LAHORE – Pakistan No 1 tennis player Aqeel Khan, Abdullah Adnan, Noor Malik and Esha Jawad advanced in the Sheikhoo Steel Pakistan Open Tennis Championship 2023 here at the Sports Board Punjab Tennis Academy, Nishtar Park on Tuesday.
In the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals, Aqeel Khan beat Hasheesh Kumar 6-1, 6-1, Abdullah Adnan beat Bilal Asim 6-1, 6-2. In the ladies singles quarterfinals, Noor Malik beat Rahat ul Ain 6-0, 6-0, Esha Jawad beat Soha Ali 6-2, 6-4.
In the boys U-18 pre-quarterfinals, Hamid Israr beat Sheheryar Anees 6-4, 6-2, M Hamza Asim beat M Talha Khan 6-0, 6-1, Hamza Roman beat Kamran Khan 6-1, 6-1, Mahatir Muhammad beat Mustansir Ali Khan 6-0, 6-2.
In the men’s doubles pre-quarterfinals, Waqas Malik/Zaid Mujahid beat Hasheesh Kumar/Baqir Ali 6-1, 7-6, Muhatir Muhammad/Saqib Hayat beat M Talha Khan/M Huzaifa Khan 5-7, 6-3, 10-4, Nael Qureshi/Sami Zeb Khan beat Sikandar Hayat/Faizan Fayyaz 4-6, 6-1, 10-8, Imran Bhatti/Ahmad Babar beat Ahmad Chaudhry/Abdaal Haider 6-3, 4-6, 10-4.
In the seniors’ doubles 55plus doubles quarterfinals, Rashid Malik/Arif Feroze beat Kamran Qureshi/Ashiq 6-0, 6-0, Israr Gul/Humayun Pervez beat Dr Arif/Zia Ullah 6-4, 6-4, Amir Altaf/Abid Malik beat Dr Shahzad Saleem/Ali Qayum 6-0, 6-2 and Waqar Nisar/Inam ul Haq beat Ch Khalil/Dr Sajid Pervez 6-1, 6-0.
In the seniors doubles 45 plus pre-quarterfinals, Talha Waheed/Israr Gul beat Kamran Qureshi/Ch Khalil 6-0, 6-0, M Asghar/Tariq Sadiq beat Ahmad Waqas Basit/Rana Humayun 6-7, 6-1, 10-4, Arif Feroze/Fayyaz Khan beat Syed Shams ud din/Ahsan Wali 6-1, 6-2, Qasim Ali/Mehboob Waheed beat Dr Arif /Sajid Bukhari 6-4, 6-4, Ashar Khan/Kamran Khan beat Col Atif/M Shoaib 6-4, 7-5.
In the boys U-16 1st round, Asad Zaman beat Zohaib Afzal Malik 6-0 (rtd), Syed Mahad Shehzad beat Abdullah Pirzada 6-3, 6-3, Shahsawar Khan beat Eesa Fahad 6-0, 6-1, Amir Mazari beat Talmoor Ansari 6-2, 6-3, M Haziq Asim beat M.uzair 6-1, 6-1, Haziq Areejo beat Abdullah 6-3, 6-3, M Talha Khan beat M Sohaan Noor 6-3, 6-3, Hamza Ali Rizwan beat Nabeel Ali Qayum 6-4, 6-0, Inam Qadir beat Saif 7-6, 6-1, Sheheryar Anees beat Laraib Shamsi 6-0, 6-0, Abdul Basit beat Abubakar Khalil 7-5, 6-3, Abubakar Talha beat Aalay Hussain 6-0, 6-1, Jawad Khan beat Hassan Alam 6-0, 6-1, Ahtesham Humayun beat M Rehan 6-0, 6-0.
In the boys U-18 doubles pre-quarterfinals, M Salaar/M Hamza Asim beat Jawad Khan Saif Ullah 6-0, 6-0, Amir Mazari/Waleed Humayun beat M Sohaan Noor/M Rehan 6-2, 6-0, Abubakar Talha/Ali Talha beat M Talha Khan/Inam Qadir 6-0, 6-0, Asad Zaman/Shehryar Anees beat Kashan Tariq/Shahsawar Khan 6-4, 6-4.
In the boys U-14 doubles quarterfinals, Haziq Asim/Abdul Basit beat Laraib Shamsi/Haziq Areejo 4-2, 4-2, M Uzair/Abdullah beat Abdullah Sajjad Wahla/Hamza Ahmad 4-2, 5-3. In the boys/girls U-12 doubles pre-quarterfinals, Aliyan Ali/Ayan Shahbaz beat Maaz Areejo/Azan Imran 4-0, 5-3, Ayan Khan/Awais Zia beat Anis Khan/Hamza Khan 5-3, 4-0.
