Muzammil Murtaza and Maheen Aftab Qureshi gained the lads’s and girls’s singles title
ISLAMABAD:
Muzammil Murtaza captured the lads’s singles title whereas Maheen Aftab Qureshi secured the ladies’s crown on the eleventh Begum Kulsoom Saifullah Khan Nationwide Rating Tennis Championship, because the match concluded on the PTF Tennis Complicated in Islamabad.
Murtaza defeated veteran Aqeel Khan within the males’s singles closing, whereas Qureshi beat Soha Ali to assert the ladies’s title. The national-ranking occasion featured round 250 gamers from throughout Pakistan.
Within the males’s doubles closing, Ahmed Nail Qureshi and Abubakar Talha claimed the title after defeating Barkatullah and Yousuf Khalil. Hamza Roman gained the boys’ under-18 title with a victory over Abubakar Talha, whereas Muhammad Junaid secured the boys’ under-14 crown by beating Muhammad Muaz.
The ladies’ under-14 title was claimed by Aiman Rehan, who defeated Khadija Khalil within the closing, whereas Muhammad Farhan lifted the boys’ under-12 trophy after beating Muhammad Daniyal.
Federal Minister for Housing Riaz Hussain Pirzada attended the closing ceremony as chief visitor and distributed prizes alongside Pakistan Tennis Federation patron-in-chief Saleem Saifullah Khan and the Ambassador of the Czech Republic.
“The promotion of tennis in Pakistan has benefited vastly from the Saifullah Khan household,” Pirzada stated. “Gamers like Aqeel Khan, who’ve served the nation for many years, deserve higher recognition.”
Saleem Saifullah Khan highlighted Aqeel Khan’s contribution to the game, saying, “Aqeel has represented Pakistan in 60 Davis Cup ties and stays one of many nation’s best gamers. The federal government and the ITF ought to honour him for his providers.”
He added that the match, named after his mom, continues to develop in stature. “Round 250 gamers took half this 12 months, which displays the rising curiosity in tennis,” he stated.
Saleem Saifullah Khan additionally confirmed that Pakistan is ready to host Senegal in a Davis Cup tie in February following the development of a grass courtroom in Islamabad. “The grass courtroom was constructed with the assist of Riaz Hussain Pirzada to fulfill worldwide requirements,” he stated.
