Sarah Mehboob Khan, Sara Mansoor in summit clash of 33rd Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championship

The 33rd Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championship advanced into final stage at Senator Dilawar Abbas PTF Complex, Islamabad.

5th Serena Hotels ladies singles title winner, Sarah Mehboob Khan thrashed Shimza Naz Durab in straight sets in ladies singles semifinals. 

Sarah played the best tennis of her life and showed that she still had lot to offer by beating Shimza who was also enjoying the best run of her career after beating the fourth seeded Noor Malik in the quarterfinals the other day.

Sarah started the first set well and put Shimza under immense pressure, which helped her take the set 6-3 in 25 minutes. The second set saw the same story with Sarah simply toying with Shimza as she grabbed the second set 6-0 in just 20 minutes. 

In the second semifinal, Pakistan No 1 ladies player Sara Mansoor hammered Mehaq Khokhar in a one-sided encounter. Sara stunned Mehaq in the first set, winning it 6-0 in just 22 minutes. The second set was played on a high voltage, as both the players were matching fire-with-fire. It was superb exhibition of top class tennis on offer as both the girls were displaying tremendous fighting skills and it was pure class till the 12th game, when Sara finally broke Mehaq’s serve to win the match and set another final date with Sarah Mehboob.

In the men’s singles qualifying round matches, Irfanullah, Usman Ijaz, Mian Bilal, Jabir Ali, Jibran-ul-Haq, Emad Uddin, Kamran Khan and Hameed-ul-Haq booked their places for the main round.

The main draw of men’s singles was taken out by the tournament referee Arif Qureshi in the presence of all the ranked players. Top eight seed of men’s singles are Aqeel Khan, Muzammil Murtaza, Shahzad Khan, Mudassar Murtaza, Yousaf Khalil, Heera Ashiq, Ahmed Kamil and Muhammad Abid. The men’s singles first round matches will start today (Tuesday) at 9:30 am. 

Men’s singles first qualifying round Results:

 Second qualifying round Results: