Tennis: Aqeel storms into quarters
Third day of the Islamabad Open Tennis Championship saw the country’s top players advancing
The third day of the Islamabad Open Tennis Championship saw the country’s top players advancing into the quarter-finals of the event. Pakistan number one Aqeel Khan blanked out Rizwan Ghuri 6-0, 6-0, while Haseeb Yaqoob got the better of Asad Shakoor 6-1, 6-1. Yasir Khan defeated Hassan Tariq 6-1, 6-2, with Jalil Khan being equally dominant in a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Jibranul Haq. Heera Ashiq beat Gulfraz 6-0, 6-1. In the boys’ under-18 singles Ahmed Chaudhry, Haseeb Yaqub, Talal Almas and Salman Bin Saleem moved into the semi-finals by eliminating their respective opponents in straight sets.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 15th, 2011.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 15th, 2011.