ISLAMABAD: Seeds in all categories advanced with ease to the second round of the inaugural Hascol National Ranking Tennis Championships here at the Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex on Monday.

Top-ranked Aqeel Khan cruised in the men’s singles, eliminating Shaheen Mehmood 6-2, 6-2 and joined Yasir Khan — who brushed aside Yousaf Khan of Peshawar at 6-0, 6-1 — and Mudasir Murtaza — a 6-0, 6-2 winner over qualifier Saqib Umer — in the second round.

There was a bye for top seed Muzammil Murtaza in the boys’ U-18 first round but the other seeds endured little difficulty in advancing.

Results:

Men’s singles (first round): Aqeel Khan bt Shaheen Mehmood 6-2, 6-2; Ahmed Chaudhry bt Abbas Khan 6-3, 6-0; Shahzad Khan bt Ejaz Khan 6-3, 6-2; Kashan-ul-Haq beat Ilham Khan 6-2, 7-6 (9-7); Mudasir Murtaza bt Saqib Umer 6-0, 6-2; Shahzad bt Shahid Afridi 6-4, 6-4; Yasir Khan bt Yousaf Khan 6-1, 6-0; Usman Rafiq bt Hamza Bin Asif 6-3, 6-2; Usman Ejaz bt Huzaifa Abdul Rehman 6-4, 6-4.

Boys’ U-18 singles (first round): Hamza bin Rehan bt Nalain Abbas 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 (7-4); Parbat Kumar bt Zeeshan Bhachani 6-4, 6-2; Aman Atiq bt Talha bin Asif 6-3, 6-1; Samad Areejo bt Ashesh Kumar 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Aqib Umer bt Nadir Bhachani 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Syed Nofil Kaleem bt Kashan Umer 6-0, 6-0; Bilal Khan bt Sumit Das 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; Kashif Khan bt Musa Chaudhry 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Boys’ U-14 singles (first round): Sumit Das bt Hamidullah 4-0, 4-0; Subhan Bin Salik bt Hamza Jawad 4-0, 4-1; M. Huzaifa Khan bt Yahya Musa Luni 4-0, 4-1; Bilal Asim bt Mohammad Talha Qazi 4-1, 4-0; Kashan Umer bt Mohammad Abdullah Qazi 4-0, 4-0.

Published in Dawn, May 17th, 2016