Aqeel on course to retain title after third straight win

Pakistan’s top tennis player Aqeel Khan is only two steps away from retaining the title after he prevailed over seventh seed and junior international Muzammil Murtaza in convincing fashion to cruise into men’s singles semis of the second Modern Club Founder Members Tennis Championship on Sunday.

Aqeel, the seasoned Davis Cupper who defeated Zuhaib Gul and Abdul Rehman in the preceding matches, won 6-0, 6-1 in the quarters played at the Modern Club courts.

Muzammil, however, have some consolation when he carved out 6-2, 6-2 victory over local player Marib Malik to advance into juniors under-18 singles last four. Joining him in the semis were Sahibzada Mohammad Ali who accounted for Noman Aftab 6-3, 6-4 and Haris Irfanul Haq who was home 6-3, 6-4 over Nazif Ahmed in the other two quarter-finals..

Results:

Men’s singles:

Second round: Abid Mustaq bt Farhan Altaf 6-0, 6-1; Mohammad Mudassir bt Nazif Ahmed 6-0, 6-1.

Quarter-final: Aqeel Khan bt Muzammil Murtaza 6-0, 6-1.

Under-18 singles:

Second round: Abdal Haider (Lahore) bt Eibad Sarwar Hussain 6-3, 6-3; Nazif Ahmed bt Hafiz Arbab 6-3, 6-1.

Quarter-finals: Muzammil Murtaza bt Marib Malik 6-2, 6-2; Sahibzada Mohammad Ali bt Noman Aftab 6-3, 6-4; Haris Irfanul Haq bt Nazif Ahmed 6-3, 6-4.

Under-16 singles:

Nouman Aftab bt Abdul Samad 6-4, 6-4; Houd Azhar bt Rayyan Jawwad 6-4, 6-3; Amin Shafi bt Hafiz Arbab 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-2.

Under-14 singles:

Semi-final: Amin Shafi bt Rayyan Jawwad 6-2, 6-1.

Under-12 singles:

Quarter-finals: M Yahya bt M Zain Ehatasham 8-5; Mahad Khan bt Taha Aman 8-6.

Semi-finals: M Yahya bt Asher Mir 8-6; Ibrahim Khan bt Mahad 8-1.

Under-10 singles:

Second round: Ibrahim Noman Yousuf bt Eshmaal Khan 8-0; Zain bt Hasan Jamal 8-2; Zain M Ali bt Abdullah Imran 8-2.

Semi-final: Ibrahim Noman bt Zain M. Ali 9-7

Men’s doubles:

Second round: Muzammil and Mudassir bt Aqeel Shabbir and Ahmed Ehtashm 6-2, 6-1.

(Source: Dawn News)