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Aqeel had collected 80 points by winning two grade one events in which he featured. -White Star

KARACHI: Pakistan’s top tennis player Aqeel Khan and promising Maheen Dada topped the men’s and ladies' singles half yearly rankings issued by the Sindh Tennis Association (STA) on Tuesday.

The rankings are based on the eight rankings events staged during the first half of the year under the aegis of STA. According to details, Super Series event carry 50 points, grade one 40 points and grade two 30 points.

Aqeel had collected 80 points by winning two grade one events in which he featured.

Maheen dominated most of the events and accumulated 110 points to retain her position.

Tabulated under event, ranking and points: Men’s singles: 1-Aqeel Khan 80 pts; 2-Jalil Khan 70 pts; 3-Omer Shahid 50 pts; 4-Nasir Mushtaq 40 pts

Ladies singles: 1-Maheen Dada 110 pts; 2-Sara Ahmed 70 pts; 3-Zoya Khan 45 pts; 4- Waniya Khan and Urooj Iltifat 40 pts each

Juniors’ under-17 singles: 1-Hassan Siddiqui 140 pts; 2-Talha Zubair Surmawala 90 pts; 3-Murad Khan 83 pts; 4-Saud Shoaib 75 pts

Boys’ under-15 singles: 1-Marib Malik 95 pts; 2-Saud Shoaib and Malik Hamza 85 pts; 3-Azher A. Qadir 80 pts; 4-Hasan Farooq 60 pts

Boys’ under-13 singles: 1-Hasan Farooq 195 pts; 2-Nazif Ahmed 115 pts; 3-Marib Malik 80 pts; 4- Dawer Rehan 65 pts

Boys’ under-11 singles: 1-Houd Azher 195 pts; 2-Bilal Imran 125 pts; 3-Shahzil Malik 85 pts; 4-Mohammed Dada 63 pts

Boys’ and girls’ under-9 singles: 1-Houd Azher 210 pts; 2-Mohammed Dada 130 pts; 3-Ali Faisal 75 pts; 4- Esha Khan 35 pts

Seniors’ 35 plus singles: 1-Mohammed Abdul Saeed 40 pts; 2-Ejaz Sarhadi 30 pts; 3-Suhail Qadir and Rafi Derbari 20 pts each

Seniors’ 45 plus singles: 1-Gul Hameed 80 pts; 2-Syed Mohammed Jalal 70 pt; 3-Azheruddin and Badruddin Fakhri 35 pts each and 4-Iltifat Ahmed 20 pts

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