Tennis
Pakistan Open Tennis: Mehaq and Soha lift Women’s Doubles title
Aqeel Khan overcome Mohammad Shoaib 2-1 in a thriller final of Men’s SinglesSports Bulletin ReportLAHORE: Pakistan number one tennis man Aqeel Khan has won the title of Pakistan Open Tennis Championship after overcoming Mohammad Shoaib 2-1 in the Men’s Singles final here at Sports Board Punjab Tennis Academy Nishtar Park on Friday. Chief guests Dr Asif Tufail Director General Sports board Punjab, and Junaid Naveed General Manager Marketing Sheikhoo Steel distributed the prizes among the winners and runner-ups.Earlier, in the Ladies Doubles final, Meheq Khokhar and Soha Ali outplayed beat Amna Qayum and Sheeza Sajid 2-1, as the final score-line was 3-6, 6-2, 10-5Results (finals):Men's Singles: Aqeel Khan beat Mohammad Shoaib 6-2, 2-6, 6-3Ladies Doubles: Meheq Khokhar/Soha Ali beat Amna Qayum/Sheeza Sajid 3-6, 6-2, 10-5Seniors’ 45+ Doubles: Talhs Waheed/israr Gul beat Ashar Khan/Kamran Khan 2-6, 6-3, 10-5Seniors’ 65+ Doubles: Waqar Nisar /Inam ul Haq beat Mohammad Babar/Brig.Ghazanfar 6-2, 7-5Girls’ U-18: Soha Ali got walkover against Amna AliBoys’ U-18: Hamza Roman beat Bilal Asim 2-0 (Rtd)Boys’ U-16: AbU Bakar Talhs beat Asad Zaman 6-3, 6-2Boys’ U-14: Hamza Ali Rizwan beat Abdul basit 6-4, 3-6, 13-11Boys’ U-14 Doubles: Abu Bakar Talha/ Zohaib Afzal Malik beat Abdur Rehman/Nabeel Qayum 4-1, 4-1Boys /Girls U-12: Shayan Afridi beat Mohammad Junaid 6-0Boys/Girls U-12 Doubles: Hajra Suhail/Abdur Rehman beat Rashid Ali Bachani/Mohammad ibraheem Gill 7-6Boys/Girls U-10: Rashid Ali Bachani beat Muaz Shahbaz 6-1
Pakistan Open Tennis Championship: Aqeel, Abdullah reach in semifinals
Noor Malik, Esha Jawad storm into semifinals in the Ladies’ Singles categorySports Bulletin ReportLAHORE: Exhibiting extraordinary performance Noor Malik and Esha Jawad cruised into the semifinals of the ongoing Sheikhoo Steel Pakistan Open Tennis Championship 2023 after winning their respective quarterfinal matches in the Ladies’ Singles category at the state-of-the-art SBP Tennis Courts, Nishtar Park Sports Complex on Wednesday.In Ladies Singles Quarterfinal matches, Noor Malik thrashed Rahat ul Ain by 6-0, 6-0 quite comfortably in the first quarterfinal match, however, Esha Jawad had to face some sort of resistance from Soha Ali in the second quarterfinal match. Esha won her match with the score of 6-2, 6-4. In the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals, Aqeel Khan beat Hasheesh Kumar by 6-1, 6-1 and Abdullah Adnan toppled Bilal Asim 6-1, 6-2.Former Davis Cupper Rashid Malik and Arif Feroze outplayed Kamran Qureshi/Ashiq by 6-0, 6-0 in the seniors’ 55-plus doubles quarterfinals. Israr Gul/Humayun Pervez edged out Dr Arif/ Zia Ullah 6-4, 6-4, Amir Altaf/Abid Malik beat Dr ShahzadSaleem/Ali Qayum 6-0, 6-2 and Waqar Nisar/Inam ul Haq crushed Ch Khalil/Dr Sajid Pervez 6-1, 6-0 in the same category.Results:Ladies’ Singles (Quarterfinals):Noor Malik beat Rahat ul Ain 6-0, 6-0Esha Jawad beat Soha Ali 6-2, 6-4Men’s Singles (pre-quarterfinals):Aqeel Khan beat Hasheesh Kumar 6-1, 6-1Abdullah Adnan beat Bilal Asim 6-1, 6--2Boys’ U-18 (Pre-Quarterfinals):Hamid Israr