Murtaza brothers pick double crown in tennis
KARACHI, June 4: The pair of Murtaza brothers from Jehanian — Mudassir and Muzammil — annexed double crown apiece in the national juniors’ and seniors’ tennis championship which concluded at Karachi Gymkhana on Tuesday.
Apart from capturing juniors’ under-18 singles and boys’ under-14 singles titles respectively, the brothers teamed up to win the under-18 doubles to share the feat.
Mudassir came from a set down to rout Talha Zubair 3-6, 7-6, 10-8 to seize the under-18 title while his sibling Muzammil swept aside Raza Sawani 6-2, 6-2 to land the under-14 crown.
The brothers duo maintained their supremacy when they handed 7-5, 6-3 defeat on Talha and Nazif Ahmed to claim under-18 doubles.
Tuesday’s results (finals):Juniors’ under-18 singles: Mudassir Murtaza bt Talha Zubair Surmawala 3-6, 7-6, 10-8.Juniors’ under-18 doubles: Mudassir Murtaza and Muzammil Murtaza bt Talha Zubair Surmawala and Nazif Ahmed 7-5, 6-3.Girls’ under-18 singles: Maheen Dada bt Hania Naveed 6-2, 6-4.Boys’ under-14 singles: Muzammil Murtaza bt M. Raza Sawani 6-2, 6-2.Girls’ under-14 singles: Hania Naveed bt Kinza Ghanchi 6-1, 6-4.Boys’ under-12 singles: Mohammad Dada bt Mohammad Ahmed 8-6.35 plus singles: Tanveer Haral bt Ali Hasan Bhagat 6-4, 7-6.Sunday’s results:Juniors’ under-18 singles:Second round: Mudassir Murtaza bt Jalaluddin Babar 6-1, 6-1.Quarter-finals: Mudassir Murtaza bt Saad M. Ali 6-0, 6-0; Murad Khan bt Nazif Ahmed 6-1, 6-4; Talha Zubair Surmawala bt Ibrahim Iltifat 3-6, 6-1, 10-5.Semi-finals: Talha Zubair Surmawala bt Murad Khan 6-1, 6-2.Girls’ under-18 singles:Semi-final: Maheen Dada bt Kainat Zulfiqar 6-1, 6-0.Boys’ under-14 singles:Quarter-finals: Muzammil Murtaza bt Nouman Aftab 6-0, 6-2; M. Raza Sawani bt Zubair Raja 6-1, 6-4; Sahibzada M. Ali bt Bilal Imran 6-2, 6-2.Semi-finals: Muzammil Murtaza bt Eibad Ahmed 6-2, 7-6(3); M. Raza Sawani bt Sahibzada M. Ali 4-6, 6-3, 11-9.35 plus singles:Quarter-finals: Fayyaz Ahmed bt Shafiq-ur-Rehman 6-2, 6-1; Ali Hassan Bhagat bt Iltifat Ahmed 7-5, 6-1.