ISLAMABAD: Top seed Mohammad Abid comfortably tamed his opponent Irfanullah Khan on the opening day of the SNGPL All Pakistan Ranking Tennis Championship.

Abid defeated Irfanullah in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 in the first round of the main singles category held on Sunday night. The tournament is being played under artificial lights which were recently installed at the PTF Tennis Complex.

Results:

Men’s singles qualifier: Subhan Bin Salik bt Kashif Khan 8-3; Moosa Chaudhary bt Mohammad Hadin 8-3; Ahmed Kamil bt Nauman Ahmed 8-1; Irfanullah Khan bt Wahid Khan 8-1; Babar Ali Akber bt Ayaz Akbar 8-0; Shahid Afridi bt Zulquarnain 8-1; Mohammad Minhas Al-Daughtaiter bt Mohammad Ali 8-1; Shaheen Mehmood bt Rana Humayun 8-3.

Men’s singles first round: Mohammad Abid bt Irfanullah Khan 6-3, 6-1; Ahmed Chaudhary bt Abbas Khan 6-3, 6-2; Shahid Afridi bt Israr Gul 6-1, 6-1; Heera Ashiq bt Aman Attique Khan 6-3, 6-2; Mudassar Murtaza bt Rashid Malik 6-2 , 6-2; Abdaal Haider bt Nauman Aftab 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-1; Shakirullah Khan bt Ikramullah Khan 6-3, 6-0; Shahzad Khan bt Subhan Bin Salik 6-0, 6-1; Abid Ali Akber bt Aqib Hayat 6-0, 6-0; Huzaifa Abdul Rehman bt Saqib Hayat 6-2, 6-0; Babar Ali Akber bt Malik Abdul Rehman 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4); Yousaf Khalil bt Moosa Chaudhary 6-2, 6-1; Barkatullah bt Shaheen Mahmood 6-3, 7-5; Ahmad Babar bt Mohammad Minhas Al-Daughaiter 6-1, 6-1; Ahmed Kamil bt Mohammad Hadin 6-0, 6-0; Muzammil Murtaza bt Ejaz Ahmed Khan 6-2, 6-2.

Boys U-18 Singles first round: Mohammad Asim bt Dawood Anjum 6-0, 6-0; Mohammad Aqib w/o Malik Bakhat Jamal; M. Huzaifa Khan w/o Bakhat Jamal Sajid; Aqib Hayat w/o Jamal; Mohammad Hadin beat Yahaya Musa Luni 6-2, 6-2; Hamza Imran w/o Sheheryar; Faizan Fayyaz bt Mohammad Arshad 6-0, 6-0; Mohammad Abdullah bt Farman Shakeel 0-6, 6-3, 6-3; Danish Raza bt Ghufran Faiz 4-6, 6-1, 6-3; Mohammad Ali bt M.Talha Khan 7-5, 4-6, 6-1; Nalian Abbas bt Abdur Rafiq 6-0, 6-0; Qambar Husnain bt Talha Saleem 6-0, 6-0; Hassal Ali beat Hasam Kham 6-1, 4-6, 6-1.

Boys U-14 singles first round: Ibrahim Cheema bt Kashan Tariq 4-2, 4-2; Ali Zain bt Abdullah Azhar 5-4 (3), 2-4, 4-0; Hamza Jawad bt Mustensir Ali 4-0, 4-0; Hadi Zulfiqar w/o Azan Shahid; M.Hamza Aasim bt Ahmed Ali Khan 4-0, 4-0; Kashan Umer bt Arslan Khan 4-0; 4-1; Kamran Khan bt Waleed Humayun 5-3, 4-1; Yahya Musa Luni bt Sayed Suleman 4-1, 4-2; Hamid Qaqub w/o Mohammad Abbas; Shahsawar Khan bt Umer Masood Abbasi 4-0, 4-2; Asad bt M Jarrar Hussnain 4-0, 4-0.

Boys and girls U-10 singles first round: Lalarukh w/o Ammar Masood Abbasi; Gul Fatima bt Suleman Afaf 6-3; Malik Zohaib w/o Masood Uzair; Abdul Rehman bt Hajra 6-0; Mohammad Hassan bt Abdul Basit 6-3; Sameer Masood bt Hashir Aslam 6-2; M.Taha Raja bt Shah Jamal 6-0; Haris Bajwa bt Talha Tarar 6-0.

Published in Dawn, June 25th, 2019

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