1st HASCOL National Ranking Tennis Championships, 2016, Pakistan No.1 and top seed, Aqeel Khan, eliminated Shaheen Mehmood at score 6-2,6-2 seeded players without much difficulty, advanced in to next rounds
By, Asghar Ali Mubarak
Islamabad –Without much difficulty, seeded players advanced in to next rounds the men’s singles and juniors 18 and under singles first round of 1st HASCOLl National Ranking Tennis Championships, 2016, here at S. Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex, Islamabad.
Pakistan No.1 and top seed, Aqeel Khan, eliminated Shaheen Mehmood at score 6-2,6-2, Yasir Khan brushed aside Yousaf Khan of Peshawar at 6-0, 6-1, Mudasir Murtaza defeated qualifier Saqib Umer of KP also in straight sets at the score of 6-0, 6-2.
In junior under 18 singles, county’s top player from Jehanian, Muzammil Murtaza, (bye in the first round) advanced to round 2 along with other players Hamza Bin Rehan (Islamabad), Barbhat Kumar (Karachi), Aman Atiq (Rawalpindi), Samad Areejo (Karachi), Aqib Umer (Peshawar), S. Nofil Kaleem (Islamabad), Bilal Khan (Hyderabad), and Kashif Khan (Peshawar).
Following are the results:
Men’s Singles first round matches:
Aqeel Khan beat Shaheen Mehmood 6-2, 6-2; Ahmed Chaudhry beat Abbas Khan 6-3, 6-0; Shahzad Khan beat Ejaz Khan 6-3, 6-2; Kashan ul Haq beat Ilham Khan 6-2, 7-6(7); Mudasir Murtaza beat Saqib Umer 6-0, 6-2; Shahzad/PAF beat Shahid Afridi 6-4,6-4; Yasir Khan beat Yousaf Khan 6-1,6-0; Usman Rafiq beat Hamza Bin Asif 6-3,6-2; Usman Ejaz beat Huzaifa Abdul Rehman 6-4,6-4.
Boys Under 18 Singles first round matches:
Hamza bin Rehan beat Nalain Abbas 6-1,1-6,7-6(4); Parbhat Kumar beat Zeeshan Bhachani 6-4,6-2; Aman Atiq beat Talha bin Asif 6-3, 6-1; Samad Areejo beat Ashesh Kumar 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Aqib Umer beat Nadir Bhachani 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Syed Nofil Kaleem beat Kashan Umer 6-0, 6-0; Bilal Khan beat Sumit Dass 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; Kashif Khan beat Musa Chaudhry. 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.
Boys Under 14 first round matches:
Sumit Dass beat Hamid ullah 4-0,4-0; Subhan Bin Salik beat Hamza Jawad 4-0,4-1; M. Huzaifa Khan beat Yahya Musa Luni 4-0,4-1; Bilal Asim beat Muhammad Talha Qazi 4-1,4-0; Kashan Umer beat Muhammad Abdullah Qazi 4-0,4-0;
