Qualifiers decided in Serena National Tennis

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan No 1 Aqeel Khan meets Huzaifa Abdul Rehman in the opening hurdle of the Serena Hotels National Ranking Tennis men’s singles first round at the DA/PTF Complex Tuesday. Aqeel, fresh from loss against Muzammil Murtaza in Kulsum Tennis, is to play top under-18 player who just returned from UAE after featuring in the ITF Junior events. As many as 48 matches were decided in the qualifying round of the Championships Monday.

Results: Men’s singles qualifying matches: (1st round): Tahir Ullah bt Hassan Ali 6-3; Haseeb Ullah bt Azan Sajid 6-1; Farhan ullah bt Adnan Rashid Khan 6-2; Saim Danish bt Faisal Khalil 6-2; Mubarak Shah bt Faizan Shahid 6-1; Abrarul Haq bt Atif Rehman 6-4; Kamran Khan bt Hammad Humayun 6-1; Hasam Khan bt Ahmed Murad 6-3; Mahatir Muhammad bt Fayeduddin 7-5; Kashan Umer bt Azeem Khan 6-4, Pooyan Shitari w/o Abdullah Karim.

Men’s singles qualifying matches: (2nd round): Jibranul Haq bt Farman Shakeel 6-1; Mubarak Shah bt Mujahid Zeb 6-1; Ibrahim Omer bt Tahir ullah 6-2; Abbas Khan bt Mahatir Muhammad 7-5; Arham Attique bt Hasheesh Kumar 6-2; Kashan Umer bt M. Abdullah 6-2; Subhan Bin Salik bt Haseeb Ullah 6-1; Sami Zeb bt Farhan ullah 6-0, Nailian Abbas bt Hasam Khan 6-1; Aqib Hayat bt Pooyan Shetari 6-1; Sikander bt Saim Danish 6-0.

Men’s singles qualifying matches: (final round) Jibran ul Haq bt Uzair Khan 8-1; Imran Bhatti bt Mubarak Shah 8-1; Ibrahim Omer bt Talha Saqib 8-0; Arham Attique bt Abbas Khan: 8-4; Subhan bin Salik bt Kashan Umer 8-4; Ahmed Asjad Qureshi bt Sami Zeb 8-5; Mian Bilal bt Nalian Abbas 8-2; Aqib Hayat bt Sikander 8-5.