ISLAMABAD: Aqeel Khan defeated Usman Ejaz 6-2, 6-2 in the First Emerging Pakistan National Cup (Balochistan Open) here at the PTF Complex.
Others moving into next round include Shahzad Khan, Yousaf Khalil, Muzammil Murtaza, Barkatullah, Abdullah Adnan, Ahmad Nael Qureshi, Abubakar Talha, Asad Zaman, Salar Khan, Abdul Basit, Yahya Ikram, Haziq Asim, Zohaib Afzal Malik, Junaid Khan, Razik Sultan, Ushan Suhail, Meheq Khokhar, Zunaisha Noor, Lalrukha Sajid, and Mahrukh Sajid will also be in action.
The championships were initially planned to be held in Quetta, Balochistan, as the Balochistan Open National Ranking Tennis Tournaments, but due to the non-availability of proper infrastructure to hold such a mega event, Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan was gracious enough to agree to the PTF’s proposal to shift the venue from Quetta to Islamabad.
Results: Men’s singles 1st round: Aqeel Khan bt Usman Ejaz 6-2, 6-2; M.Talha Khan bt M.Haziq Aasim 6-4, 6-4; Mudassir Murtaza bt Jubran ul Haq 6-1, 6-1; Shahzad Khan bt Zain Ali 6-0, 6-0; Barkatullah bt Asad Zaman 6-1, 6-2; Saqib Hayat bt M.Huzaifa Khan 6-3, 6-3; Jabir Ali bt Kamran Maqbool 6-2, 5-1(retd); Hamza Roman bt Hishashi Zoomie 6-0, 6-1; Abubakar Talha bt Abdullah Adnan 6-2, 6-3; Muhammad Salar bt Zafar Ahmad 6-0, 6-2; Yousaf Khalil bt M.Hamza Aasim 6-0, 6-0; Sami Zeb Khan bt Muhammad Yahya 6-1, 6-1; Ahmed Nael Qureshi bt Faizan Fayyaz 6-0, 6-1; Muzammil Murtaza bt Bilal Asim 6-4, 6-2.
Ladies’ singles: Labaika Durab bt Zainab Ali Raja 6-1, 6-0; Meheq Khokhar bt Lateefa 6-0, 6-0; Fatima Ali Raja bt Zahra 6-0, 6-0; Zunaisha Noor bt Lalarukh Sajid 6-0, 6-1; Shandana Rabi bt Sofia Tariq 6-2, 6-2.
Boys’ Under-18 singles: Ahmed Hussain bt Maaz Wakeel 6-1, 6-1; Zohaib Afzal Malik bt Mohammad Ali 6-1, 6-0; Mohammad Ali bt Mohammad Shakib 6-0, 6-0; Muhammad Junaid bt Haziq Areejo 3-6, 7-5, 6-3; Nabeel Ali Qayum bt Dawood Khan 6-0, 6-1; Muhammad Yahya Waqas Janas 6-1, 6-2; Muhammad Salar bt M.Talha 6-0, 6-0.
Boys’ Under-14 singles: M.Ayyan bt Moazzam Babar 4-0, 4-1 ; Ashtar Alam Khan bt Abdullah Haider 4-2, 4-0; M.Umair Ali bt M.Ahmed Afzal 4-0, 5-3; Muhammad Danyal bt M.Hamza Khan 4-2, 4-2; Ohad e Mustafa bt Yahya Bin Zain 4-2, 4-1; M.Turrab Bhatti bt M.Shakib 4-0, 4-0.