SBP Open Tennis Championship enters quarter-finals stage

LAHORE: Ahmad Kamil, Hasheesh Kumar, Abdul Hanan Khan, Hassan Riaz, Mahatir Muhammad and Shaeel Durab reached the quarter-finals of Sports Board Punjab (SBP) Open Tennis Championship 2021 here at the Punjab Tennis Academy, Bagh-e-Jinnah on Wednesday.

In men’s singles pre-quarter-finals, Ahmad beat Aakif Hussain 8-1, Hasheesh beat Muhammad Yousaf 8-1, Abdul Hanan beat Hammad Ahmad 8-2, Hassan beat Ahtesham Arif 8-5, Mahatir beat Zaryab Pirzada 8-1 and Shaeel beat Faizan Fayyaz 9-7.

In Under-18 pre-quarter-finals, Faizan Fayyaz beat Asad Akram 6-1, Shaeel Durab beat Muneeb Majeed 6-1, Mahatir Muhammad beat Moavia Butt 6-0, Ahtesham Arif beat Shehryar Anees 8-6, Abdul Hanan Khan beat Zaeem Ghafoor 6-1, Nalain Abbas beat Arman Kamran 8-3 and Hasheesh Kumar beat Ghazi Ahmad 8-1.