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Unseeded Barkat Ullah stuns second seeded Muzammil Murtaza in SA Gardens Pakistan Open Tennis C'ships 2021 quarters

Unseeded Barkat Ullah stunned second seeded Muzammil Murtaza in the SA Gardens Pakistan Open Tennis Championships 2021 men's singles quarterfinal played at the PLTA Courts, Lahore.

Unseeded Barkat Ullah stunned second seeded Muzammil Murtaza in the SA Gardens Pakistan Open Tennis Championships 2021 men's singles quarterfinal played at the PLTA Courts, Lahore.

Barkat Ullah, who is though unseeded player yet a very dedicated and hardworking one, played tremendous tennis against Muzammil Murtaza, who recently represented Pakistan in Davis Cup tie against Japan, and recorded an upset victory against the second seeded player with a score of 6-4, 1-6, 7-5.

Barkat started well against Muzammil, putting him under pressure and winning the first set 6-4.

Muzammil bounced back strongly in the second set and comfortably won it 6-1 but in the third and decisive set, it was once again Barkat Ullah, who matched fire-with-fire till the end and held his nerves in the dying moments of the match to win the set 7-5, thus registered a well-deserving victory against Muzammil.

In other quarterfinals of the day, top seed Aqeel Khan brushed aside Mudassar Murtaza 6-3, 6-2, M Shoaib faced some resistance from Yousaf Khalil before winning the encounter 7-5, 6-1 and M Abid displayed quality tennis against seasoned campaigner Heera Ashiq and outpaced him 6-3, 6-2.

Men's doubles:

PlayervsPlayerScoreline
Aqeel/Ahmad
def
Hassan/Fayyaz 6-2, 6-0
Imran Bhatti (Gymkhana)/AhmaddefAsad/Ejaz6-4, 6-3
Aqib/Syed NofildefNauman/Illham Khan
6-2, 6-2
Barkat/Shoaib
defOmer/Khurram
6-3, 6-1
Shakir Ullah/Tahir UllahdefKamil/Faizan6-1, 6-1
Yousaf/Heeradef Noumam/Asjad6-0, 6-3
Boys U-18:

PlayervsPlayerScoreline
Farman Shakeeldef
 Uzair Khan 6-3, 6-1
Faizan Fayyaz
defBakir Ali6-1, 6-2
Hamid IsrardefAzan Sajid6-0, 6-2
Nalain Abbasdef Shehryar Anees6-0, 6-1
Hassam KhandefAhtesham Arif4-6, 7-6, 10-6
Zalan KhandefAhmad Nael7-5, 6-0
 Hashessh Kumar
def Bilal Asim6-2, 6-1
Mahatir Muhammad
defM Huazifa Khan6-3, 6-3

Boys U-18 doubles:

PlayervsPlayerScoreline
Farman/Nalain
defShaeel/Hassan 4-2, 4-2
Bilal/Faizan
defArif/Hamza6-2, 6-0
Hasheesh/Mahatir
defHuzaifa/Talha 4-1, 2-4, 10-3
Zalan/HamiddefNael/Uzair4-2, 4-2.

Boys U-14:

PlayervsPlayerScoreline
Haider Ali RizwandefEesa Fahd4-0, 4-0
Ameer Mazari
defMoavia Butt
4-1, 4-0
Ahtesham Humayun
def Omer Jawad4-0, 4-0
Hamza Ali RizwandefHusnain Ali Rizwan
4-0, 4-1

Seniors 40 plus doubles:

PlayervsPlayerScoreline
Shakeel/Isrardef
 Kamran/Shahdab 6-1, 6-1
Fayyaz/Arif
defTanvir/Bilal6-3, 6-1

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