Asad, Amir breeze into PTLA Junior National Tennis Championship semifinals
LAHORE
Asad Zaman (Ali Embroidery Mills), Amir Mazari (Aitchison), Muhammad Salaar and Kashan Tariq qualified for the boys U-18 semifinals of the Parents Tennis Lovers Association (PTLA)-organized Junior National Tennis Championship 2024 here at Punjab Tennis Academy, Bagh-e-Jinnah on Wednesday.
In the boys U-18 quarterfinals, Asad Zaman (Pakistan Navy), beat Nabeel Qayum 6-1, 6-0, Amir Mazari beat Muhammad Yahya 6-2, 6-1, Muhammad Salaar beat Sheheryar Anees 7-6, 2-6, 6-2 and Kashan Tariq beat Abdullah Pirzada 7-5, 6-2.
In the boys U-16 quarterfinals, Ruhab Faisal beat Abdur Rehman 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, Aalay Hussain beat Hanzla Anwar 6-0, 6-1, Amir Mazari beat Muhammad Huzaima 6-0, 6-1 and Muhammad Yahya beat Abdullah Pirzada 6-2, 6-3.
In the boys U-14 pre-quarterfinals, Abdur Rehman beat M Ayan Khan 4-2, 4-2, Awais Zia beat Ahmad Khuda Bakhsh 2-4, 4-2, 4-2, Zayd Zaman beat M Umer Ali 4-0, 4-2, Muhammad Junaid beat Zayd Mansoor 4-2, 5-3, Muhammad Huzaima beat Aliyan Ali 4-2, 4-2.
In the boys/girls U-12 pre-quarterfinals, Rashid Ali Bachani beat Umer Zaman, Mustafa Uzair Rana beat M Ibrahesm Hussain Gill, Muaz Shahbaz beat M Ayan Khan 4-2, 4-1, Zayd Zaman beat Daniyal Abdullah 4-0, 4-0, Muhammad Junaid beat Zayd Mansoor 4-2, 4-2, Majid Ali Bachani beat Taha Asad 4-0, 4-0 and Ayan Shahbaz beat M Turab Bhatti 4-0, 4-0.
In the seniors 40 plus doubles 1st round, Waqar Nisar/Jamil Akhtar beat Syed Sajid Ali Bukhari/Khalil Chaudhary 8-0, Mahir Nisar/Tariq Sadiq beat Adnan Khan/Saleem Azmat Khan 8-0, Khurram Imtiaz/Sheheryar Salamat beat Col Atif/Qadir Nawaz 8-0 and Mehboob Waheed/Muhammad Yousaf beat Ali Qayum/Waheed 8-3.