KARACHI: Quartet of Yasir Khan, Abdul Shakoor, Nomi Qamar and Aqeel Shabbir advanced into the men’s singles second round of the Anti-Tobacco Day Tennis Tournament here at the Karachi Club hard courts on Monday.

Top seed Yasir got a walkover against Anas Godil while former Davis Cupper Nomi blanked Abdullah Khan 6-0, 6-0. Shakoor faced some problems before chalking out a well-earned 6-3, 6-4 victory against Sheheryar Chamdia.

Aqeel was leading 4-0 in the first set against Abid Khan before the latter retired due to an injury.

Results:

Men’s singles:

First round: Yasir Khan bt Anas Godil -- walkover; Abdul Shakoor bt Sheheryar Chamdia 6-3, 6-4; Nomi Qamar bt Abdullah Khan 6-0, 6-0; Aqeel Shabbir bt Abid Khan 4-0 -- retired; Robin Dash bt S. Anwar 6-0; Mohammad Manzar bt Khalid Ali Nazar 6-4, 6-0; Nazif Ahmed bt Mustafa 6-1, 4-3 -- retired; Hassan Farooq bt Sahibzada Mohammad Ali 7-5, 6-4.

Junior U-18 singles:

Yawar Abbas bt Nausher Anwar 6-0, 6-0; Amin Shafi bt Kailash 6-4, 6-7, 10-8; Murad Khan bt Taha Ilyas 6-0, 6-1; Taha Bande Ali bt Farzan Ahmed -- walkover; Saad Mohammad Ali bt Mujahidullah 6-0, 6-0.

Boys U-14 singles:

Mohammad Reyyan Imran bt Yahya Khan 6-0, 6-0; Mustafa Faisal bt Yameen Khan 6-0, 6-4.—APP

Published in Dawn, May 27th, 2014