ISLAMABAD: Seeded players advanced into the second round of the men’s singles Warid National Ranking Tennis Championships at the Senator Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex here on Sunday.

While, most of them registered easy victories, sixth seed Sanaullah and the eighth-seeded Mohammad Mudassar had to struggle hard before emerging winners in three sets.

In the boys’ under-18 category, Nofil Kaleem, Aman Atiq, Mohammad Muzammil, Hamza Abjad, Arham Atiq, Talha Zubair, Talha bin Asif and Mohammad Mudassar made it to the last-eight stage of the competition.

But unseeded Talha Zubair of Karachi caused a big upset by when he eliminated fourth seed Hasnain Manzoor of Lahore 6-2, 6-3.

In the boys’ under-14 event, Ahmed Ihtesham, Noman Aftab and Musa Chaudhry progressed to the quarter-finals without playing after receiving walkover from their opponents.

Results: Men’s singles:

First round: Mohammad Abid bt Syed Yawar Abbas 6-1, 6-1; Ahmed Babar bt Imran Shaukat 6-4, 6-3; Umar Babar bt Zain Nawab 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (7-2); Sanaullah bt Haseeb Yaqoob 6-3 4-6 6-1; Usman Rafiq bt Hamza bin Asif 6-4, 6-4; Faizan Khurram bt Shahid Afridi 6-1, 6-2; Talha bin Asif bt Rashid Khan 6-0 7-6(4); Mohammad Mudassar bt M. Muzammil 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 6-1; Arham Atiq bt Hasnain Manzoor 6-4m 6-3; Aman Atiq bt Wakeel Khan 6-4m 6-4; Shahzad Khan bt Umar Maniya 4-1 — Umar retired; Ahmed Chaudhry bt Abdal Haider 6-1, 6-2; Abbas Khan bt Abdul Rahman Malik 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 6-2; Shahzad bt Malik Hamza 6-3, 6-0; Talha Zubair bt Ijaz Khan 4-6, 6-0, 6-0; Yasir Khan bt Imad Amir 6-0, 6-1.

Men’s doubles: Pre-quarter-finals:

Zain Nawab/Haseeb Yaqoob bt Wakeel Khan/Ijaz Khan 6-2, 6-3; Umar Babar/Ahmed Babar bt Abbas Khan/Ikramullah 6-2, 6-1.

Boys’ under-18 singles: Second round (main draw):

Mohammad Mudassar bt Sahibzada M. Ali 6-2, 6-2; Syed Nofil Kaleem bt Khalid Ali 6-0, 6-0; Aman Atiq bt Saad Abjad 6-2, 6-2; Mohammad Muzammil bt Malik Hamza 6-3, 6-1; Hamza Abjad bt Hasnain 6-3, 6-1; Arham Atiq bt S. Yawar Abbas 6-2, 6-4; Talha Zubair bt Hasnain Manzoor 6-2, 6-3; Talha bin Asif bt Abdal Haider 6-3, 6-4;

Boys’ under-14 singles: Pre-quarter-finals:

Saad Abjad bt Amin Shafi 6-2, 6-2; M. Talal bt Abdullah Javed 6-2, 6-1; Ahmed Ihtesham bt Anzhala — walkover; Noman Aftab bt Muneeb Sajid — walkover; Musa Chaudhry bt Imran — walkover; Bilal Imran Loya bt Mohammad Ibrahim 6-0, 6-0.

Published in Dawn, August 4th, 2014