Sports Report
ISLAMABAD: Heera Ashiq pairing with Yousuf Khalil beat Nael Qureshi and Hamid Israr 2-1 in a three sets thriller of the Men’s Doubles event of the 8th Benazir Bhutto Shaheed National Tennis Championships 2022 at Islamabad Tennis Complex Islamabad on Wednesday. The final score-line was 7-6 (5), 2-6 and 10-7.
The matches of the 1st and 2nd rounds for different categories were played including Men singles, Under 18 Boys, Under 14 Boys, and Men doubles. In the first-round match of the men doubles, top seed Waqas Malik and Mohammad Abid defeated Muzzamil Murtaza and Muddassir Murtaza in straight set 6-4, 7-6 (5).
The second set went very exciting, and both pairs hold their serves brilliantly and did not allow opponents to overcome the scenario but in the tiebreak, Muzzamil and Mudassir made unforced errors at crucial stages where they lost the grip on the game and were defeated in straight sets.
National Tennis Championships Results
Men’s Singles:
Asad Ullah beat Waqas Malik 6-2, 6-2
Abdullah Adnan beat Daisuke Unemi 6-1, 6-2
Bial Asim bt Imran Bhatti 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
Heera Ashiq bt Hamza Asim 7-5, 6-2
Under-18 (Boys’ Singles):
Uzair Khan beat Kamran Khan 7-6 (7), 6-3
Mahtir Muhamad beat Hamza Roman 6-3, 6-4
Hamid Israr beat Mohammad Salar 6-2, 6-1
Mohammad Talha khan beat Ibrahim Noman 6-1, 6-1
Ahmed Nael beat Sameer Kiyani 6-0, 6-2
Abdul Hanan beat Mohammad Huzaifa Khan 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
Bilal Asim bt Haziq Aasim 6-2,6-0;
Under-14 (Boys’ Singles):
Abdul Hanan beat Saqib Ali 4-0, 4-0
Nabeel Qayum beat Ahmed Khan 4-0, 4-1
Muzamil Bhand beat Anees Khan 4-1, 4-1
Mohammad Hassan Usman beat Haziq Areejo 4-1, 4-1
Hashir Alam beat Razik Sultan 4-1, 4-1
Haziq Asim beat Mohammad Arsalan 4-1, 4-0
Abdul Khan beat Ali Zain 4-5 (5), 4-0, 4-2
Hamza Hussain bt Abdur Rehaman 4-0, 4-0.
Men Double’s (First Round):
Aqeel Khan/Asim Zaib Khan beat Usman Ijaz/Shahzad Khan 6-3, 3-2 Ret
Mohammad Abid/Waqas Malik beat Muzamil Mumtaz/Mudasir Mumtaz 6-3, 7-6 (4)
Saqib Hayat/Asad Ullah beat Nofil Kaleem/Hasam Khan 7-6 (5), 4-6, 10-8
Imran Bhatti/Abdullah Adnan beat Mohammad Talha Khan/Mohammad Huzaifa Khan 6-0, 6-2
Mahatir Muhamad/Bial Asim beat Ahmed Baber/Parbhat Kumar 6-1, 6-0
Mohammad Sohaib/Barkat Ullah beat Daisuke/Hamza Asim 6-1, 6-1
Faizan Fayaz/Jabir Ali beat Murtaza Husaini/Amin Khan (W-O)
Heera Ashiq/Yousuf Khalil beat Nael Qureshi/Hamid Israr 7-6 (5), 2-6, 10-7.