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Aisam & Aqeel grab double's title of 5th Shaheed Benazir Bhutto National Ranking Tennis C'ship

Aisam-ul-Haq and Aqeel Khan earned the men’s doubles title of the 5th Shaheed Benazir Bhutto National Ranking Tennis Championship 2019 at Islamabad Tennis Complex.

 

The 5th edition of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto National Ranking Tennis Championship 2019 continued in full swing at Islamabad Tennis Complex.

Brilliant Aisam-ul-Haq and Aqeel Khan attained the men’s doubles title after thrashing the junior pair of Huzifa Abdul Rehman and Muhammad Shoaib by 2-0. The two juniors recently represented Pakistan in the Davis Cup against India.

In the first set, Aisam & Aqeel managed to break the very first serve of Huzaifa/Shoaib and then raced to a 2-0 lead. They maintained their dominance till the end and broke the ninth serve of the youngsters to take the first set 6-3 in 25 minutes.


In the second set, Aisam/Aqeel continued to play better tennis and kept their opponents under pressure and won the second set easily by 6-2 in 35 minutes to clinch the title.

Deputy Chairman Senate Saleem Mandviwalla graced the occasion as chief guest while Senator Taj Haider, Fazle Subhan, PTF President Salim Saifullah Khan and PTF management were also present there.

Men’s singles quarterfinals:

PlayervsPlayerScore line 
Aqeel KhandefYousaf Khalil6-3, 6-3
Ahmed Chaudhry defShehzad Khan6-4, 6-2
Muzamil MurtazadefHuzaifa 0-6, 6-2, 6-3
Heera Ashiqdef Aman Atiq 6-2, 6-1

Boys’ U-18 pre-quarterfinals:

PlayervsPlayerScore line 
Subhan bin SaliqdefNalain Abbas1-6, 6-4, 6-2
Aqib Hayatdef Osama Khan6-2, 4-6, 6-1 
 Muhammad ShoaibdefMuhammad Huzaifa Khan6-1, 6-1
Boys’ U-14 pre-quarterfinals:

PlayervsPlayerScore line 
Huzaifa A Rehman defKamran Khan4-2, 4-1
Uzair KhandefAhtesham Humayun4-2, 4-0
Ahmad Naeldef Taimoor Khan4-0, 4-1
Hamid Israr defAli Zain 4-0, 4-2
Hamza Asim defHusnain Rizwan 4-1, 5-4(1)
Haider Ali Rizwandef Yahya Musa Luni4-1, 4-1
Mahatir MuhammaddefShasawar Khan4-1, 5-3

 Ladies singles pre-quarterfinals:

PlayervsPlayerScore line 
Sara Mansoor w/oSara Rehman
Mehak KhokhardefMahnoor Sohail 6-0, 6-1
 Mahvish ChistidefSaher Aleem6-0, 6-1
Mariam Mirza defMahrukh Farooqui6-2, 6-1
Mahin AftabdefNida Akram6-0, 6-0
Boys/girls U-12 pre-quarterfinals:
PlayervsPlayerScore line 
Haniya Minhas w/oRayan Saud
Hamza Roman defLalarukh Sajid  4-0, 4-0 
Asad Zaman defSohail Afzal 3-5, 4-0, 4-0
Boys/girls U-10 pre-quarterfinals:
PlayervsPlayerScore line 
Haniya MinhasdefMuhammad Shayan4-0, 4-0
Haziq AsimdefSaqib Ali4-1, 4-1
Nabeel QayumdefHassan Usmani5-4(10), 2-4, 5-4
Amir Mazari defZunaisha Noor4-0, 4-0
Ammar Masood defAbdul Wasay4-0, 4-0
Men’s doubles 45 plus:
PlayervsPlayerScore line 
Imran Ahmed/Azeem Khan defIsrargul/Jahanzeb Khan 6-3, 6-4
Col Shahid/Col Aqeel KiyanidefAli Qayum/GulHameed 6-3, 6-0



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