Shoaib stuns Shahzad in Kulsum National Tennis

ISLAMABAD: Promising star Mohammad Shoaib Khan stunned 3rd seed and experience Shahzad Khan in straights sets to make it to the quarterfinals of men’s singles of the 5th Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan National Ranking Tennis Tournament at the PTF Complex, Thursday.

Shoaib won 6-4, 6-4 after breaking Shahzad once in each of the set. The win earned him applause from the sizeable gathering. “I am working hard at the National Training Centre (NTC). Results here are very much the outcome of efforts I have put in during training sessions,” Shoaib said after upsetting his much senior Davis Cup player. Shoaib will now meet Heera Ashiq in the quarter-finals. “I hope to continue with the same vein in matches to come and hopefully would win my match Friday,” he said.

In yet another upset in the men’s singles, Barkat ullah tamed seventh seed Ahmed Chudhary in three sets 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. By the time, match entered into third set, Ahmed already lost stamina and urge to make a match out of it.

In ladies singles, Mahin Aftab showed her true promise comfortably brushing aside Meheq Khokhar 6-1, 6-1 to make it to the semis. Also moving into semis were Sarah Mahboob who defeated Saher Aleem 6-0, 6-0. Noor Malik got better of Mariam Mirza 6-2, 6-0.

Results: Men’s singles (2nd round): Mudassir Murtaza bt Nalian Abbas 6-0, 6-1; Yousaf Khalil bt Shahid Afrid 6-2, 6-2; Muzammil Murtaza bt Imran Bhatti 6-2, 6-2; Aqeel Khan bt Ejaz Khan 6-4, 6-4; M.Abid bt Ahmed Baber 6-4, 6-4; Heera Ashiq bt Mian Bilal 6-2, 5-7, 6-1; Mohammad Shoaib bt Shahzad Khan 6-4, 6-4; Barkat ullah bt Ahmed Chudhary 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.

Men’s doubles: Mian Bilal/Imran Bhatti bt Ibrahim Omer/Ahmed Kamil 6-2, 7-5; Heera Ashique/Yousaf Khalil bt Shahzad Khan/Usman Ejaz 6-2, 6-4; Abbas Khan/Shakir Ullah w/o Shaheen Mehmood/Shahid Afridi

Ladies single (1st round): Mahin Aftab bt Krisztina Jekel 6-0, 6-0; Noor Malik bt Sheeza Sajid 6-0, 6-0; Meheq Khokhar bt Adila Miron 6-0, 6-0; Mahvish Chistie bt Azeena Aleem 6-0, 6-0; Mariam Mirza bt Sabina Ahmed 6-1, 6-1; Saher Aleem bt Mahnoor Sohail 6-2, 6-0

Ladies Single (quarterfinals): Mahin Aftab bt Meheq Khokhar 6-1, 6-1; Sarah Mahboob bt Saher Aleem 6-0, 6-0; Noor Malik bt Mariam Mirza 6-2, 6-0.

Boys 18 and under (2nd round): Aqib Hayat bt Sami Zeb 7-5, 6-4, Hasheesh Kumar bt Kashan Umar 6-1, 6-0; M.Shoaib bt Hisam Khan 6-0, 6-4; Subhan Bin Salik bt Jabir Ali:6-0, 6-2; Mahatir Muhammad bt Kamran Khan 6-3, 4-6; 1-0(Retd), M.Hamza Aasim bt Fayzan Fayyaz 6-4, 6-2; Nalian Abbas bt Faizan Shahid 6-2, 6-1.

Boys under-14 (2nd round): Bilal Asim bt Eesa Bilal 4-0, 4-0; Hussnain Ali Rizwan bt Faisal Khalil 4-0, 4-1; Shahswar bt Ahmed Nail 4-0, 3-5, 4-2; Asad Zaman bt Mustansar Ali 4-0, 4-0; Haider Ali Rizwan bt Inam Qadir 4-0, 4-0; Saim Shahzad w/o Afzal Khan

Boys/ Girls U-12 (second round): Taimoor Khan bt Hammad Shah 0-4, 5-3, 4-; Ahtesham Hamayun bt Eesa Bilal: 4-0, 4-0.