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| January 27, 2003 | Monday | Ziqa’ad 23,1423 |
Mahir beats Danish
KARACHI, Jan 26: Mahir Nisar defeated promising Danish Ahmed in straight sets in the men’s singles first round of Westburry Open Tennis Championship here at Modern Club, Karachi on Sunday.
Both the players were engaged in long rallies from baseline. In the end experience counted and Mahir proved too good for Danish.
The tournament was formally opened by former Davis Cupper Inamul Haq and Aqeel Khan Pakistan Number 1.
Juniors - 18 Single (1st round)
Akbar Pataudi bt Amir Diwan 6-2 6-3, Shakoor Khan bt Samyad Gul 6-2 6-4, Hammad Shoeb bt Atiq Qasim 6-2 6-2 and Danish Ahmed bt Suleman Maniya 6-0 6-2.
Men’s Singles (1st round)
Mahir Nisar bt Danish Ahed 6-2 6-3, Jalil Khan bt Haroon Khan 6-0 6-0, Salman Zaki bt Hammad Shoeb 6-0 6-2 and Akbar Pataudo bt Gul Hameed 6-7 6-2 (Rtd).
Boys - 14 (1st round)
Ali Asghar bt Atiq Qasim 6-3 6-4, Matin Arif bt S M Abbas Raza 3-6 6-4 6-4, M Noman Ali bt Ahad Hassan 3-6 6-2 6-2 and Dawood Saeed bt Zarrukh 6-0 6-1.
Boys - 12 (1st round)
Nasir Mushtaq bt Shehryar Ahmed 7-6, 6-4 and Jehangir Rashid w/o Amir Arif.
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