KARACHI: The two day qualifying rounds in the Essa Lab Open tennis championship commenced at the Karachi Club courts on Wednesday.

Results:

Under-16 singles:

Qualifying round: Ajay Chauhan bt Kailash 7-6, 6-2.; Shabbir Mohammad bt Shazil Malik 6-1, 6-2.

Under-14

singles:

Qualifying round: M.Hamza bt Shazil Malik 7-6, 6-1, Mujahid bt Aman 6-3, 7-5.

Men’s singles:

Qualifying round: Nazif Ahmed bt Sufiyan Shivani 6-3, 6-2; Jahangir Khaliq bt Robin Das 7-6, 6-1; Syed Yawar Abbas bt Aqeel Shabbir 6-0, 6-0; Eibad Sarwar Hussain bt Shehryer Shahzad 6-2, 6-4; Abdulah Khan bt Adnan (walkover); Abid Baloch bt Tariq Rasheed 6-3, 6-3.

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