LAHORE – Asad Zaman, Ahtesham Humayun, Hamid Israr and Muhammad Salaar reached the semifinals of the 4th Tennis Lovers Junior National Tennis Championship after winning their respective boys U-18 singles quarterfinals played here at Punjab Tennis Academy, Bagh-e-Jinnah on Thursday.
In boys U-18 quarterfinals, Asad Zaman (Ali Embroidery Mills) beat Shahzaib Zahid 6-2, 6-2, Ahtesham Humayun beat Arman Kamran 6-4, 6-4, Hamid Israr beat Yafat Nadeem 6-2, 6-0 and M Salaar beat Hamza Ali Rizwan 6-3, 6-0.
In boys U-14 quarterfinals, Amir Mazari (Aitchison) beat Aryan Hassan 4-0, 4-0, Hamza Ali Rizwan beat Haziq Areejo 4-0, 4-0, Nabeel Ali Qayum beat Ismail Aftab 2-4, 4-0, 4-0 and Abubakar Talha beat M Umer Ali 3-0 (rtd).
In boys/girls U-12 quarterfinals, Abdur Rehman (SICAS) beat M Umer Ali 4-0, 4-1, Hajra Suhail (SICAS) beat Bismel Zia 2-4, 4-2, 4-2 and Rashid Ali Bachani beat Junaid Khan 4-1, 5-3. In boys/girls U-10 quarterfinals, Rashid Ali Bachani beat Hassan Alam 4-2, 4-0, M Ibraheem Hussain Gill beat Shahzaib Faisal 4-1, 5-3 and M Ehsan Bari beat Ali Saqib 5-3, 4-1.
