Muzammil downs Shoaib in BB tennis

ISLAMABAD: Muzammil Mu­­r­­t­aza had to work hard to beat young Mohammad Shoaib in the pre-quarter-finals of the Benazir Bhutto (BB) Tennis Tournament under way here at Islamabad Tennis Club courts Wednesday.

Muzammil beat Shoaib 6-7 (4), 6-2, 7-5. Aqeel Khan and Huzaifa Abdul Rehman also made it to the quarter-finals of men’s singles with easy wins.

Results: Men’s singles: Aqeel Khan bt Shahid Afridi 6-3, 6-1; Shehzad Khan bt Hameedul Haq 6-3, 6-4; Aman Atiq bt Muddassir Murtaza 7-5, 6-2; Heera Asiq bt Asadullah 6-4, 5-7, 6-3; Muzammil Murtaza bt Muhammad Shoaib 6-7(4), 6-2, 7-5; Yousaf Khalil bt Israr Gul 6-3, 6-1; Ahmed Choudhry bt Barkatullah 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; Huzaifa Abdul Rehman bt Sami Zeb 6-0, 6-1.

Men’s doubles semi-finals: Aisamul Haq & Aqeel bt Muzammil Murtaza & Muddassir Murtaza 6-3, 6-3; Muhammad Shoaib & Huzaifa Abdul Rehman bt Ahmed Choudhry & Shehzad Khan 6-4, 3-6, 10-5.

Ladies’ singles: Saher Aleem w/o Farheen; Nida Akram bt Krisztina Jekkel 6-4, 0-6, 6-0; Noor Malik bt Faryal 6-1, 6-1; Sarah Mehboob bt Azeena Azeem 6-0, 6-0; Esha Jawad bt Adela Miron 6-1, 6-1.