Ahmed Fareed, Aqeel off to winning starts

ISLAMABAD: Prom­ising youngster Ahmed Fareed Yawar edged out Dawood Khan in a thrilling three-set encounter in the boys’ U-18 event, while veteran Aqeel Khan made a winning start in the men’s singles at the National Ranking Tennis Cham­pionship here at the PTF Complex on Tuesday.

Ahmed Fareed Yawar overcame Dawood Khan 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-4 in one of the day’s most closely contested matches.

In the men’s singles, Aqeel Khan was in fine form as he comfortably defeated Ahmad Babar 6-2, 6-2 in straight sets.

Results:

Men’s singles (first round):

Saqib Hayat bt Aqil Khan 6-1, 6-1; M. Haziq Aasim bt Haziq Areejo 6-1, 6-1; Mudassir Murtaza bt Razik Sultan 6-2, 6-0; Aqeel Khan bt Ahmad Babar 6-2, 6-2; Muzzammil Murtaza bt Ahmad Chaudhary 6-3, 6-0.

Men’s doubles (first round):

Shehryar Anees/M. Hamza Aasim bt Hamza Rehmat/Uzair Khan 6-3, 6-2.

Ladies’ singles (first round):

Areem Salman bt Inaya Masood 6-0, 6-0; Rumaisa Malik bt Anaya Khan 6-0, 6-1; Esha Jawad bt Pareesay Bilal 6-0, 6-0; Bismal Zia bt Madiha Latif 6-0, 6-0; Zara Khan bt Maria Ahmed 6-0, 6-0; Maheen Zahra bt Unayyzah 6-1, 6-0; Mahrukh Sajid bt Manha Khalid 6-0, 6-2; Khadija Khalil bt Zainab Imran 6-0, 6-0; Hajra Sohail bt Lalarukh Sajid 6-1, 6-0; Zaira Ahmad Zaka bt Fatima Ali Raja 2-6, 6-0, 6-0; Zainab Ali Raja bt Shandana Rabi 6-0, 6-0; Wania Khalid Raja w/o Mahnoor Bilal; Hamda Fatima bt Bakhtawar Haider 6-0, 6-0; Mahin Aftab Qureshi bt Saema Tehseen 6-0, 6-0.

Boys’ U-18 singles (first round):

S. Hamza Hussain bt Mahad Mahmood 6-4, 7-6(3); M. Rayan Khalil bt Ali Hassan 6-0, 6-0; Ahmed Fareed Yawar bt Dawood Khan 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-4; Muhammad Hassan bt Shahzain Faisal 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-4; Razik Sultan bt Aalian Ali 6-3, 6-1; Inam Qadir bt Haseeb Mustafa 6-1, 6-1; Abdul Basit bt Lubaid A. Khan 6-0, 6-0; Umair Ali w/o Ahmed Raza; M. Faizan w/o Wali M. Hassan; Shayan Afridi bt Haziq Ali Areejo 6-0, 6-4; Ahmed Hussain bt Moazzam Babar 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Boys’ U-14 singles (first round):

Behroze Maimoon bt Shahzain Faisal 4-2, 4-5(1), 4-0; Mustafa Saud bt Fahad Mustafa 4-2, 4-0; Salar Khan bt Ali Asghar 4-1, 4-0; M. Ayyan bt Ashtar Alam 4-2, 4-1; Hassan bt Afzal Khan 4-2, 4-2; M. Faizan w/o Wali M. Hassan; Wilhem Callnell 4-0, 4-1; M. Ibraheem Gill bt Ibrahim Leghari 4-1, 4-0; Shayan Afridi bt Aaliyan Ali 4-1, 4-1; Rayan Umar bt Mahad Rashid 4-0, 4-0; M. Zalan Khan bt Ali H. Huntazim 5-3, 4-0; M. Muaz bt M. Hashir Irfan 4-0, 4-0; Majid Ali bt Rohaan Samir 4-1, 4-0; Hashir Adeel bt Arham Khan 4-2, 4-2; Ahmed Farid bt Abdullah Haider 4-0, 4-1.

Boys’ U-12 singles (first round):

M. Aayan bt Ali Asghar 4-0, 4-1; Arham Khan bt M. Shahzad 4-2, 0-4, 4-2; Riyan Umar bt Isfahan Maimoon 4-1, 4-0; Behroze Maimoon bt Azaan Ali 4-0, 4-1; Amir Masood bt M. Adam Raja 4-0, 5-3; Ibrahim Leghari bt M. Suhaib Javed 4-0, 4-0; Hashir Mustafa bt Murtaza Umair 4-1, 4-0; Salar Khan bt Hassan 4-2, 4-2; Umar Toheed bt Rustam Taimur 4-0, 4-1; M. Faizan bt Rao Musab 4-0, 4-0; Ashtar Alam bt M. Saarim 4-0, 4-0; Ibraheem Hussain Gill bt Fahad Mustafa 4-0, 4-0.

Published in Dawn, September 2nd, 2026

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