Muhammad Abid win Servaid Punjab Open Tennis title

24 years old Muhammad Abid clinched the Servaid Punjab Open Tennis title after defeating spirited Heera Ashiq in the men’s singles final played here at Punjab Lawn Tennis Academy (PLTA) courts, Lahore. 

Heera Ashiq started the match well and kept Abid under pressure. The score was level at four-all. After that, Heera utilized his wide experience and managed to break the serve of Abid comfortably, followed by holding his own game to win the first set 6-4. Abid bounced back in second well and managed to win some crucial points at critical stage of the match.

Abid never allowed Heera to play freely, thus took second set 6-4 to level the score at 1-1. The third set saw both the players matching fire with fire till it was 3-3. Lahore born Abid then changed his gear and started playing aggressive game to win the next three games in a row to win the set 6-3, thus registered a title victory.

Abu bakar talha beat hamza ali rizwan 8-0

Hussnain ali rizwan beat haider ali rizwan 8-6

Bilal asim beat shaeel tahir 6-1,6-3

Shaeel tahir beat inam arif 6-3,6-3

Abdullah adnan beat faizan fayyaz 6-0,6-0

Shaeel tahir /ehtisham arif beat ali talha /Abu bakar talha 8-6

Haroon Sheikh of Servaid graced the concluding day as chief guest. He along with PLTA Secretary and former Davis Cupper Rashid Malik gave away prizes to the winners of different categories. Speaking on the occasion, Haroon said that he has witnessed very interesting and enthralling matches on the concluding day.

Malik thanked Servaid for sponsoring the event. “I hope the sponsors like Servaid will continue to support tennis, as it will help us find and groom young talent, which will serve the country and win laurels for it.”