Aqeel, Sara top seeded

Published February 27, 2006

KARACHI, Feb 26: National champion Aqeel Khan will be top seed in men’s singles of Greener Pakistan National hard court tennis which gets underway at Karachi Gymkhana on Monday.

Yasir Khan will be top seed in junior Under-17 singles, while Sara Mehboob starts her campaign in ladies singles as top seed. Zuhair will be top seed in boys Under-13 competition.

On the opening day, men’s singles and Under-17 matches will be played while organisers have extended draws of men’s singles from 32 to 64 because of large number of entries.—PPI

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