LAHORE: In Thursday’s men’s doubles semifinals of the Khawaja Iftikhar Ahmad Memorial National Ranking Tennis Championship, top seed Aqeel Khan and Mohammad Shoaib, as well as seasoned Aisam-ul-Haq and Muzammil Murtaza, suffered shocking losses.
Barkatullah and Yousuf Khalil stunned the well-known pair of Aqeel and Shoaib 5-7, 6-4 (15–13), while Aisam and Muzammil fell to Mohammad Abid and Abdullah Anees 7–5, 6-2.
It took Zunaira Noor about an hour to defeat Meheq Khokar 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 in the women’s singles quarterfinal.
In their last-eight encounter, Sheeza Sajid defeated Mahrukh Sajid 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the semi-finals as well. To go to the round of four, Ushna Sohail defeated Lala Rukh Sajid 6-1, 6-1, and Amna Ali Qayum defeated Labika Durab 6-0, 6-0.
Additional outcomes:
Boys U-18 quarterfinals: Hamza Roman vs. Abdullah Talha 6-4, 2-6, 6-1; Asad Zaman bt Shehryar Anees 6-2, 6-3; Hamza Ali Rizwan bt Ahtesham Humayun 3-0; M. Salar bt Bilal Asim 6-7(6), 7-6(4) 6-4, 6-1
Quarterfinals for Boys U-12: Rashid Ali vs. Arsh Imran 4-1, 5-3; M. Ayan vs. Junaid Khan 4-2, 4-1; M. Muaz vs. Ibrahim Sajid 4-0, 4-2, and Shayan Afridi vs. Ansar Ullah 4-2, 4-0
Boys U-14 quarterfinals: Abdur Rehman vs. Mahad Shahzad 1-4, 4-2, 5-3; Shayan Afridi vs. Ayan 4-2, 4-1; Junaid Khan vs. Ohad e Mustafa 4-2, 2-4, 4-1; Rashid Ali vs. Raziq Sultan 5-3, 4-1
Semi-final for Girls U-14: Khadija Khalil defeats Aimen Rehan 4-1, 4-2
Quarterfinals for boys’ U-18 doubles: Abubakar Talha/Hamza Roman vs. Allay Hussain/Abubakar Khalil 6-0, 6-0; M. Yahya/Amir Mazari vs. Rohan Noori/Rayyan Ahmad 6-2, 6-2; Nabeel Ali Qayum/Abdul Basit vs. Abdullah Prizada-Yaafat Nadeem 7-5, 6-2
Girls: U-18 quarterfinals: Mahrukh Sajid vs. Sania Raza 6-1, 6-2; Hajra Sohail vs. Lalarukh Sajid 6-3, 6-0; Amna Ali Qayum vs. Bismil Zia 6-0, 6-0.
