Serena Hotels ITF Men’s Pro-Circuit (Futures) Tennis Tournament-2018 continue in full swing
Pakistan’s national champion Aqeel Khan lost to third seed Ti Chen of Chinese Taipei in the main round of the Serena Hotels ITF Futures here at the PTF Complex on Tuesday.
The Serena Hotels ITF Men’s Pro-Circuit (Futures) Tennis Tournament-2018 continue in full swing where a total of 11 matches were decided in the men’s singles category and two were played in the doubles category on the fourth day of the tournament.
Pakistan’s longest serving No 1 tennis player Aqeel Khan was beaten in three hard-fought sets by Chinese Taipei’s Ti Chen in the Serena Hotels ITF Men’s Pro-Circuit (Futures) Tennis Tournament-2018, here at Senator Dilawar Ababs PTf Complex, Islamabad.
Aqeel fought bravely and went down fighting 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. Ahmed Chaudhry toiled hard to beat his Uzbek opponent in three sets while Abid Ali Akbar breezed past his Australian counterpart in straight sets. Heera Ashiq and Mudassar Murtaza also won their doubles match in straight sets.
Men’s singles main round Results:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
| Ray Ho (TPE) | def | Shamael Choudhary (GBR) | 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 |
| Ti Chen (TPE) | def | Aqeel Khan (PAK) | 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 |
| Anton Chekhov (RUS) | def | Malik Abdul Rehman (PAK) | 6-3, 6-2 |
| Rio Noguchi (JPN) | def | Mudassar Mutaza (PAK) | 6-2, 6-3 |
| Kai Wehnelt (GER) | def | Mohammad Shoaib (PAK) | 6-0, 6-2 |
| Ahmed Choudhary (PAK) | def | Amal Sultanbekov (UZB) | 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
| Abid Ali Akbar (PAK) | def | Jackson Varney (AUS) | 6-2, 6-0 |
| Darko Jandric (SRB) | def | Barkat Khan (PAK) | 6-3, 6-1 |
| Shonigmatjon Shoeyziyev (UZB) | def | Sora Fukuda (JPN) | 6-2, 6-3 |
| Saida’lo Saidkarimov (UZB) | def | Vladimir Polyakov (RUS) | 6-3, 6-2 |
| Muzammil Murtaza (PAK) | def | Hamid Reza Nadaf (IRI) | 7-6 (2), 6-2 |
Men’s Double main round Results:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
| Sora Fukuda (JPN)/Ray Ho (TPE) | def | Lorenzo Bocchi (ITA)/Alex Canter (GBR) | 3-6, 6-3, 10-6 |
| Heera Ashiq/Mudassar Murtaza (PAK) | def | Hamid Reza Nadaf (IRI)/Jackson Varney (AUS) | 6-2, 6-4 |
Boys’ singles U-18:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
| Muhamamd Shoaib | def | Hasan Khan | 6-0, 6-1 |
| Musa Choudhary | def | Aqib Umar | (walkover) |
| Ahmed Kamil | def | Mohammad Hadin | (walkover) |
| Zain Choudhary | def | Adnan Khan | (walkover) |
| Mohammad Abdullah | def | Abdullah Khan | 7-5, 6-4 |
| Abdullah Adnan | def | Uzair Khan | 6-2, 6-3 |
| Nauman Aftab | def | Hamza Jawad | 6-0, 6-0 |
| Ahmed Asjad | def | Faizan Shahid | 6-2, 6-3 |
| Sami Zeb | def | Osama Khan | 6-4, 7-6 (3) |
| Subhan bin Salik | def | Rayan Jawad | (walkover) |
| Saqib Umer | def | Prabat Kumar | 6-2, 6-2 |
