Sheharyar Malik Tennis Championship move into semifinal stage
Aqeel Khan, Abid, Muzammil Murtaza and Shahzad Khan qualified for the Sheharyar Malik National Grass Court Tennis Championship 2018 men’s singles semifinals at the PLTA tennis courts, Lahore.
On the fourth day of championship Men’s Singles, Doubles and Ladies single quarterfinals matches were played, where the seeded players moved into semifinals of Sheheryar Malik National Grass Court Tennis Championship 2018 at Bagh-e-Jinnah Tennis Courts, Lahore. The championship comprises Men’s singles, Men’s doubles, ladies singles, U-18, U-14, U-12, U-10, seniors 40 plus doubles, seniors 50 plus doubles and seniors 60 plus doubles events.
In the first quarterfinal of the men’s singles, Pakistan’s top player Aqeel Khan outshine Mudassar Murtaza as he could not allow Mudassar to play freely and easily won the match by 6-2, 6-2 while Muhammad Abid proved too hot for Saqib Umar by thrashing him in one sided encounter by 6-0, 6-0 and qualified for the semifinal.
Sara Mehboob, Sara Mansoor and Mehwish Chishti won their respective quarterfinals to qualify for the ladies singles semifinals.
Quarterfinal Results:
| Men's Singles | |||
| Aqeel Khan | def | Mudassar Murtaza | 6-2, 6-2 |
| Muhammad Abid | def | Saqib Umar | 6-0, 6-0 |
| Muzzamil Murtaza | def | Heera Ashiq | 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 |
| Shahzad Khan | def | Abdaal Haider | 7-5, 7-5. |
| Ladies Singles | |||
| Sarah Mehboob | def | Sara Muhammad | 5-7, 6-0, 6-1 |
| Sara Mansoor | def | Nida Akram | 6-0, 6-0 |
| Mehwish Chishti | def | Esha Batool | 6-0, 6-0 |
| Men's Doubles | |||
| Talha Waheed and Fayyaz Khan | def | Hamayun Rana and Hassan Saeed | 6-3, 6-0 |
| Aqeel Khan and Shahzad Khan | def | Barkat Ullah and Asad Ullah | 6-3, 6-2 |
| Heera Ashiq and Abdul Rehman | def | Ahmad Babar and Sid Siddqui | 6-3, 7-6 |
| Abid and Usman Rafiq | def | Fayyaz and Talha | 6-2,6-1 |
