1st HASCOL National Ranking Tennis Championships 2016, all the top eight seeded players won their pre quarterfinal matches in straight sets By, Asghar Ali Mubarak

1st HASCOL National Ranking Tennis Championships 2016, all the top eight seeded players won their pre quarterfinal matches in straight sets

By, Asghar Ali Mubarak

Islamabad – The top players of Pakistan convincingly proved their playing prowess in the men’s singles event of 1st HASCOL National Ranking Tennis Championships when all the top eight seeds won their pre quarterfinal matches in straight sets. Aqeel Khan, Ahmed Chaudhry, Shahzad Khan, Mudasir Murtaza, Heera Ashiq, Yasir Khan, Usman Rafiq and Muhammad Abid secured their places in the quarterfinal stage.Top seed Aqeel Khan will face Davis Cupper Ahmed Chaudhry, former Davis Cupper Veteran Shahzad Khan will face young Mudasir Murtaza, Davis Cupper Yasir Khan will face 5th seed Heera Ashiq of Lahore and 2nd seed Muhammad Abid will face 8thseed Usman Rafiq both from Lahore in the quarterfinals tomorrow at 9:00 am. Following are the results:Men’s Singles Pre Quarterfinal round matches: Aqeel Khan beat Raja Shahid 6-2, 6-2; Ahmed Chaudhry beat Syed Nofil Kaleem 7-5, 6-0; Shahzad Khan beat Kashan ul Haq 6-2, 6-2; Mudassir Murtaza beat Muzammil Murtaza 6-2, 6-4; Heera Ashiq beat Barkat ullah 6-4, 6-3; Yasir Khan beat Shahzad PAF 6-1, 6-2; Usman Rafiq beat Abdal Haider 6-3, 6-4, Muhammad Abid beat Usman Ejaz 7-6(2), 6-2.Boys under 18 Singles Pre Quarterfinal round matches: Muzammil Murtaza beat Hamza Bin Rehan 6-2, 6-2; Abdal Haider beat Parbhat Kumar 4-6,6-2,6-0; Aman Atiq beat Shakir ullah 6-1,6-2; Huzaifa Abdul Rehman beat Samad Areejo 6-0,6-1; Shoaib Khan beat Aqib Umer 6-7(5),6-4,7-5; Syed Nofil Kaleem beat Ilham Khan 6-1,6-2; Yousaf Khan beat Bilal Khan 6-3,6-4; Haris Irfan ul Haq beat Kashif Khan 7-5,6-3,Boys under 14 Quarterfinal round matches: Shoaib Khan beat M. Abdullah 4-1,6-2; Aqib Umer beat Hamza Roman 4-0,5-3; Hamza Bin Rehan beat Hamid Israr 4-2,4-0; Nalain Abbas beat Sami Zeb 4-1,4-2.Boys Under 10 first round matches: Yahya Musa Luni beat Irtaza Khurram 4-1, 4-0; Bilal Asim beat Umer Masood 4-0,4-0;