KARACHI, April 18: The quartet of Daniyal Hashmi, Ahmed Zaheer, Aneeq Waqar and Mustafa Tariq completed the quarter-finals line-up in the individual events of the third AKU Inter-university boys’ tennis tournament by registering victories over their respective opponents at the AKU courts on Wednesday evening.

Daniyal carved out a 6-0, 7-5 win over Jaffer Hussain while Ahmed inflicted a 6-4, 7-5 defeat on M. Ahsan. Mustafa was home 6-1, 6-0 while Aneeq was stretched to limits by Umair Sheikh before emerging victorious on super tie-break 6-1, 3-6, 10-8.

Meanwhile, Iqra University chalked up a magnificent 4-1 victory over AKU Greens in the team event contest.

Results: Team event: Iqra University bt Aga Khan University Greens 4-1 Asad Hussain lost to Hashim Jilani 2-6, 3-6; Shahbaz Khan Afridi bt Umair Shaikh 6-1, 6-2; Aamir Darvesh bt Zakariya Alam 6-0, 6-2; Mohammad Umer bt Ammar Asrar 6-3, 6-3; Aamir Darvesh and Shahbaz Khan Afridi bt Hashim Jilani and Waleed 6-0, 6-0.

Singles: Daniyal Hashmi (AKU) bt Jaffer Hussain (IoBM) 6-0, 7-5; Ahmed Zaheer (PNEC) bt M. Ahsan (AKU) 6-4, 7-5; Aneeq Waqar (AKU) bt Umair Sheikh (AKU) 6-1, 3-6, 10-8; Mustafa Tariq (IoBM) bt Hashim Jilani (AKU) 6-1, 6-0.

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