Aqeel meets Huzaifa in ranking tennis today

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan No 1 Aqeel Khan will meet Huzaifa Abdul Rehman in the opening hurdle of the Serena Hotels National Ranking Tennis Tournament at the DA/PTF Complex today (Tuesday).

Aqeel, who was beaten by Muzammil Murtaza in the Kulsum National Ranking Tennis Tournament final on Sunday, 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 event on 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: Jibranul 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.