Gujrat (Cliff News)1st Gujrat gymkhana Open National tennis Championship the Pakistan No 1 Aqeel Khan opened his account with a convincing victory against Shahzad of Pakistan air Force in the 2ndround of Mens Singles evnt of 1st Gujrat Gymkhana Open National Ranking Tennis Championship here at Gujrat Gymkhana Club. His score was 6-1, 6-2 , 4th seed Heera Ashiq, Shahzad Khan , Muzamil Murtaza, and Ahmed Chohdri also advanced to quarter final stage. Having Rs. 500000 cash JTF awards ,Grade one PTF tournament attracted top players from all over the country.Sami Zaib and Hamid Israr qualified for Semis in 14 & under singles event.Ladies singles shall be played from tomorrow onwards.
Results 14th Feb
Men s Singles 2nd Round
Aqeel Khan beat Shahzad PAF 6-1, 6-1
Mudassir Murtaza beat Usman Rafiq 6-1, 7-6
Shazad Khan beat Ejaz Ahmed Khan 6-2, 6-2
Muzamil Murtaza beat Haris Irfanul Haq 6-1, 7-6 (5)
Heera Ashiq beat Israr Gul 6-1, 6-1
Ahmed Chohdri beat Kashanul Haq 6-0, 6-1
Juniors 18 Singles Quarters
Yousuf Khan ( top seed) beat Zeeshan Bachani 6-0, 6-2
Hafiz Arbab beat Nadir Bachani 6-0, 6-1
Sami Zaib beat Zalan Khan 6-2, 6-0
Saqib Umer w/o Amir Khan
14 & under 1st Round
Kashan Umer beat Hamza Jawad 6-2, 7-5
Abdul Samad Areejo beat Muhammad Umer 6-2, 6-0
Tomorrow matches start at 9-30 am.