LAHORE, 5th Oct 2023: Aqeel Khan, Muhammad Shoaib, Yousaf Khalil and Muhammad Abid breezed into the semifinals of the Sheikhoo Steel Pakistan Open Tennis Championship here at Sports Board Punjab Tennis Academy, Nishtar Park on Wednesday.
In the men’s singles quarterfinals, Aqeel Khan beat Ahmad Nael Qureshi 6-3, 6-0, Muhammad Shoaib beat Mudassar Murtaza 6-0, 6-2, Yousaf Khalil beat Abdullah Adnan 6-1, 6-4, Muhammad Abid beat Heera Ashiq 6-2, 6-2. In the men’s doubles quarterfinals, Shoaib/Abid beat Waqas/Zaid 7-5, 6-1, Abdullah Adnan/Mudassar Murtaza beat Mahatir/Saqib 6-2, 6-1, Aqeel/Shehzad beat Ahmad Nael/Sami Zain 6-1, 6-2, Heera Ashiq/Yousaf Khalil beat Imran Bhatti/Ahmad Babar 6-4, 4-6, 10-8.
In the ladies singles semifinals, Noor Malik beat Esha Jawad 6-1, 6-3 and Meheq Khokhar beat Amna Ali Qayum 7-6, 6-1. In the seniors doubles 55 plus doubles semifinals, Rashid Malik/ Arif Feroze beat Amir Altaf/ Abid Malik 6-3, 6-0 while Humayun Pervez/Israr Gul beat Waqar Nisar/Inam ul Haq 6-1, 6-1. In the seniors doubles 65 plus doubles semifinals, Brig Ghazanfar/M Babar beat Maj Saeed/Mubeen Malik 6-2, 7-5. In seniors doubles 45 plus quarterfinals, Munir Hussain Gill/Hassan Said beat Tariq Sadiq/M Asghar 6-4, 6-4 and Qasim Ali/ Mehboob Waheed beat Asif Feroze/Fayyaz Khan 6-4, 6-4.
In the boys U-18 quarterfinals, Hamid Israr beat Hamza Asim 6-2, 6-2. In the boys U-16 pre-quarters, Asad Zaman beat Syed Mahad 6-2, 6-1, Shahsawar Khan beat Saif Ullah 6-2, 6-3, Amir Mazari beat Haziq Asim 6-2, 6-3, Talha Khan beat Haziq Areejo 7-5, 6-4, Hamza Ali Rizwan beat Inam Qadir 6-3, 6-1, Sheheryar Anees beat Shaheer Khan 6-1, 6-0, AbubakarTalha beat Abdul Basit 6-2, 6-0 and Ahtesham Humayun beat Jawad Khan 6-0, 6-0.
Reference Link: https://www.nation.com.pk/05-Oct-2023/aqeel-shoaib-breeze-into-sheikhoo-steel-pakistan-open-tennis-semis