3rd Chairman POF Board National Ranking Tennis Championship continue in full swing
Aqeel Khan moved into the third round of the 3rd Chairman POF Board national ranking Tennis Championship at POF Tennis Courts in Wah, Islamabad.
The third National Ranking Tennis Tournament is organised by the Pakistan Tennis Federation in collaboration with the POF sports control board in which players from all over the country are participating.
Top seed Aqeel Khan overpowered youngster Malik Abdul Rehman to move into the third round by 2-0. Both gave tough time to each other when it was 4-4, Aqeel utilized his vast experience and managed to break Abdul Rehman’s ninth game to take 5-4 lead and then managed to hold onto his serve to take the first set 6-4 in 35 minutes.
In the second set, Abdul Rehman failed to repeat the same while Aqeel started dictating terms as he broke second and fourth games of Abdul Rehman to comfortably win the set 6-2 in 22 minutes, thus registered a well-fought victory and advanced to the next round.
Muzammil Murtaza, Mudassar, Muhammad Shoaib, Gibranul Haq, Abid Ali Akbar and Muhammad Abid outplayed their respective opponents to move into third round of National Ranking Tennis Tournament started at the Pakistan Ordnance Factories tennis court in Wah, Islamabad.
Men’s Singles (second round) Results:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
| Aqeel Khan | def | Malik Abdul Rehman | 6-4, 6-2 |
| Muzammil Murtaza | def | Huzaifa Abdul Reham | 6-4, 6-3 |
| Mudassir Murtaza | def | Ahmed Babar | 6-1, 6-0 |
| M. Shoaib | def | Saqib Hayat | 6-1, 6-4 |
| Gibran ul Haq | def | Subhan bin Salik | 6-1,6-2 |
| Abid Akbar | def | Heera Ashiq | 6-4, 6-4 |
| M. Abid | def | Ahmed Chowdhury | 6-2, 7-6 (2) |
Men’s Doubles (first round) Results:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
| Saqib Hayat,Nauman Aftab | def | Kashan ul Haq,Gibran ul haq | 7-5, 6-2 |
| Amjad Ishaq, Major Mazhar | def | Shakirullah, Musa Chowdhury | 7-6 (4), 5-7, 10-5 |
| Heera Ashiq, Malik A.Rehman | w/o | Qasim Ali,Zeeshan Malik | |
| Yousah Khalil, Asadullah | def | Ahmed Asjad, Ahmed Babar | 6-3, 3-6,10-5 |
| M. Shoaib, Huzaifa A. Rehman | def | Abdaal Haider, Ahmed Chowdhury | 6-3, 2-6, 10-7 |
Boys U-18 (second round) Results:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
| Muhammad Shoaib | def | Kashan Umar | 6-3, 6-4 |
| Huzaifa A. Rehman | def | Hamid Israr | 6-0, 6-0 |
| Nauman Aftab | def | Ahtisham Humayun | 6-0, 6-0 |
| Parbat Kumar | def | Musa Chowdhury | 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 |
| Ahmad Asjad | def | M. Abdullah | 6-0, 6-4 |
| Hassam Khan | def | Zaid Nasir | 6-4, 6-1 |
| Aqib Hayat | def | Uzair Khan | 6-0, 6-1 |
| Saqib Hayat | def | Sami Zeb | 6-1, 6-2 |
Boys U-14 (second round) Results:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
| Sami Zeb | def | Shahsawar Khan | 4-1, 4-2 |
| M. Talha Khan | def | Hamza Roman | 5-3, 4-2 |
| Uzair Khan | def | Huzaima A. Rehman | 4-2, 2-4, 5-4 (3) |
| Hasheesh Kumar | def | Ahtesham Humayun | 4-0, 4-0 |
| Kashan Umar | def | Yahya Musa Luni | 4-0, 4-0 |
| Hamid Israr | def | Hamid Israr | 4-0, 4-0 |
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
| Hamza Roman | w/o | Abdul Basit | |
| Hammad Shah | def | Abdullah Amjad | 4-1, 4-0 |
| M. Haziq | def | Abdur Rehman | 4-0, 4-2 |
| Taimur | def | Muhammad Zubair | 4-1, 4-1 |
| Zainab Ali | def | Hassan Usmani | 5-3, 4-2 |
| Jamal Shah | def | Esha Zubair | 4-2, 4-0 |
