Aqeel, Yousaf out of Kulsum ITF Futures Tennis

ISLAMABAD: Aqeel Khan and Yousaf Khalil, the two remaining local players also made exit from the Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan ITF Futures (F-2) Tennis Tournament under way the PTF Complex.

In second round played Wednesday Alex Canter (GBR) breezed past Aqeel Khan 6-2, 6-4 to make it to the third round. Canter proved too strong for Aqeel winning both sets with help of breaks.Khalil also proved a piece of cake for Italian Lorenzo Bocchi. The Italian did not give Khalil any clue winning 6-1, 6-2.

The pre-quarters thus turned out to be all foreign players affairs.

Results: Men’s singles: Cheong-Eui KIM (KOR) [1] bt Ray HO (TPE) 6-2 6-3; Alexis Canter (Gbr) [6] Bt Aqeel Khan (Pak) 6-2 6-4; Sora Fukuda (Jpn) [3] Bt Anton Chekhov (Rus) 6-1 6-0; Darko Jandric (Srb) Beat Niklas Johansson (Swe) [8]: 6-1 7-6(5); Lorenzo Bocchi (Ita) [5] bt Yousaf Khalil (Pak) 6-1 6-2; Kai Wehnelt (Ger) [4] bt Worovin Kumthonkittikul (Tha) 6-3 6-2; Hamidreza Nadaf (Iri) [7] bt Dmitry Myagkov (Rus) 6-2 6-2; Rio Noguchi (Jpn) [2] bt Saida’lo Saidkarimov (Uzb) 6-2 6-3.

Men’s doubles category (1st round): Ahmed Choudhary (Pak)/Niklas Johansson (Swe) bt Shahzad Khan (Pak)/Syed Zohair Raza (Pak) 6-0, 6-2 ; Joe Cooper (Gbr)/Matt Seeberger (Usa) bt Chandril Sood (Ind)/Lakshit Sood (Ind) 4-6, 7-6(4) [13-11]; M Abid Ali Khan Akbar (Pak)/Shamael Chaudhry (Gbr) bt Alexander Pavlioutchenkov (Rus)/Vladimir Polyakov (Rus) [2] 6-4, 6-1; Darko Jandric (Srb)/Cheong-Eui Kim [3] (Kor) bt Heera Ashiq (Pak)/Malik Abdul Rehman (Pak) 6-2, 6-3; Sora Fukuda (Jpn)/Rio Noguchi [4] (Jpn) bt Mudassir Murtaza (Pak)/Muzammil Murtaza (Pak) 6-0, 7-5; M Abid (Pak)/Waqas Malik (Can) bt Lorenzo Bocchi (Ita)/Alexis Canter(Gbr) 7-6(5), 3-6 [10-7]; Anton Chekhov (Rus) Kai Wehnelt [1] (Ger) bt Aqeel Khan (Pak)/Ray Ho (Tpe) 6-4, 6-2.

Meanwhile, in the Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan National Ranking Tennis Tournament-2018 continued on with ladies and junior matches.

Boys Singles U-18 (2nd Round): Mohammad Shoaib bt Kashan Umar 6-0, 6-0; Osama Khan bt Azan Sajid 6-0, 6-0; Hasam Khan w/o Ahmed Kamil; Musa Ch bt Azan Shahid 7-5, 6-3; Ahmed Asjad bt Kamran Khanm 6-1, 6-1; Sami Zeb bt Abdul Hanan 6-3, 6-3; Subhan bin Salik bt Nauman Aftab 6-4, 6-3; Rayan Jawad W/O M.Hamza Asim.

Ladies single: Sara Mansoor bt Adela Miron 6-0,6-0; Ushna Suhail bt Shahida Farooq 6-0, 6-0: Khunsha Baber bt Esha Jawad 7-6, 6-1; Hania Naved bt Mahnoor Suhail 6-0, 6-0; Sarah Mahboob bt Mahvish Chishite 6-0, 6-1; Meheq Khokhar bt Zainab Ali Raja 6-0, 6-1; Sheeza Sajid bt Fatima Ali Raja 6-0, 6-1; Shimza Naz w/o Mahrukh.