The Sports Board Punjab Open Tennis Championship 2021 reached the semifinals stage as 24 matches were decided at the PLTA-Punjab Lawn Tennis Appciation Courts in Lahore.
The semifinals of different categories will be played on Friday, 29th January, while all the finals will be contested on Saturday, 30th January.
Men’s Singles Quarterfinals
Ahmad Kamil beat Hasheesh Kumar 6-4, 6-2, Hassan Riaz beat Abdul Hanan Khan 7-6, 6-3, Imran Bhatti beat Mian Bilal 6-2, 5-7, 10-5, Mahatir Muhammad beat Shaeel Durab 7-5, 6-2.
U-18 Quarterfinals
Faizan Fayyaz beat Shaeel Durab 8-4, Mahatir Muhammad beat Ahtesham Arif 8-0 and Hasheesh Kumar beat Hanzla Anwar 8-0.
U-18 Doubles Quarterfinals
Shaeel Durab/Nalain Abbas beat Muneeb Majeed/Shehryar Anees 4-2, 4-2, Moavia Butt/Husnain beat Zaeem Ghafoor/Arman Kamran 5-3, 4-1, Hasheesh Kumar/Asad beat Hassan Ali/Faizan Fayyaz 5-4, 5-4. In U-14 pre-quarterfinals, Moavia Butt beat Abdullah Pirzada 7-6, Ameer Mazari beat Aized Khalil 6-2, Omer Jawad beat Abubakar Khalil 6-0 and Asad Zaman beat Harris Bajwa 6-0.
U-12 Pre-quarterfinals, Ameer Mazari beat Xeerak Mustafa 6-1 and Samer Zaman beat Ali Usman 6-0. In the seniors 35 plus doubles, Tariq Sadiq/Kashif Rehmat beat Mehboob Waheed/Muhammad Yousaf 6-1, 6-2.