LAHORE: Seventeen matches were decided, including 13 in the men’s singles and rest in the boys U-12, on the opening day of the Servis Punjab Open Tennis Championships at the Bagh-e-Jinnah grass courts here on Tuesday.

All the matches were decided in straight sets as the winners toppled their respective rivals with ease.

In the first match, Mohammad Abid outclassed Sadiq Cheema without dropping a point 6-0, 6-0. Sikander Hayat, Faizan Khurram and Heera Aashiq also won their matches without conceding any point.

The U-12 boys’ event matches were one-off set affairs.

Results:

Mohammad Abid bt Sadiq Chema 6-0, 6-0; Tauqeer Fiaz bt Abdullah Tayyab 6-0, 6-1; Mian Bilal bt Imtiaz Ahmed 6-3, 6-4; Humble bt Hashir Farooq 6-4, 6-2; Saad Aleem bt Sarfraz Khurram 6-3, 6-1; Sikander Hayat bt Azfar 6-0, 6-0; Faizan Khurram bt Ayaz Khan 6-0, 6-0; Hassan Said bt Hassan Kamran 6-2, 6-1; Ahmed Babar bt Rafay Butt 6-1, 6-0; Zakaullah bt Changez Hassan 6-4, 6-0; Shehryar Malik bt Danish Kamil 6-2, 6-3; Nawaz bt Ali Omer Hayat 6-2, 6-2; Heera Ashiq bt Adnan Aslam 6-0, 6-0.

Boys U-12:

Ahmed Yousuf bt Sufyan Adil 8-2; Abdul Hannan Khan bt Mustafa 8-1; Mohammad Zaryab Khan bt Maha Said 8-5; Hamza Jawad bt Bilal Asim 8-1.

Published in Dawn, April 1st, 2015

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