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| January 23, 2006 | Monday | Zilhaj 22, 1426 |
Jehangir in 2nd round
KARACHI, Jan 22: Jehangir Rashid opened his title campaign on winning note following his straight sets victory over Naresh Das in the first round of men’s single of Sindh Ranking tennis championship on Sunday. The Karachi-based player after 2-5 (set score) down to Naresh fought back to win the first set 7-5 and won the second set 6-2 to enter the second round.
Top seed Yasir Khan crushed Asif Irfanullah 6-3, 6-0 in another match while Hidayatullah beat Munir Memon before advancing to the next round.
Rizwan Shamsi was the next to enter the second round of men’s singles when he brushed aside Kelash 6-1, 6-0.
Results:
Men’s singles (1st round): Yasir Khan bt Asif Irfanullah 6-3, 6-0; Hidayatullah bt Munir Memon 6-2, 1-6, 6-3; Rizwan Shamsi bt Kelash 6-1, 6-0; Kashif Pirozani bt Chngez Hassan 6-3, 6-3; Syed Qutub bt Mustafa Jamal 6-3, 6-3; Inam Gul w/o Asad Qureshi; Mateen Arif bt Abdullah Khan 6-4, 6-4; Jehangir Rasheed bt Naresh Das 7-5, 6-2
Boys U-13 singles (1st round): Mustafa Zaidi bt Azher Qureshi 6-0, 6-0; Mustafa Zaidi w/o Hasan Azad; Hassan Raza bt Aliya 6-1, 6-1; Adil Kohari bt A Rehman Nasir 5-7, 6-2, 7-5.—PPI
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