Leading players advance in Kulsum Int’l Tennis

ISLAMABAD:  Leading ladies players moved into the semifinals of the Begum Kulsum National Ranking Tennis Championship, 2017 under way on the sidelines of Future International at the PTF Complex courts. Ushna Sohail, Sara Mansoor, Sara Mehboob and Mehwish Chishti were through to semis in women tennis.

Results: Women singles quarter-finals: Ushna Sohail bt Gen. Shahida Badshah 6-0, 6-0; Sara Mahboob bt Nida Akram 6-1, 6-0; Mehwish Chishti bt Esha Jawad 6-3, 6-4; Sara Mansoor bt Shimza Naz Durab: 6-1, 6-1.

Junior under-18 quarter-finals: Saqib Umar bt Ahmed Kamil 6-3, 6-3; Aman Attique bt Nauman Aftab 6-2, 6-1; Harris Irfanul haq bt Hamza Bin Rehan 6-3, 6-3; Muhammad Shoaib bt Amin Shafi: 6-1, 6-0.

Boys under-14 singles: Sami Zeb bt Rayan Jawad: 5-3, 4-0; Mahathir Muhammad W/O Hamza Jawad; Gavin Simpson bt Hamid Israr 4-1,4-1;Uzair Khan bt Nalain Abbas: 5-3, 5-3.