Huzaifa stuns Mudassir to enter semis

Our correspondentISLAMABAD: Huzaifa Abdul Rehman stunned fourth seed Mudassir Murtaza in a hard fought three-set quarter-final of the Pakistan Open Tennis Championship at the Jhelum Cantonment.Following wet start that saw rain dominating the proceedings, quarter-finals of the championship were played on Friday with Huzaifa — who recently had become first Pakistani to win the ITF Junior title — beat experienced Mudassir 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.Huzaifa had earlier defeated fifth seed Heera Ashiq in the second round.In yet another surprising result, Yousaf Khan beat Mohammad Abid 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 to enter semi-finals.Results: Men’s singles quarter-finals: Aqeel Khan bt Shahzad Khan 6-4, 6-4; Huzaifa Abdul Rehman bt Mudassir Murtaza 4-6, 6-2, 7-5; Muzammil Murtaza bt M Shoaib 6-0, 6-2; Yousaf Khan bt M Abid 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.Ladies singles semi-finals: Sara Mansoor bt Mahvish Chishtie 6-0, 6-0; Mehek Khokhar bt Esha Jawad 6-0, 6-2.Boys’ singles under-18 quarter-finals: Aqib Hayat bt Sami Zaib 6-3, 6-4; Abdullah Adnan bt M Zaryab 6-0, 6-4; Ahmed Kamil bt M Bilal 6-3, 4-6, 10-5.Boys’ singles under-14 quarter-finals: Huzaima bt Bilal Asim 1-4, 5-4 (5), 5-4 (5).

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