beat Sheheryar Anees 6-4, 6-2Mohammad Hamza Asim beat Mohammad Talha Khan 6-0, 6-1Hamza Roman beat Kamran Khan 6-1, 6-1Mahatir Mohammad beat Mustansir Ali Khan 6-0, 6-2 Men's Doubles (pre-Quarterfinals):Waqas Malik/Zaid Mujahid beat Hasheesh Kumar/Baqir Ali 6-1, 7-6Mahatir Mohammad/Saqib hayat beat Mohammad Talha Khan/Mohammad Huzaifa Khan 5-7, 6-3, 10-4Nael Qureshi/Sami Zeb Khan beat Sikandar Hayat/Faizan Fayyaz 4-6, 6-1, 10-8Imran Bhatti /Ahmad Babar beat Ahmad Ch/Abdaal Haider 6-3, 4-6, 10-4Seniors Doubles 55+ (pre-quarterfinals):Rashid Malik/Arif Feroze beat Kamran Qureshi/Ashiq 6-0, 6-0Israr Gul/Humayun Pervez beat Dr Arif/Zia Ullah 6-4, 6-4Amir Altaf/Abid Malik beat Dr Shahzad saleem/Ali Qayum 6-0, 6-2Waqar Nisar/Inam ul Haq beat Ch Khalil/Dr Sajid Pervez 6-1, 6-0Seniors Doubles 45 plus+ (Pre Quarterfinals):Talha Waheed/Israr Gul beat Kamran Qureshi/Ch Khalil 6-0, 6-0Mohammad Asghar/Tariq Sadiq beat Ahmad Waqas Basit/Rana Humayun 6-7, 6-1, 10-4Arif Feroze/Fayyaz Khan beat Syed Shams-ud-din/Ahsan Wali 6-1, 6-2Qasim Ali/Mehboob Waheed beat Dr Arif/Sajid Bukhari 6-4, 6-4Ashar Khan/Kamran Khan beat Col Atif/M Shoaib 6-4, 7-5Boys’ U-18 Doubles (pre-Quarterfinals):Mohammad Salaar/Mohammad Hamza Asim beat Jawad Khan/Saif Ullah 6-0, 6-0Ameer Mazari/Waleed Humayun beat Mohammad Sohaan Noor/M Rehan 6-2, 6-0Abu Bakar Talha/Ali Talha beat Mohammad Talha Khan/Inam Qadir 6-0, 6-0Asad Zaman/Shehryar Anees beat Kashan Tariq/Shahsawar Khan 6-4, 6-4.
Sheikhoo Steel Pakistan Open Tennis Championship starts in Lahore
Lala Rukh, Soha Ali, Amna Ali and Fajar Fayyaz reach semifinals in Girls' U-18 EventSports Bulletin ReportLAHORE (Oct 3, 2023): Lala Rukh, Soha Ali, Amna Ali and Fajar Fayyaz reached the semifinals in Girls U-18 category after thrashing their respective opponents in Quarterfinal matches on the third day of the Sheikhoo Steel Pakistan Open Tennis Championship 2023 being conducted with the collaboration of Sports Board Punjab at state-of-the-art SBP Tennis Courts, Nishtar Park Sports Complex on Tuesday.In the Men's Singles event, Ahmed Nael Qureshi, Mohammad Abid, Heera Ashiq, Yousaf Khalil, Mudassar Murtaza and Mohammad Shoaib booked a place in quarterfinals after winning their respective pre-quarter final matches. Talented female tennis player Noor Malik defeated Laiba Iqbal Khan by 6-0, 6-0 in Ladies’ pre-quarter final match.Results:Men's Singles (pre-Quarters):Ahmad Nael Qureshi beat Shehzad Khan 2-6, 6-4, 6-3Mohammad Abid beat Hamid Israr 6-1, 6-4Heera Ashiq beat Ahmad Ch 6-4, 7-5Yousaf Khalil beat Mohammad Salaar 6-2, 6-1Mudassar Murtaza beat Uzair Khan 6-2, 6-0Mohammad Shoaib beat Mahatir Ahmad 6-1, 6-2Boys’ U-16 (Round-I):Syed Mahad Shehzad beat Abdullah Raza 6-3, 6-3Shahsawar Khan beat Eesa Fahad 6-0, 6-1Mohammad Haziq Asim beat Mohammad Uzair 6-1, 6-1Haziq Areejo beat Abdullah 6-2, 6-3Under-12 (Round-I):Rashid Ali Bachani beat Awais Zia 4-0, 4-1Ahmad Hussain beat Muaz Shahbaz 4-0, 4-0Bismel Zia beat Sahil Najoom 4-0, 4-0Shayan Afridi beat Mohammad Faizan 4-2, 4-2Mustafa Uzair Rana beat Mohammad Saif Ullah 4-1, 4-0Abdul Malik beat Ohad e Mustafa 4-2, 4-2Ibraheem Hussain Gill beat Eesa Khan Malik 4-0, 4-0.
