Easy sailing for Aqeel in Serena National Tennis

ISLAMABAD: Aqeel Khan had it easy against youngster Huzaifa Abdul Rehman during his straight set win in opening round of the Serena Hotels National Ranking Tennis Championships that turned into full flow on the sunny day at the PTF Complex, Wednesday

Huzaifa failed to live up to his reputation as he lost to Pakistan No 1 tamely 1-6, 1-6. A total number of 52 matches were played on the third day following complete wash out on Tuesday. A good number of spectators visited the venue to watch country’s top players in action. Waqas Malik got better of Ahmed Baber 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-2 in an exciting match of the day that went down to wire.

Results: Men’s singles: Barkatullah bt Mian Bilal 6-4, 7-6 (5); Shaheen Mehmood bt Faizan Fayyaz 6-4, 6-2; Asadullah bt Shakiullah 6-1, 7-5; Heera Ashique bt Subhan Bin Salik 6-2, 6-3; Muzammil Murtaza bt Ahmed Kamil 6-4, 6-1; Asad Siyyid bt Ibrahim Omer 6-0, 6-1; M.Abid bt Imran Bhatti 6-1, 6-1; Mudassir Murtaza bt Ayyaz Khan 6-1, 6-1; M. Shoaib bt Jibran ul Haq 6-2, 6-0; Aqeel Khan bt Huzaifa Abdul Rehman 6-1, 6-1; Waqas Malik bt Ahmed Baber 6-7 (4),7-6 (2), 6-2; Aqib Hayat bt Hameed ul Haq 6-3, 6-5(retd); Israr Gul bt Ahmed Asjad 7-5, 6-2; Shahzad Khan bt Shahid Afridi 6-0, 6-4; Yousaf Khalil bt Arham Attique 6-3, 6-3; Ahmed Ch bt Ejaz Khan 6-2,6-0.

Men’s doubles: Mudassir Murtaza/Asad Siyyid bt Imran Bhatti,/Mian Bilal 6-0, 6-4; Ahmed Kamil/Ibrahim Omer bt Shaheen Mehmood/Shahid Afridi 6-4, 6-2; Huzaifa Abdul Rehman/Shoaib bt Shahzad Khan/Usman Ejaz 6-3, 6-4; Ejaz Khan/Asadullah bt Abbas Khan/Shakir ullah 6-4,7-4 (10-7).

Boys singles: Bilal Asim bt Ahmed nail Qureshi 6-4, 6-2; Hamid Israr bt Faisal Khalil 6-0, 6-0; M.Abdullah bt Yahya Musa Luni 6-3, 6-2; Mahatir Muhammad bt Hasam Khan 4-6, 6-0, 7-6; Hassan Ali bt Asad Zaman 6-4, 6-1; Nalian Abbas bt Haseeb ullah 6-1, 6-3; Uzair Khan bt Huzaima Abdul Rehman 6-1, 7-5; Sami Zeb bt Faizan Shahid 6-4, 6-2; Hasheesh Kumar bt Farman Shakeel 6-2, 6-4; Faizan Fayyaz bt M. Talha khan 6-4, 3-6, 6-2; Kashan Umar bt Daniyal Ikhlaq 6-0, 6-1; M. Shoaib bt Aqib Hayat 6-1, 6-0; M Huzaifa Khan bt Kamran Khan 6-1, 4-6, 6-2; Zalan Khan bt Subhan Bin Salik 6-3, 6-3; Saim Danish bt Azan sajid 7-6(5), 6-3; Hamza Asim bt Maab Hassan 6-3, 6-3

Ladies singles: Meheq Khokhar bt Seher aleem 6-1, 6-0; Ushna Suhail bt Mehvish Chistie 6-1, 6-1; Shimza Naz bt Mariam Mirza 6-0, 6-2; Esha Jawad bt Krisztina 6-1, 6-0; Noor Malik bt Azeena Aleem 6-0, 6-0; Sarah Mahboob bt Seher Aleem 6-0, 6-1.

Boys under-14 singles: Ahtesham Humayun bt Jamal Shah 4-0, 4-2;Yahya Musa Luni bt Taimoor Khan 4-2, 5-3; Abdullah Ahmad w/o M. Talha Khan; Saim Shahzad W/o Hamza Rehmat: Ali Zain bt Maab H+assan 4-1, 4-2; M. Hamza Aasim bt Awais Ahmed 4-0, 4-0.