LAHORE: Ageel Khan Muzammil Murtaza, Mohammad Shoaib and Barkatullah confirmed their semi-finals berths in the Khawaja Iftikhar Ahmad Memorial National Ranking Tennis Championship here at the Sports Board Punjab Tennis on Wednesday.

Top-seed Ageel downed Abubakar Talha 6-3, 6-0, while Muzammil Murtaza beat Yousaf 6-2, 6-3. Barkatullah pulled off an upset to oust Mohammad Abid 6-3, 6-1 and Mohammad Shoaib outclassed youngster Ahmed Nael 6-4, 2-1.

In the women`s singles last-16 matches, top-seed Ushna Sohail outclassed Noor Malik 6-2, 6-0 while Sheeza Sajid recorded a flawless 6-0, 6-0 win over Zara Khan. Lalarukh Sajid also sealed a quarter final spot with a 6-2, 7-6(2) victory over Ayesha Shahid.

In the other matches, Mehaq Khokar brushed aside Fajar Fayyaz 6-1, 6-2 and Labika Durah recorded a hard fought 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3 win over Laiba Iqbal.

Meanwhile, Zunaira Noor, Amna Ali Q ayum and Mahrukh Sajid received walk overs their respective opponents.

In the boys U-18 pre-quarters, Hamza Roman, Shehryar Aneez, Ahtesham Humayun, Bilal Asim, Hamza Ali Rizwan, Abubakar Talha sealed lasteight spots with comfortable victories.

Mohammad Shayan Afridi, Ohad-e-Mustafa and Abdur Rehman progressed in the boys U-14 semi-finals while Rashid Ali, Arsh Imran, Ansar Ullah, Shayan Afridi, M Aayan, Ibrahim Gill, Mohammad Muaz and Mohammad Junaid moved into U-12 quarter-finals.

Results (quarter-finals): Men`s doubles: Barkat Ullah/Yousaf Khalil bt Faizan Fayyaz/Sikandar Hayat w/0, Aisam ul Haq/Muzammi1Murtazabt HaiderAliRizwan/ Hamza Ali Rizwan 6-3, 6-2. M Abid/Abdu11ah Adnan bt Heera Ashig /Ahmed Nael 6-1, 6-1, Ageel Khan/M Shoaib bt Imran Bhatti/Mahir Nisar 6-2, 6-2, Mahir Nisar/Qadeer Nawaz bt Sajid Ali Bukhari /Ch Khalil.

Mixeddoubles: Aisamu1Haq/UshnaSohailbt Yousaf Khalil and Rahat ul Ain 6-3, 6-3. Noor Malik/M Abid bt Sheeza Sajid /Barkat Ullah 6-2, 6-1, Sara Mansoor/M Shoaib bt Ayesha Shahid / Shahrzoe Malik 6-0, 6-0, Amna Ali/ Abdullah Adnan bt Meheq Khokhar and Ageel Khan 6-3, 3-6, 10-7.-SportsReporter