Aqeel and Sarah won the tennis championship – Sanomalehti

ISLAMABAD: Top seed Aqeel Khan fought back from one set down to beat second seed Mohammad Shoaib in the men’s singles eighth Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan National Ranking Tennis Tournament final here at the PTF-SDA Tennis Complex on Saturday.

The experienced Aqeel lost the first set 6-2 but stormed back to win the next two sets 6-3 and 6-2 to lift the title.

Meanwhile, experienced Sarah Mehboob downed Noor Malik 6-4, 6-1 to clinch the women’s singles title.

In the men’s doubles semi-finals, Aisam-ul-Haq and Aqeel Khan defeated Shoaib and Barkatullah 6-2, 6-3, while Mohammad Abid and Muzammil Murtaza defeated Yousuf Khalil and Heera Ashiq 6-4, 6-3.

Remaining results:

Boys’ Singles 18 and under (semi-finals): Sami Zeb Khan bt Bilal Asim 6-4, 6-1; M. Talha Khan bt Hamid Israr 7-5, 6-1

Boys’ Singles 14 and Under (Semifinals): Abubakar Talha bt Amir Mazari 4-0, 4-0; Abdul Basit bt Sameer Zaman 4-1, 4-2

Boys doubles 14 and under (final): Abubakar Talha/Hamza Roman bt Amir Mazari/Sameer Zaman 4-0, 2-3(10-2)

Girls 14 and under singles (final): Zunaisha Noor bt Soha Ali 4-2, 5-3

Boys/Girls 12 and Under Singles (Semifinals): Mohammad Hassan Usmani bt Hajra 4-1, 4-1; Abdur Rehman beat Razik Sultan 3-5, 5-4(3), 4-1.

Published in Dawn on December 25, 2022