Federal Cup ATT Tennis Championships 2016 – Asian Tennis Tour (ATT)
Islamabad 23rd October 2016: The qualifying draw of 1st Asian Tennis Tour – Federal Cup ATT Tennis Championships played at S.Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex, Islamabad. A total number of 12 players are accepted after the sing-in deadline in the qualifying draw. Faizan Khurram, Aman Attique Khan, Muhammad Usman Ejaz, Hamza Bin Asif qualified for the Main Draw of Men’s Singles after winning the final round of qualifying matches.
Mr. Tariq Mehmood Murtaza, President of Islamabad Tennis Association has the honor to start 1st two ATT tours; Federal Cup ATT Tennis Championships and Syed Tajammul Abbas Memorial ATT Tennis Championships from 23-26 October and 26-30 October respectively. He said though it is a disappointing for us that no international players participation from overseas due to the recent conflict of Indo-PAK LOC. It is an excellent opportunity for Pakistani players to gain valuable ATF Ranking points and improve their Asian Ranking for other international tournaments. It is hearting to know that more than 44 players from Pakistan got Asian Players Identification (APIN) from Asian Tennis Federation.
Muzammil Murtaza, Muhammad Ali Shahibzada, Haris Irafan –ul-Haq, Abdal Haider, Aqeel Khan, Shahzad Khan, Mudassar Murtaza, Ahmed Choudhary, Malik Abdul Rehman and Arham Khan are directly accepted into Main Draw according to the Asian Tennis Federation office. Islamabad Tennis Association awarded two wild cards namely Muhammad Abid Mushtaq and Heera Ashiq in the Main Draw.
Upcoming Aman Attique junior players from Rawalpindi made the major upset when he eliminated top ranked national player Usman Rafique in a well contested two set match in the 1st qualifying round match and then easily eliminated Ahmed Murad without any resistance and qualified for the Main Draw. Aman Attique was in fine touch as he performed excellent game in the previous week in a grade-1 Tournament and won the National Junior title at 6-0 6-0 at POF Wah. Faizan Khurram also struggle hard to won his encounter against Talah Bin Asif in another good match of the day at 6-3 7-5 and qualified for the main draw by winning second match against Ali Imtiaz. Moosa Choudhary won his match against Hassan Qureshi of Lahore and Zaid Mujahid won his match against Adnan Rasheed in straight set 6-2 6-2.
The top sixteen players of the 1st ATT – Pakistan (M1) will be seen in action tomorrow at 10:00 AM
The opening ceremony of the main draw will start tomorrow (Monday) at 10:30 AM at S.Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex, Islamabad. Senator Syed Dilawar Abbas, Senior Vice President and Board Member Asian Tennis Federation will grace the occasion as Chief Guest.
Following are the results:
1st Round Qualifying Matches – Men’s Singles
Faizan Khurram beat Talah Bin Asif 6-3 7-5; Zaid Mujahid beat Adnan Rasheed Khan 6-2 6-2; Moosa Choudhary beat Hassan Qureshi 7-5 6-3; Aman Attique Khan beat Usman Rafique 7-5 6-2
Final Round Qualifying Matches – Men’s Singles
Faizan Khurram beat Aly Imtiaz 6-1 6-0; Hamza Bin Asif beat Zaid Mujahid 6-0 6-1; Aman Attique Khan beat Murad Ahmed 6-1 6-0; Muhammad Usman Ejaz beat Moosa Choudhary 6-1 6-2