ISLAMABAD: In a major upset, Mohammad Shayan Afridi defeated top seed Mohammad Yahya in the U-18 singles quarter-final of the Meinhardt National Ranking Tennis Championship here at the PTF Complex on Friday.
Shayan beat Yahya 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 to qualify for the semi-final.
In another upset of the day, unseeded pair of Mohammad Huzaifa Khan and Mohammad Talha Khan stunned second seeds Mudassir Murtaza and Ahmad Nael 7-5, 6-4 in the men’s doubles semi-finals.
Results: Men’s singles (quarter-finals): Barkatullah bt Mudassir Murtaza 6-4, 6-4 Men’s doubles (semi-finals): Mohammad Talha Khan/Mohammad Huzaifa Khan bt Ahmad Nael/ Mudassir Murtaza 7-5, 6-4; Barkatullah/ Muzammil Murtaza bt M.Shoaib/Abubakr Talha 6-3, 6-4 Boys singles 18 & under (quarter-finals): Shayan Afridi bt Mohammad Yahya 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; Mohammad Hazig Aasim bt Inam Qadir 6-2, 6-3; Mohammad Hassan Usmani bt Umar Ali 6-3, 6-4; Abdul Basit bt Razik Sultan 6-3, 6-3 Girls singles 14 & under (quarter-finals): Khadija Khalil bt Anaya Farhan 4-0, 4-0; Shahnoor Umer bt Hajra Qadeer 4-0, 4-0; Hajra Sohail bt Shahreen Umer 4-0, 4-0; Eman Shahbaz bt Anaya Khan 5-3, 4-1 Seniors 50+ doubles (semi-finals): Israr Gul/ Rashid Ali bt Col Anjum/Col Atif 6-2, 6-4; Col Zia/ Azim Khan bt Ejaz/Asghar -walkover.
Senior 40+ doubles (quarter-finals): Shahid Afridi/Zakirullah bt Shahbaz Ch/Haris Anis 6-1, 6-0; Suleman Junaid/ Ali Sadozai bt Azeem Khan/ S. Murtaza 6-2,6-2; Israr Gul/Qasim Ali bt Col.Anjum/Col.Atif 6-4 retired; Talha Waheed/ Ageel Khan bt Waleed Zaman/Taimur Adil 6-0, 6-0.-Sports Reporters