Pakistan crushes India in ITF Senior Tennis Championship final
Hameed outplays Dilip Singh in straight sets 2-0 without conceding a solitary gameSports Bulletin ReportPattaya (Thailand): Pakistani tennis man Hameed-ul-Haq toppled Second-seeded India man Dillip Singh Nongmaithem 2-0 in the 60+ Category final of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) seniors’ Tennis Championship 2023 at Greta Sports Club Pattaya, Thailand on Tuesday. The final score-line was 6-0, 6-0.Former PakistanunDavis Cupper Hameed-ul-Haq started with pace and played powerful drives from the base-line and did not allow his Indian opponent to settle on the court and finished the set at 6-0. He kept the same pressure on Dillip Singh in the second set and won the second set in a similar style 6-0.Veteran Hameed also took revenge for the Pakistan team beaten in the Asian Games 2023 a few days back by an Indian player, who had defeated the Pakistani lad without conceding a single game. However, Hameed did the same with Indian men in Thailand.Also, Hameed-ul-Haq pairing with Thai partner Powin reached in Doubles final after beating the duo of opponent tennis men Aspiotis from Austria and Kudinov from Russia with a score-line of 6-2, and 6-3.
Hameed and Dillip set to meet in ITF Senior Tennis Championship final
Sports Bulletin ReportPattaya (Thailand): Pakistani tennis man Hameed-ul-Haq and Second-seeded India man Dillip Singh Nongmaithem set to meet in the final of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) seniors’ Tennis Championship 2023 Singles 60+ after winning their respective semifinals here at Greta Sports Club Pattaya, Thailand on Monday. The finals will be played on Tuesday (October 3) at the same venue.Hameed claimed the first semifinal against jittimaporn Pawin of Thailand 60+ singles category 2-0 to reach the final of ITF seniors championship. The final score-line was 6-3, 6-1. Meanwhile, in the second semifinal 2 seed Dillip Singh Nongmaithem from India overcame Aspiotis sran from Austria 2-1 in a three sets thriller. The final score-line was 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. The final will be played tomorrow between Hameed-ul-Haq and Nongmaithem.
TENNIS - Local News 01 Oct, 2023
Sports Bulletin ReportISLAMABAD: Shahid Hamid Memorial Tennis Tournament 2023 on Sunday concluded here at Islamabad Tennis Complex (ITC), as the Hassan Baig Vice President Islamabad Tennis Association (ITA) was the chief guest and distributed the prizes amongst the winners and runner-ups.Results (Finals):Men’s Singles: Jibran ul Haq beat Yawer Ali 6-4, 3-6 (10-5) Super TiebreakMen’s Doubles: Zalan Khan/Murtaza beat Daisuke Unemi/Yameen 6-4, 4-6, (10-7)Ladies’ Singles: Fatima Ali Raja beat Zainab Ali Raja 8-2;Boys’ Under-18: Zain Ali beat Ibrahim bin Sohail 6-3 7-6(4);Girls’ Under 14: Ayesha Masood beat Wania Khalid 6-3;Boys’ Under 14: Hassan Usmani beat Orhan Sohail 8-2;Boys’ Under 12: Moazam Baber beat Raja Mohammad Taha 6-2Girls’ Under 10: Manha Amalia Aidrus beat Manha Khalid Raja 6-1;
ITF Seniors’ Tennis: Hameed-ul-Haq moves into semifinals in 60+
Sports Bulletin ReportPattaya (Thailand): Pakistani tennis man Hameed-ul-Haq moved into the semifinal of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) seniors’ Tennis Championship 2023 Singles of 60+ after beating American man Kavin West 2-0 in the quarterfinals at Greta Sports Club Pattaya, Thailand on Sunday. The final score-line was 6-3, and 6-3.Now, he (Hameed) will face Jittimaporn pawin from Thailand tomorrow morning in the semifinal at the same venue.
