Huzaifa stuns Mudassir in Pak Open Tennis

ISLAMABAD: 16-year old Huzaifa Abdul Rehman stunned fourth seed Mudassir Murtaza in a hard- fought three-set match in the men’s singles of Pakistan Open Tennis under way at Jhelum Cantonment.

Following wet start that saw rain dominating the proceedings, quarter-finals of the championship were played Friday with Huzaifa who recently had become first Pakistani to win ITF Junior following a decade beat experienced Mudassir 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. Huzaifa had earlier defeated fifth seed Heera Ashiq in the second round.

In yet another surprising result, Yousaf Khan beat Mohammad Abid 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 to make it to the semi-finals.Also making it to the last four stage in men’s singles were top seed Aqeel Khan and seasoned Muzammil Murtaza.

In ladies singles semifinals, top seed Sara Mansoor and Mehek Khokhar progressed into the final. Sara breezed past Mahvish Chishti and Mehek stunned second seed Esha Jawad in straight sets.

In the boys under-18 quarterfinals, Aqib Hayat, Abdullah Adnan and Ahmed Kamil moved into the semifinals after beating their respective opponents.Results: Men’s singles quarterfinals: Aqeel Khan bt Shahzad Khan: 6-4, 6-4; Huzaifa Abdul Rehman bt Mudassir Murtaza: 4-6, 6-2, 7-5; Muzammil Murtaza bt M. Shoaib: 6-0, 6-2; Yousaf Khan bt M. Abid: 2-6, 6-3,6-4.

Ladies singles semifinals: Sara Mansoor bt Mahvish Chishtie: 6-0, 6-0; Mehek Khokhar bt Esha Jawad: 6-0, 6-2;

Boys singles U-18 quarterfinals: Aqib Hayat bt Sami Zaib: 6-3, 6-4; Abdullah Adnan bt M. Zaryab: 6-0, 6-4; Ahmed Kamil bt M. Bilal: 6-3, 4-6, 10-5.

Boys singles U-14 quarterfinals: Huzaifa bt Bilal Asim: 1-4, 5-4 (5), 5-4 (5);

Men’s singles 2nd round: Aqeel Khan bt Shakir ullah: 6-2, 6-1; Shahzad Khan bt Abbas Khan: 6-3, 6-3; Mudassir Murtaza bt M. Abdullah: 6-1, 6-2; Huzaifa Abdul Rehman bt Heera Ashiq: 3-6, 6-2, 6-2; Muzammil Murtaza bt Ayyaz Khan: 6-2, 6-3; M. Shoaib bt Saqib Umer: 6-0, 4-6, 6-2; Yousaf Khan bt Hasnain Mahmood: 6-0, 6-1; M. Abid bt: M. Minhas: 3-0 (retd).

Men’s doubles 2nd round: Aqeel Khan/Shahzad Khan Bye; Huzaifa Abdul Rehman/M.Shoaib w/o Talha Waheed/Rashid Malik; Yousaf Khan/Heera Ashiq bt Abbas Khan/Asas Ullah 6-3, 7-6 (4); Major Zeeshan/Lt Col Adnan w/o Saqib Umer/M. Minhas; Ejaz Khan/Barkatuullah bt Lt Col Yawar Abbas/ Major Hassan 6-2, 6-3; Muzammil Mutaza/Mudassir Murtaza bye; Abdullah/Ahmed Kamil bt Maj Rizwan Malik/Muazam 3-6, 6-2,10-6; M. Abid M. Waqas Malik bye.

Ladies singles 2nd round: Sara Mansoor bt Shimza Naz: 6-2, 6-1; Mahvish Chishtie bt Zoha Asim: 7-5, 4-6, 7-5; Mehek Khokhar bt Noor Malik: 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; Esha Jawad bt Mariam Mirza: 6-2, 6-2;

Boys singles under-18 2nd round: M Shoaib bt Hamid Ullah: 6-0, 6-0; Ibrahim bt Kashan Umar: 6-1, 1-6, 11-9; Aqib Hayat bt Bilal Asim: 7-6 (5), 6-1; Sami Zaib W/O Izhar Iftikhar ; M. Zaryab bt M. Abdullah: 6-3, 7-6 (5); Abdullah Adnan bt Huzaima Abdul Rehman: 6-1, 6-1; M. Bilal bt Uzair Khan 6-1, 6-1; Ahmed Kamil w/o Faisal.

Boys singles under-14 2nd round: Uzair Khan bt Haider Ali: 4-1, 2-4, 4-1; Yahya Musa W/O M. Awais; Huzaima bt Shees: 4-0,4-0; Bilal Asim bt Abdullah Waqar: 4-0, 4-1; Ahmed Nael W/O M. Zaryab; Kashan Umer bt M. Omer: 4-1, 4-2; Hamza Roman bt M. Salar: 4-1, 4-1; Hamid Ullah bt Hasnain Ali: 5-3, 5-3.

Boys/ girls singles U-10 2nd round: Hamza Roman bt Abdur Rehman: 4-0, 4-0; Haniya Minhas bt Awais: 4-1, 4-1; Hamza Ali Rizwan W/O Zohaib Afzal; Abubakar Talha bt Abdul Basit: 4-0, 4-1.