ISLAMABAD: Twenty matches were decided on the opening day of the first ACPL National Junior Hard Court Tennis Championship here at the Pakistan Sports Complex on Thursday.

Unseeded Yawar Abbas of Islamabad defeated fifth seed Hafiz Arbab 6-3, 6-4 in a major upset with Shaeer-ul- Haq Hamad of Mangla getting walkover against sixth seed Abdal Haider of Lahore.

Also, all the other remaining seeded players moved into the second round winning their respective matches in straight sets.

Karachi’s Nazif Ahmed struggled to win his encounter against Mir Shahzaib in a thrilling three-set match which lasted one-and-a-half hours. Ibrar-ul-Haq eliminated aRehmat Ali of Peshawar in another three-set match of the day.

Earlier, Pakistan Sports Board director general Dr Mohammad Akhtar Nawaz Genjera inaugurated the opening ceremony.

Results Boys U-18:

First round: Syed Nofil Kaleem bt Umer Sultan 6-1,6-0; Syed Yawar Abbas bt Hafiz Arbab Ali 6-3,6-4; Ilham Khan bt Shafei Bagri 6-0,6-2; Kashan ul Haq bt Hamza Abjad 6-4,6-4; Aman Atiq bt Ali Khalid 6-4,7-5; Malik Hamza bt Humbal 6-3,6-0; Nazif Ahmed bt Shahzaib Mir 6-2,3-6,6-1; Talha Bin Asif bt Sarmad Naseeb 6-0,6-0; Arham Atiq bt M. Wamiq 6-0,6-1; Hasnain bt Shehroz Rohail (walkover); Dawar Rehan bt Imtanan 6-1,6-0. Hamza Bin Asif bt Zain Rohail (walkover); Shaeer ul Haq bt Abdal Haider (walkover); Talha Zubair bt Yousaf Hassan 6-1,6-2; Ibrar ul Haq bt Rehmat Ali 4-6,6-4,6-0; Hasnain Manzoor bt Zarik 6-0,6-0.

Boys U-14:

First round: Saad Abjad bt Moiz Gangera 6-0,6-1; Musa Choudhary bt Sairam Israr (walkover); Fawaz Gangera bt Naeem Aftab (walkover).

Published in Dawn, June 20th, 2014