Shoaib stretched to three sets by Nael

ISLAMABAD: Mohammad Shoaib was stretched to three sets by Ahmad Nael Qureshi before the former won the first-round match in the 10th Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan National Ranking Tennis Championships 2024 at the PTF-SDA Tennis Complex Wednesday.

Shoaib won 6-7(7), 6-3, 6-2. Other men’s singles title aspirants Aqeel Khan and Muzammil Murtaza won their matches in straight sets. Senator Salim Saifullah Khan, Patron PTF, visited the PTF Complex Wednesday to witness some matches. He interacted with the players and wished them good luck in the tournament.

Results: Men’s singles 1st round: Muzammil Murtaza bt Sami Zeb Khan 6-3, 6-4; Barkatullah bt Gibran ul Haq 6-1, 6-0; Muhammad Shoaib bt Ahmad Nael Qureshi 6-7(7), 6-3, 6-2; Aqeel Khan bt Huzamia Abdul Rehman 6-3, 6-4

Ladies singles 1st round: Laiba Iqbal bt Fatima Ali Raja 6-2, 6-1; Noor Malik bt Shandana Rabi 6-0, 6-0; Zaira Ahmed bt Saleha Batool 6-0, 4-6, 6-1; Aman Khan bt Maria 6-2, 6-3 Boys 18 & under singles 2nd round: Ahtesham Humayun bt Ruhab Faisal 6-3, 6-3; Bilal Asim bt Azan Shahid 6-0, 6-1; M Yahya bt Nabeel Ali Qayum 7-6(5), 6-1; Asad Zaman bt Haziq Asim 5-7, 6-2, 6-1; Hamza Asim bt Shehryar Anees 6-3, 6-2; Abubakar Talha bt Huzaifa Khan 6-2, 6-3; M Salar bt Amir Mazari 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Hamza Roman bt Omer Jawad 6-3, 6-2

Boys 14 & under singles 1st round: Muhammad Aayan bt Majid Ali Bachani 4-1, 4-2; Ismail Aftab bt Behroze Maimoon 4-1, 4-0; Razik Sultan bt Aaliyan Ali 4-0, 4-0; Ruhab Faisal bt Rashid Ali Bachani 4-2, 4-0; Zohaib Amjad bt Mozzam Babar 4-0, 4-2 Boys 12 & under singles 1st round: Moazam Babar bt Zain Sheikh 4-1, 4-0; M Faizan bt Suhaib Javed 4-0, 4-1