Category: Tennis

Islamabad: 9th Benazir Bhutto Shaheed National ranking tennis tournament is currently in progress at National Tennis complex Islamabad. First semifinal was played between Muzzamil Murtaza and Aqeel Khan. Muzzamil won the first set by
6-3 with ease while in the second set aqeel has controlled the game and took at set by 7-5, Third set was
very tough for both players and both showed and played to their full potential, but Muzzamil proved to
be stronger and took the third set 6-4. Tomorrow Ladies single,Under 12, Under 10, Under 18 Girls final
will be played at 10;30am while Men singles final will be played at 1pm. Farahat ullah baber will be the
Chief Guest for the finals.
Results:
Men Singles Results:
Semifinal: Muzzamil Murtaza bt Aqeel Khan 6-3,5-7,6-4; Muhammad Shoaib bt Yousaf Khalil 6-0,6-1;
Men Doubles:
Final: Muzzamil Murtaza/Muhammad Shoaib bt Muhammad Abid/Waqas Malik 7-6(4),6-3;
Ladies Singles:
Semfinal: Amana Ali Qayum bt Mehak Khokhar 7-6(5),7-8(2); Sara Mehboob bt Esha Jawad 6-3,6-4;
U-18 Boys Single Results:
Final: Ahmed Naeel Qureshi bt 3-6,6-2,6-3;
U-14 Boys single:
Final: Hassan Usmani bt Muzzamil Bhand 6-1,6-0;
U-12 Boys Single:
Semifinal: Shayan Afridi bt Arsh Imran 4-1,4-0; Razziq Sultan bt Ibrahim Gill 4-0,4-0;
Boys Under 10:
Semifinal: Rashid Ali Bachani bt Arsh Imran 4-0,4-0; Muhammad Faizan bt Ibrahim Gill 5-3,1-4,4-1;

Vetran Doubles 45+
Final: Rashid Ali/Israr Gul bt Amin Khan/Syed Murtaza 6-4,6-3;

Islamabad: 9 th Benazir Bhutto (Shaheed) National Tennis Championships 2023 entered in the semifinal states as Pakistan No 1 Aqeel khan, Muzammil Murtaza, Yousaf Khalil and Shoaib reach in the semifinals. in the first
Match of the day Aqwas between Aqeel Khan and
Muddassir Murtaza which lasted 2 hours 30 minutes. Aqeel took the first 6-4, and in the second set
Muddassir out classed Aqeel khan and broke his serve at the beginning of set and won by 6-1, third set
was a thriller and both players fought hard but at 4-4 Aqeel got the advantage of his experience and
finished victorious by 6-4 in the third. Tomorrow matches will start at 10am.
Results:
Men Singles Results:
Quarterfinal: Aqeel Khan bt Muddassir Murtaza 6-4,1-6,6-4; Muzzammil Murtaza bt Barkat ullah 6-2,6-4;
Yousaf Khalil bt Muhammad Abid 6-3,6-0; Muhammad Shoaib bt Muhammad Salar 6-0,6-3;
Men Doubles:
Semifial: Mohammad Abid/Waqas Malik bt Yousaf Khalil/Barkat ullah 4-6,6-4,10-3; Muzzamil
Murtaza/Muhammad Shoaib bt 6-1,3-6,10-5;
Ladies Singles:
Quarterfinal: Esha Jawad bt Kainat Ali 6-2,6-2; Sara Mehboob bt Shiza Sajjid 7-5,6-4; Amna Ali Qayum bt
Asifa Shebaz 6-1,7-5;
U-18 Boys Single Results:
Semifinal: Hamza Asim bt Mahatir Muhammad 6-4,5-7,7-5; Ahmed Naeel bt Hamza Roman 6-1,6-4;
U-18 Girls Single Results:
Semifinal: Amna Ali Qayum bt Zunaisah Noor 6-2,6-2; Shiza Sajjid bt Manha Khalid 6-0,6-1;
U-14 Boys single:
Semifinal: Hassan Usmani bt Rohab Faisal 4-1,3-5,4-0; Muzzamil Bhand bt Mahd Shezad 4-2,4-1;
U-12 Boys Single:
Quarterfinal: Shayan Afridi bt Abdul Wasay 4-2,4-0; Arsh Imran bt Zaid Zaman 3-5,4-1,4-0; Ibrahim Gil
w/o Ahmed Hussain; Raziq Sultan bt Rashid Bachani 4-1,4-2;
Boys Under 10:

