Ghulam Abbas advances

Published August 16, 2005

KARACHI, Aug 15: Ghulam Abbas sailed into the quarterfinals of the Open Tennis Championship’s men’s singles event with a straight sets win over Kamran 6-1, 6-3 at the Karachi Gymkhana on Monday.

Also to reach the quarterfinals were Khalid Ali, Shabbir and Akber. Khalid win against Manzer, Shabbir beat Saif Noor while Akber reigned supreme against Nasir in straight sets.

Results:

(Boys U-17) Nasir Mushtaq bt Asif 6-0, 6-1; Qurban bt Hasan 6-1, 6-2; Abbas Arif bt Shaheel 6-3, 6-4; Ali Asghar bt Zain W/0; Anas bt Salman Ahmed 6-1, 7-6; Jehangir bt Zaran 6-1, 6-2; Rizwan bt Mateen Arif 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; Ghulam Abbas bt Atiq 6-0, 6-1

Men’s Single (Pre-Quarter) Khalid Ali bt Manzer 1-0 (Retd); Shabbir bt Saif Noor 6-4, 6-3; Akber bt Nasir 6-4, 6-3; Ghulam Abbas bt Kamran 6-1, 6-3

Boys U-9 (Semifinal) Khawaja bt Uzair Javed 6-1, 6-0; Taha Bande Ali bt Sameer 6-3, 6-3

Boys U-11 (1st Round) Shaharyar bt Nameer 6-3, 6-2; Adil Kohari bt Hasan 7-6, 6-2.

Boys U-13 (2nd Round) Omer Shahid bt Hasan 6-0, 6-0; Abu Bakar bt Abdul Rehman 0-6, 7-6, 6-4; Anas Khan w/o Rida; Zubair bt Ibrahim 6-7, 6-3, 6-4; Mustafa Zaidi w/o Shamron Tahir Ali bt Namir Shamsi 6-3, 6-4.—PPI

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