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| December 12, 2002 | Thursday | Shawwal 7, 1423 |
Tanvir thrashes Ashiq
LAHORE, Dec 11: Fifteen matches in all six different categories of boys and girls were decided in straight sets on the second day of the sixth Haleeb All-Pakistan junior ranking tennis tournament on Wednesday.
In the Boys Under-18 singles, four matches were played. Fifth seed Tanvir Ashiq thrashed Shahid Arshad 6- 2, 6-3. Ghulam Hussain outplayed Asif Riaz 6-2, 6-2. Fahad Khan outclassed Ali Malik 6-0, 6-0.
In the last match, Zaheer Ahmad proved too good against Mohammad Malik 6-3, 6-3. In the best match of the boys Under-14 section, top seed Omer Babar was extended by Ahmad Aslam before winning 6-4, 6-4.
Tanvir Munir blasted Mohammad Malik 6-0, 6-0 while Talal Khan beat Ali Sheikh 6-1, 6-2. Shahid after losing his Under-18 match against Tanvir upset fifth seed Muhammad Mustafa 6-4, 6- 4.
The boys Under-12 competitions has entered the semifinal stage with three quarterfinals being decided.
Top seed Heera Ashiq beat Bilal 6-0, 6-2, second seed Ibrahim Omer had no problem in ousting Usman Sikandar 6-2, 6-1 while fourth seed Waqas Malik out lassed Ali Raza 6-1, 6-1.
The girls’ competitions in U-18 and U-14 have also started.
In the only match of the U-18 category , Shehla Nazir recovered to beat Iram Arshad, 6-4, 6-4.
In Under-14, unseeded Zainab Kalim created an upset defeating fourth seed Saadia Karim 6-4, 6-2. Azra Amin earned an easy win against Anjum Qasim 6-1, 6-2 and so did Zehra Ali against Zarnab Amin 6-1, 6-0.
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