Yasir, Abid reach semis

Two more seeded players — second seed Yasir Khan and third seed Mohammad Abid Mushtaq — joined top seed Aqeel Khan in the men’s singles semi-final of the second Modern Club Founder Members Tennis Championship by winning their respective quarters on Monday.

While Yasir struggled to swept aside Mohammad Mudassir 6-4, 6-3, Abid made a short work of Usman Rafiq 6-1, 6-1 in the two quarter-finals.

Third seed Abdal Haider recovered from a set down to post 6-7, 6-4, 6-1 victory over sixth seed M. Raza Sawani to propel in the under-18 singles semi-final.

Results:

Men’s singles:

Quarter-finals: Yasir khan bt Mohammad Mudassir 6-4, 6-3; M Abid Mushtaq bt Usman Rafiq 6-1, 6-1.

Under-18 singles:

Querter-final: Abdal Haider bt M. Raza Sawani 6-7, 6-4, 6-1.

Under-14 singles:

Semi-final: Mohammad Dada bt Houd Azhar 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.

Under-10 singles:

Semi-final: Ibrahim Nouman bt Zain Ehtisham 9-7.

35 singles:

Semi-finals: Asad Ali Bhagat bt Kaleem Ghanchi 6-1, 6-1; Rashid Malik (ZTBL) bt Shoaib Anees 6-0, 6-3.

Men’s doubles:

First round: Aqeel Khan and Yasir Khan bt M. Faisal and Abdul Samad 6-0, 6-0; Nazif and Ibrahim bt Eibad Sarwar Hussain and Imran Ahmed 6-2, 6-4; Mudassir Murtaza and Muzammil Murtaza bt Salman Ahmed and Murad Khan 6-1, 6-4; Aqeel Shabbir and Ahmed Ehatasham bt Robin Das and Amanval Anwar 3-6, 6-1, 6-2; Haris Irfanul Haq and Sahibzada Mohammad Ali bt Abdul Rehman and Ali Bhagat 4-6, 6-1, 6-3;

Heera Ashiq and Fiazan bt Bilal and Sher Ahmed 6-2, 6-3.

55 plus doubles:

First round: Karim Guland Zafar Hassan bt Afaq Zafar and Raees 6-3, 6-2.

Semi-final: Karim Gul and Zafar Hassan bt Gul Hameed and Mehboob 6-1, 6-0.

35 plus doubles:

Firt round: Mohammad Iltafat and Shoaib Anis bt M Faisal Rahim and M. Faraz 6-0, 6-1; Umair Chawala and Tariq Allawala bt Syed Qutub and Fayyaz Ahmed 6-0, 6-1.

(Source: Dawn News)