul Haider 6-2, 6-4, Barkatullah battled hard to earn victory against Yousaf Khan 7-6, 7-5, Saqib Umer outplayed Asadullah 6-4, 6-3 and Aman Atiq Khan carved out victory against M. Sohaib 6-0, 6-1.

In girls’ singles quarter-finals, Noor Malik had a 6-0, 6-1 victory against Amina Fahad, Maheen Khan ousted Nabiha Kamran 6-2, 6-0 while Shimza Tahir had easy sailing against Malika Malik 6-1, 6-2.

Other results:

U-18 doubles quarter-finals:

Abdal Haider/Muzamil Murtaza bt Yousaf Khan/Saqib Khan 6-2, 6-3; Barkatullah/Asadullah bt Ahmed Asjad/M. Abdullah 6-4, 7-5; Hafiz Arbab/Shakilullah bt Parat Kumar/Zubair Raja 6-3, 6-3; Aman Atiq Khan/Shahibzada M. Ali bt M. Shoaib/Farhanullah 6-1, 6-4.

U-14 pre-quarter-finals:

Shoaib Khan bt Uzair Khan 6-0, 6-0; Ahmed Kamil bt Hamaza Javaid 6-1, 6-3; M. Abdullah bt Rehan Mansab Khan 6-0, 6-0; Subhan bin Salik bt Abdul Hanan Khan 6-0, 6-2; Nalian Abbass bt Saif-ul-Aziz 6-2, 6-2; Ali Raza bt Shereen Saleem 6-0, 6-1; Sami Zeb bt Shimza Tahir 6-2, 6-1.

U-12 quarter-finals:

Talha Khan bt Shahswar 8-4; Hamid Israr Khan bt Faizan Fayyaz 8-7 (4); Kashan Umer bt Ahmed Nail 8-4; Uzair Khan bt Abdul Hanan Khan 8-7.

Published in Dawn, November 25th, 2016