Serena National Tennis: Barkatullah, Muzammil in quarterfinals

ISLAMABAD: Muzammil Murtaza breezed past Aqib Hayat in straight sets to make it to the quarter-finals of men’s singles in the Serena Hotels National Ranking Tennis under way at the PTF Complex.

In Thursday’s pre-quarter-finals, Muzammil overwhelmed Aqib 6-2, 6-3. Muzammil’s powerful serve, fore and backhand shots upset his opponent who caved in without putting up any real fight.

Aqeel Khan also checked into last eight with straights set win against Barkatullah 6-0, 7-6(7). After losing the first set fair and square, Barkatullah put up a decent fight in the second, stretching it to the wire before losing it in the tie break.

In an exciting three-set match, Mohammad Shoaib recovered from a set down to beat Yousaf Khalil, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. In another three-set battle, Heera Ashiq came back strongly to beat Asadullah 0-6, 6-1, 6-0.

In ladies singles all the leading players, Mahin Aftab, Sara Mansoor, Sarah Mehboob and Ushna Suhail checked it into the last four stage.

Results: Men’s singles; (second round): Mohammad Shoaib bt Yousaf Khalil 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; Shahzad Khan bt Israr Gul 6-3, 6-3; Heera Ashiq bt Asadullah 0-6, 6-1, 6-0; Mudassir Murtaza bt Waqas Malik 7-6 (8), 6-1; Mohammad Abid bt Asad Siyyid 6-2, 6-3; Aqeel Khan bt Barkatullah 6-0, 7-6(7); Ahmed Ch bt Shaheen Mehmood 6-1, 6-1; Muzammil Murtaza bt Aqib Hayat 6-2, 6-3.

Men’s doubles: (quarterfinals): Barkatullah/Ahmad Ch bt Mudassir Murtaza/Asad Siyyid 6-3, 6-3; M. Abid/Waqas Malik bt Ahmed Kamil/Ibrahim Omer 6-3, 6-1; Yousaf Khalil/Heera Ashiq bt Ejaz Khan/Asadullah 4-6, 6-1 (13-11); Aqeel Khan/Muzammil Murtaza bt Mohammad Shoaib/Huzaifa Abdul Rehman 6-2, 6-4;

Ladies singles (quarter finals): Sara Mansoor bt Esha Jawad 6-1, 6-1; Sarah Mahboob bt Shimza Naz 6-2, 6-4; Meheq Khokhar bt Noor Malik 6-2, 6-0; Mahin Aftab bt Adela Miron 6-0, 6-0; Ushna Suhail bt Mahin Aftab 6-1, 6-2.

Ladies doubles (semi final): Ushna Suhail/Mahin Aftab bt Adela Miron/Krisztina Jekkel 6-0, 6-0; Meheq Khokhar/Noor Malik bt Mehvish Chistie & Esha Jawad 6-0, 6-0.

Boys U-18: (second round): Hamid Israr bt Saim Danish 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; Faizan Fayyaz bt Kashan Umar 6-4, 6-0; Mahatir Muhammad bt M.Huzaifa Khan 6-3, 6-4; Sami Zeb bt M.Abdullah 6-3, 6-3; Hasheesh Kumar bt Hassan Ali 6-2, 6-3; M. Shoaib bt Bilal Asim 6-1, 6-0; Zalan Khan bt Uzair Khan 6-1, 7-5; Nalain Abbas bt M. Hamza Aasim 6-1, 6-1.

Boys U-14 singles (second Round): Ahtesham Humayun bt Mustansar Ali 4-0, 4-0; Yahya Musa Luni bt Abdullah Ahmad 4-0, 4-0; Husnain Ali Rizwan bt Ali Zain 4-1, 4-2; Haider Ali Rizwan bt Ammar Masood 4-1, 4-0; Asad Zaman bt Sameer Maqsood 4-1, 4-0; Ahmed Nail bt Saim Shahzad 4-0, 4-0; M. Hamza Asim bt Nabeel Ali Qayum 4-0, 4-1;

Boys and girls U-12 singles (2 second round): Ameer Mazari bt Razik Sultan 4-0, 4-0; Hammad Shah bt Abdullah Ahmad 1-4, 5-4, (4), 5-2; M.Haziq Asim bt Amna Ali Qayum 5-3, 5-3; Hamza Ali Rizwan bt Moeez Gul 4-1, 4-1; Zohaib Malik bt Subhan Sahir 4-0, 4-0; Soha Ali bt Uzair Maqsood 4-1, 4-1; Nabeel Ali Qayum bt Essa Fahad 4-0, 4-0; Taimoor Khan bt Zonaisha 1-4, 4-0, 4-0; Ameer Mazari bt Hammad Shah 4-1, 4-0; Haniya Minhas bt Abdul Basit 4-1, 4-0; Ahtesham Humayun bt Sameer Maqsood 4-1, 4-0; Zohaib A. Malik bt Soha Ali 4-0, 4-0;

Boys and girls U-10 singles (second round): Hamza Ali Rizwan bt Uzair Maqsood 4-0, 4-0