ISLAMABAD - As many as eight players have qualified for the main draw of Mehfooz Safar PTF National Ranking Tennis Championship at PTF Tennis Complex on Thursday.
The main draw matches will be played today (Friday) at 8am. According to the draw, top eight seeds are Aqeel Khan, Yasir Khan, M Abid, Usman Ejaz, Jalil Khan, Usman Rafiq, Ahmed Ch and Sanaullah Khan while M Muzamil, Asjad Eitizaz, Umair Waheed, Nomi Qamar, Shaheen Mehmood, Kashanul Haq, Israr Gul and Babar Ali qualified for the main draws on Thursday.
A total of 39 matches were decided on the opening day of the championship including four events of men's singles, men's doubles, ladies singles and boys u-18 singles.
Zubair Hashmi DIG Motorway was the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony.
In the men's singles qualifying first round matches, Wakeel Khan beat Fabio 8-6, M Muzamil beat Mian Bilal 9-7, Asjad Eitizaz beat Hamed Murad 8-3, Adnan Amer w/o Zeeshan Ashraf, Rizwan Ahmed w/o Rahim Atiq, Umair Waheed beat Ahmed Ejaz 8-4, Saad Zafar beat Bakhtair Afridi 8-1, Nomi Qamar beat Usman Bangesh 8-0, M Ahmed beat Sadanul Haq 8-6, Shaheen Mehmood beat Adnan Rashid 8-2, Gul Zaman w/o Akbar Tiwana, Kashanul Haq beat Mahboob Khan 8-1, Israr Gul beat Talha Saqib 8-0, Wasil Kaleem beat Asim Israr 8-0, Babar Ali beat Murtaza Hussain 8-2 and Fahad Masood beat Shafae Bagri 9-7.
In men's singles qualifying final round, M Muzamil beat Wakeel Khan 8-5, Asjad Eitizaz beat Adnan Amer 8-2, Umair Waheed beat Rizwan Ahmed 8-2, Nomi Qamar beat Saad Zafar 8-0, Shaheen Mehmood beat M. Ahmed 8-6, Kashanul Haq beat Gul Zaman 8-4, Israr Gul beat Syed Wasil Kaleem 8-2, Babar Ali beat Fahad Masood 8-2.
In boys’ singles first round matches, M Mudasir beat Barkatullah 6-3,6-0, Shehryar beat M Saad 6-0,6-3, Abdal Haider beat Muneeb Sajid 6-1,6-0, M Muzamil beat Hamza Khalid 6-1,6-0, Hasnain beat Adil Qazi 6-1,7-5, Syed Yawar Abbas beat Ilham Khan 6-4,6-4, M Wamiq beat Iftikhar Ahmed 6-2,6-4, M Ahmed beat Kashan Umer 6-1,6-2, Nazif Ahmed beat Ali Bin Rizwan 6-4,6-0, Waqas Baig beat Tariq Saad 7-5,6-0, Hasnain Manzoor beat Talha Saqib 6-1,6-0, Kashanul Haq beat Shakirullah 7-5,6-1, Saad Zafar beat Bakhtiar Afridi 6-4,6-3, Lukman w/o Zaid Mujahid and Arham Atiq beat Aman Atiq 6-3, 6-3.