Top seeds advance in PC Ranking Tennis

LAHORE: Top seeds moved into the men’s singles semifinals of the Pearl Continental (PC) Lahore Ranking Tennis 2019 after defeating their respective opponents in the quarterfinals played here at Punjab Tennis Academy Bagh-i-Jinnah on Wednesday.

In the men’s singles quarterfinals, Mian Bilal, Imran Bhatti, Faizan Khurram and Ashar All Khan emerged as winners and made way to the semifinals. In the first quarterfinal of the day, Mian Bilal easily defeated Salman Aygaz by 6-2, 6-3 while Imran Bhatti beat Fayyaz Khan 6-3, 6-3, Faizan Khurram had to struggle hard to beat Hadi Hussain 6-2, 7-5 and Ashar All Khan also faced tough resistance from Hassan Riaz before winning the encounter by 3-6, 6-1, 6-3.

In u-18 quarterfinals, Faizan Fayyaz routed Junaid Ahmad 6-3, 6-0, Ahmer Saeed beat Saif Amin 6-4, 6-4, Ibrahim edged out Arham Khan 7-5, 7-5 and Zain Chaudhry toppled Taimoor Ali 6-3, 6-1.

In U-16 quarterfinals, Faizan Fayyaz outclassed Murtaza Hameed 8-0, Syed Mohammad Mustafa thrashed Taimoor Ali 8-1, Arham Khan beat Zain Ch 8-7 and Bilal Asim edged Shakeel Tahir 8-7.

In U-12 pre-quarterfinals, Husnain Ali Rizwan outpaced Zohaib Afzal Malik 8-4, Aized Khalil outlasted Zeerak Mustafa 8-4, Ameer Mazari defeated Ismail Aftab 8-6, Hamza Ali Rizwan overpowered Mustafa Fahad 8-2, Asad overwhelmed Omer Jawad 8-1, Haider Ali Rizwan crushed Harris Bajwa 8-0 and Sheharyar Anees trounced Yashar Tarar 8-1.