ISLAMABAD: Muzammil Murtaza and Sarah Mahboob bagged the men’s and women’s titles of the 6th Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan National Ranking Tennis Tournament at the PTF Complex here on Sunday.

Muzammil secured the title by stunning top seed Aqeel Khan in a three-set thriller 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-4.

Sarah defeated Ushna Suhail 7-6 (7-3), 5-7, 6-4 in another well-fought three-setter to take the women’s title.

Elsewhere, in the seniors 45 plus doubles final, Mehmood Khan and Azeem Khan defeated Rashid Malik and Fayyaz Khan 6-2, 4-6 (10-5).

Published in Dawn, December 28th, 2020

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