Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: Muhammad Shoaib, Muhammad Usman Ejaz, Gibran ul Haq, Talha Bin Asif, Shakirullah, Ahmed Kamil, Nasim Amir and Aftab Anwar qualified for the main draw of the men’s singles on the opening day of 31st Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championships at Syed Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex here Monday. A total number of 32 matches were decided in the qualifying draw.

The top 8 seeds in the main draw are Aqeel Khan, Muhammad Abid, Heera Ashiq, Shahzad Khan, Muzammil Murtaza, Mudassir Murtaza, Usman Rafiq and Abdal Hyder. Senator Syed Dilawar Abbas (Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Patron and Asian Tennis Federation Senior Vice President) and Tariq Murtaza (President of the Islamabad Tennis Association) inaugurated the championship.

Results

Qualifying First Round:

Malik Abdur Rehman beat Waqasar Mehmood 8-0

Zakirullah beat Abdullah Aftab 8-2

Rizwan Ahmed beat Saad Abjad 8-3

Salman Ayaz beat Hamza bin Asif 8-5

Shafqat Rasool beat Tanveer 8-2

Shakirullah beat Qambar Husnain 8-2

Amir Nasim beat Muhammad Abdullah 8-5

Abdul Qadir beat Hafiz Talib Hussain 8-1

Qualifying Second Round:

Hamza bin Rehan beat Hassan Ashfaq 8-2

Muhammad Shoaib beat Saad 8-2

Malik Abdur Rehman walk-over Rizwanullah

Muhammad Usman Ejaz beat Abdul Qadir 8-2

Subhan bin Salik beat Zakirullah 8-2

Aftab Anwar beat Ahmed Murad 8-3

Salman Ayaz beat Samiullah Jan 8-0

Talha bin Asif beat Shafqat Rasool 8-1

Shakirullah beat Bhatti Moeez 8-3

Musa Chudhary beat Zubair 8-3

Bilal Kabir beat Pooyam Shtari 8-2

Ahmed Kamil beat Safdar Fahad 8-0

Amir Nasim beat Hafiz Hamza Khalid 8-2

Tahirullah beat M Wamiq 8-3

Final Round:

Muhammad Shoaib beat Hamza bin Rehan 8-3

Muhammad Usman Ejaz beat Abdur Rehman Malik 8-6

Gibran ul Haq beat Subhan bin Salik 8-0

Aftab Anwar beat Rizwan Ahmad 8-3

Shakirullah beat Musa Chudhary 8-4

Ahmed Kamil beat Bilal Kabir 8-5

Amir Nasim beat Tahirullah 8-3

Published in Daily Times, November 7^th 2017.