TENNIS - National Juniors 30 Sep, 2023
Sports Bulletin ReportISLAMABAD: The Shahid Hamid Memorial Tennis Tournament has commenced here at Islamabad Tennis Complex (ITC), as over 100 players in different age groups from sister cities Rawalpindi and Islamabad are participating in the tournament.The tournament is being organized in memory of Air Marshal Shahid Hamid Raja (Late) who helped the tennis fraternity and supported the game of tennis.Results:Men’s Singles (Round-I):Hammad Ali bt Ahmed Murad 8-1; Abdullah Shafqat bt Ali Zain 8-4; Taimoor Adil bt Abdul Hadi 8-2; Danish Raza bt Emaddin 8-4; Daisuke Unemi bt Kaleem Zaib 8-4; Mohammad bin Abdul Waheed bt Mamoon Arshad Kiyani 8-3; Osama Janjua bt Rohan Norani 8-1; Idrees bt Qasim Khan 8-3; Haider bt Abdul Rehman Choudhry 8-5;Men’s Doubles (Round-I): Mohammad/Adul Rehman bt Saqib/Idrees 8-6; Daisuke/Yameen bt Behram/Qasim 8-2; Kaleem/Danish bt Raja Asif/Khurram Baig 7-6 (5); Adnan Khan/Saud Masood bt Taimur Adil/Mujtaba 8-4; Zalan Khan/Murtaza Khan bt Haider Ali/Haider Khan 8-0;Ladies Singles (Quarterfinal):Shandana Rabi bt Zara Shabaz 8-3; Zainab Ali Raja bt Ayesha Masood 8-2; Dana bt Amna 8-3; Fatima Ali Raja bt Zara Lawangin 8-6; Boys’ U-14 (Quaterfinals):Sameer Masood bt Awais 6-3; Salman Khan Niazi bt Mohammad Ali Izzat 6-3; Orhan Sohail bt Moazam Baber 6-1; Amar Masood bt Raja Mohammad Taha 6-2;
ITF Seniors Tennis Championship: Hameed-ul-Haq reaches in quarterfinal
Sports Bulletin ReportPattaya (Thailand): Former Davis Cupper and veteran tennis player Hameed-ul-Haq advanced into the Quarterfinals of 60+ Singles Event of the ITF Seniors’ Tennis Championship 2023 after eliminating Russian opponent Yurli Kudinove in straight sets 2-0 at Pattaya, Thailand. The final score-line was 6-3, and 6-4.Hameed will face third seed Amercian man Kavin West in the quarterfinal at the same venue in the 60+ singles age category of ITF seniors championship.
Asian Games 2023: Tennis Players Disappoint Tennis Lovers in Pakistan
Results expose the performance and management of the Pakistan Tennis FederationAbdul Jabbar FaisalISLAMABAD: The Pakistan tennis team produced miserable results in the Asian Games 2023, which are going on in Hangzhou, China, as Pakistani tennis lovers were expecting a medal from top national male players Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Aqeel Khan. The journey of Pakistan Tennis started three days back in China with Aqeel Khan receiving a love set and ended with Sara Khan & Aqeel Khan receiving two ducks from India. Pakistani tennis players failed to impress in the ongoing Asian Games 2023. Pakistan was wiped out of all 5 events i.e. men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles within 3 days.On the opening day, Aqeel Khan lost to the Uzbek player Khumoyun Sultanov in a straight set with the score-line of 6-0, and 6-1. The next day Ushna Suhail lost to Chinese Lin Zhu 6-0, 6-0 and Sarah Khan lost to Philippines Alex Eala 6-0, 6-0.In men’s tennis doubles, Pakistan’s duo of Aisam-ul-Haq and Aqeel Khan lost to Chinese Taipei’s Yu-Hsiou and Jason Jung 7-6 (3), 6-4 after a two-set battle that lasted for almost two hours.In women’s doubles, Pakistan’s duo of Ushna Suhail and Sarah Ibrahim lost in straight sets without winning a single game to Indonesia’s Beatrice Gumulya and Jessy Priskila Rompies. The Indonesians emerged victorious 6-0, 6-0 after a 44-minute battle.Meanwhile, in mixed doubles, Pakistani pair of Aqeel and Sarah lost to India’s Yuki Bhambri and Ankita Ravinderkrishan Raina 6-0, 6-0 in straight sets without winning a game. In the other mixed doubles, the Pakistani pair of Aisam and Ushna lost to Thailand's Peangtarn and Pruchya 6-4, 6-1.It is intensely worrisome that the Pakistani squad couldn't progress beyond 2nd rounds and received a total of 9 love sets (6-0) in their respective matches. These results show the performance and management of the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF), which is being run by 77-year-old president Salim Saifullah Khan and 73-year-old Gul Rehman, a retired army man.Former Davis Cupper Hameed-ul-Haq said:“It is beyond his comprehension, why the PTF management opted to send veterans to compete in the Asian Games 2023 instead of many talented youngsters like Mohammad Shoaib and Amna Qayum. So I suggested countless proposals and plans for the promotion of the game in the country that went unheard that the future of Pakistan tennis was ruined but the non-technical individuals were running the tennis federation like a corporate business venture. They are always more bothered with now and today instead of what is yet to come in the future. No talent could rise up in the last decade due to their failed policies and mismanagement. All I can say for now, a miracle needs to rejuvenate Pakistan tennis.”Hameed-ul-Haq is leaving tonight for Thailand to participate in the ITF Seniors Championship.
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