February 28, 2006	Tuesday	Muharram 29, 1427

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KARACHI, Feb 27: Upcoming Sunny Williams conjured up two victories in men’s and juniors U-17 singles to cruise into next round of the Rs175,000 Greener Pakistan National Hard Court tennis which got underway at the Karachi Gymkhana on Monday.

He chalked up triumphs in contrasting styles. After having a comfortable 6-0, 6-0 sailing over Ahmed Bharocha in men’s singles, he was stretched to limits by Rameez Khan in the juniors U-17 on way to register a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win.

Ten matches in men and six in juniors U-17 were decided on the opening day.

The tournament would be contested in men’s and women’s singles, juniors U-17 boys and girls singles, boys U-13 singles and men’s doubles.

Davis Cupper and holder Aqeel Khan and Sara Mahboob have been top seeded in men’s and women’s singles draw. Women’s singles defending champion Seher Khawaja has been seeded second.

Sara has 119 national ranking points as compared to Seher’s 37.

Top 16 players who have got first round bye in men’s singles will make their appearance in the second round on Tuesday.

Results:

Men’s singles (first round):

Mahboob Khan bt Nasir 6-0, 6-0; M. Essa Jee bt Omer Jahangir 6-2, 6-3; Sunny Williams bt Ahmed Bharocha 6-0, 6-0; Ghulam Abbas Panjo bt M. Ali Majeed 6-0, 6-2; Eyhab Barki bt Kashif Pirozani 6-4, 4-0 (retd); M. Z. Khatak bt Asim Ahmed 7-6, 6-3; Taimoor Iftikhar bt Robin Das 7-6, 6-4; Salman Ahmed bt Rameez Khan 6-7, 6-4, 6-3; Syed Abbas Raza bt Faisal Mahmood 6-2, 6-1; Nawab Bashir bt Steve Jonathon 6-2, 6-3.

Junior’s U-17 singles (first round):

Salman Ahmed bt Adil Mahmood 6-0, 6-0, Ahsan Bajwa bt Ekram 6-0, 6-0; Sunny Williams bt Rameez Khan 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Jahangir Rasheed w/o Ibrahim Khalid; Hassam Khan bt Shakeel Aftab 6-2, 6-1.

Fixtures for Tuesday:

Men’s singles (second round) 10.00am; Boys U-13 singles (first round) 1.00pm; Women’s singles (first round) 2.00pm.