ISLAMABAD: The top seeded pair of Waqas Malik and Mohammad Abid beat Muzamil Murtaza and Mudasir Murtaza 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the first-round of the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed National Ranking Tennis Cham­pionship here at the Islamabad Tennis Complex on Wednesday.

The second set was decided on a tie-break as the duo held their serves brilliantly. But the pair of Muzamil and Mudasir succumbed to the pressure and made unforced errors at crucial stages of the match which led to their defeat.

Results:

Men singles (second round): Asad Ullah bt Waqas Malik 6-2, 6-2; Abdullah Adnan bt Daisuke Unemi 6-1, 6-2; Bial Asim bt Imran Bhatti 6-4, 3-6, 6-1; Heera Ashiq bt Hamza Asim 7-5, 6-2.

Boys’ Under-18 singles (second round): Uzair Khan bt Kamran Khan 7-6(7), 6-3; Mahtir Muhamad bt Hamza Roman 6-3, 6-4; Hamid Israr bt M-Salar 6-2, 6-1; M.Talha Khan bt Ibrahim Noman 6-1, 6-1; Ahmed Nael bt Sameer Kiyani 6-0, 6-2; Abdul Hanan bt M.Huzaifa Khan 6-3, 1-6, 6-4; Bilal Asim bt Haziq Aasim 6-2, 6-0

Boys’ Under-14 singles (second round): Abdul Hanan bt Saqib Ali 4-0, 4-0; Nabeel Qayum bt Ahmed Khan 4-0, 4-1;Muzamil Bhand bt Anees Khan 4-1, 4-1; M.Hassan Usman bt Haziq Areejo 4-1, 4-1; Hashir Alam bt Razik Sultan 4-1, 4-1; Haziq Asim bt M.Arsalan 4-1, 4-0; Abdul Khan bt Ali Zain 4-5(5), 4-0, 4-2; Hamza Hussain bt Abdur Rehaman 4-0,4-0.

Boys/Girls singles (first round): Ahsan UIllah Kabir bt Abdul Wasay 5-3, 5-3; Ahmed Khan bt Majid Ali Bachani 4-1, 4-2; Ahmed Shaikh bt Ali Bachani 4-1, 4-1; Romail Shahid bt M. Saqib; Shayan Afridi bt Moazzam Baber 4-1, 4-0; Essa Fahd bt Anees Khan 1-4, 4-1, 5-3; Razik Sultan bt Ahmed Ali Bhand 4-1, 4-1; Unasha Noor bt M. Maaz Areejo 4-0, 4-0; Ahmed Khan bt Majid Ali Bachani 4-1, 4-2; Junaid Khan bt Behroz Maimaon 4-0, 5-4(5); Saqib Ali bt Mahd Mehmood 4-0, 4-0; Haziq Areejo bt Qasim ul Khair 4-0, 4-0; Zayd Zaman bt M. Ehsan Bari 4-0, 4-1; Rashid Ali Bachani bt M. Ibrahim Gill 4-0, 4-1; M.Hassan Usmani bt Chengiz Leghari 4-0, 4-0.

Men’s Doubles results (first round): Aqeel Khan/Asim Zaib Khan bt Usman Ijaz/Shahzad Khan 6-3, 3-2 Ret; M.Abid/Waqas Malik bt Muzamil Mumtaz/Mudasir Mumtaz 6-3, 7-6(4); Saqib Hayat/Asad Ullah bt Nofil Kaleem/Hasam Khan 6-7-6(5), 4-6, 10-8; Imran Bhatti/Abdullah Adnan bt M-Talha Khan/M.Huzaifa Khan 6-0, 6-2; Mahatir Muhamad/Bial Asim bt Ahmed Baber/Parbhat Kumar 6-1, 6-0; M.Sohaib/Barkat Ullah bt Daisuke/Hamza Asim 6-1, 6-1; Faizan Fayaz/Jabir Ali bt Murtaza Husaini/Amin Khan; Heera Ashiq/Yousuf Khalil bt Nael Qureshi/Hamid Israr 7-6(5), 2-6, 10-7.

Boys/Girls singles (first round): M.Faizan bt Amaila Aidrus 4-0, 4-0; (2nd round): Hajra bt Zayd Aidrus 4-0, 4-0; Moazzam Baber bt Alistair; Shayan Aidrus bt Zara Aidrus 4-0, 4-0.

Published in Dawn, December 15th, 2022