KARACHI: Reza Ali Mirza, Israr Gul, Zafar Hasan outplayed their respective rivals in the seniors categories while Eibad Sarwar and Hania Naveed overcame their opponents in the juniors categories at the 25th Karachi Club Pakistan ITF Seniors World Ranking Tennis Championship here on Monday.

Results:

45 singles (first round): Reza Ali Mirza bt Zulfiqar Ali Khan 6-3, 2-4—Zulfiqar retired; Norullah Dhanani bt Ismail Asif 6-3, 6-4; M. Abdul Saeed bt Azharuddin Khan 7-5, 6-1; Israr Gul Khan (Peshawar) bt Javed Iqbal 6-3, 6-4.

60 plus Singles (round robin): Zafar Hasan bt Mushtaq Ahmed 6-2—Mushtaq retired; Zafar Hasan bt Iltifat Ahmed 7-6, 7-6; Iltifat Ahmed bt Akbar Hayat Khan 6-2, 6-0

55 doubles: Humayun Ayub/Altaf hussain bt Noorullah Dhanani/Akbar hayat 6-0, 6-2.

35 doubles: Ali Bhagat/Kaleem Ghanchi bt Sher Ahmed Khanzada/Shoaib Anis 6-1, 7-6 (9-7).

35 singles: Ali Bhagat bt Sher Ahmed Khanzada 6-0, 6-2.

U-17 (quarter-finals): Zubair Raja bt Eibad Sarwar 6-4, 2-0; Noor-e-Mustafa bt Talha Sohail 7-5, 4-6, 10-5; Parbat Kumar bt Muhammad Dada 7-5, 6-3.

U-17 (first round): Eibad Sarwar Hussain Khan bt Nasrullah Khan 6-0, 6-2; Hania Naveed bt Mushad Umair 6-1, 6-1; Noman Aftab bt Rehan Jawad 6-0, 6-0.

U-13 (quarter-finals): Yahya Ehtasham bt Ibrahim Khan 6-2, 6-3; Asim bt Mutahir Muhammad 6-4, 6-3; Hashish Kumar bt Abdullah bin Atiq 6-1, 6-0.

U-11 (quarter-finals): Ashar Mir bt Saim Danish 8-6; Taha Aman beat Ibrahim Nauman 8-3; Mahatir Muhammad bt Rahim Viqar 8-4

U-15 (quarter-finals): Mujahidullah Khatak bt Asim Gull 6-3, 6-4.

Published in Dawn October 4th, 2016