Qaterfinal: Arsh Imran bt Majid Ali Bachani 4-1,4-0; Ibrahim Gil bt Ehsan Bari 4-1,4-0; Rashid Bachani bt
Qasim ul Khair 4-1,4-0; Muhammad Faizan bt Salar Khan 4-1,4-0;

Vetran Doubles 45+
Semifinal: Muhammad Amin/Syed Murtaza bt Azeem Khan/Mehmood Khan 6-3,6-3; Rashid Ali/Israr Gul
bt Sohail Bulant/Yasin Abbassi 6-2,6-1;

ISLAMABAD: Khurram Shehzad

Pencil-thin, rising tennis player, Ahmed Nael Qureshi overcame Kamonpanyakorn Thadapong from Thailand 2-1 to qualify for the final of the ITF Pakistan J30 World Junior Tennis Championships-II at PTF-SDA Tennis Complex Islamabad, as the final score-line was 4-6, 6-3, and 6-3 and the match lasted one hour and 40 minutes. Ahmed Nael Qureshi will take on Yoshito Oda from Japan in the final on Friday at the same venue.

 In the first semifinal, local player 4th Seed Nael Ahmed Qureshi (PAK) caused a major upset by defeating top seed Tadpong Kamonpanyakorn of Thailand in a thrilling three-set match of the day. It is pertinent to mention here that Ahmed Nael Qureshi is a student of Westminster School and an upcoming talented youngster from Ace Tennis Academy

Nael Qureshi started the match on a very positive note and continued the pace of the game with the exchange of good rallies and cross-court short till score went-up 3-3 level. In the seventh game, Qureshi made some unforced errors and hit the ball into the net, and lost the game by hitting a double fault. At this stage, Tadpong built-up his winning lead 5-4 and tried to finish the set in the 9th game but failed to convert and ultimately grabbed the 10th game to win the set at 6-4.

Qureshi changed the game plan in the second set by playing some attacking game according to the situation and built up a winning lead of 4-2 by breaking the 2nd and 6th game of Tadapong. Nael after losing the 7th game played extraordinary tennis and broke back the 8th game and held the 9th game in his favour, taking the 2nd set at 6-3, and leveled the match 1-1.

In the final and decisive set, both the players exhibited a high standard of tennis. Tadapong tried his best and succeeded to break the 4th game of Qureshi to build-up the lead 3-1 but Nael Qureshi bounced back, changing the pace and strategy of the game plan, and played his best tennis by hitting excellent ground stokes down the line and cross-court, and continued to break the 5th, 7th and 9th game of Tadpong and qualified for the final of the ITF Pakistan J30 World Junior Tennis Championships-II.

Results:

Boys’ Singles (Semifinals):

Ahmed Nael Qureshi (PAK) beat Kamonpanyakorn Thadapong (THA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

Yoshito Oda (JPN) beat Zaidh Zehar (SRI) 6-1, 6-2

Girls’ Singles (Semifinals):

Sajidda Razick (SRI) beat Anastasia Melnikova (RUS) 6-2, 6-2

Victoria Sedova (RUS) beat Bahar Kilic (TUR) 6-1, 6-2

Boys’ Doubles (Semifinals):

Toki Adachi (JPN) / Yoshito ODA (JPN) beat Aahil Kalil (SR) / Zaidh Zihar (SRI) 6-1, 7-6 (4)

Thanathip Poti (THA) / Kamonpanyakorn Thadapong (THA) beat Mohammad Salar Khan / Mohammad Hamza Aasim (PAK) 2-6, 6-4 (10-4)

Girls’ Double (Semifinals):

Victoria Sedova (RUS) / Anastasia Melnikova (RSU) beat Fatima Ali Raja / Zainab Ali Raja (PAK) 6-0, 6-0

Bihar Kilic (TUR) / Saajida Razick (SRI) beat Venuli Senari (SR)/ Srimuk (THA) 6-1, 6-1

Friday’s Fixtures:

Boys’ Singles Final: 10:00 am

Girls’ Singles Final: 10:00 am

Boys’ Doubles Final 2:00 pm