KARACHI: Asad Khan, Talha Zubair and Parbat Kumar overcame their opponents in contrasting style while Fahad Haider beat Mujahidullah in U-17 quarter-finals on the fourth day of the 1st Ebrahim Merchant Memorial Ranking Tennis Championship 2016 at the Karachi Club on Wednesday.

Results:

Mens Singles (second round): Asad Khan bt Usama Saeed 6-0, 6-0; Hassan Farooq bt Farhan Altaf 2-6, 6-2, 6-4; Talha Zubair bt Nouman Aftab 3-6, 6-0, 6-3; Parbat Kumer bt Nadir Bachani 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; Sherbaz Malik bt Eibad Sarwar 6-4, 6-1; Fahad Khan bt Waseel Raza 6-1, 6-2

U-17 (Quarter-finals): Fahad Haider bt Mujahidullah Khattak 7-5, 6-4; Nouman Aftab walkover Parbat Kumar.

U-15 (second round): Amin Shafi bt Aseem Gul 6-2, 6-1; Farzan Ahmed bt Abdullah Khan 6-1, 6-1; Ashish bt Osama Khan 6-4,7-6; Nouman Aftab bt Ahmed Ehtisham 6-4, 6-1.

U-13 (second Round):

Rayyan Sohail bt Ashish Kumar 6-3, 6-4; Abdullah Khan bt Hamad Khan 6-2.6-2; Mohd Yahya bt Asher Siddqui 6-0,6-0; Rayyan Jawwad bt Sameer 6-2,6-3; Asher Mir walkover Kamran Khushali; Ibrahim Khan bt Gulzaib 6-1,6-3; Farzan Ahmed bt Abdullah Bin Atique 6-1,6-1.

Published in Dawn, July 21st, 2016

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