Amir outlasts Ashar

Published December 31, 2003

LAHORE, Dec 30: Amir Ali Khan recovered to beat Sheikh Ashar in three sets on opening day of the All-Pakistan Junior ranking tennis championship boys’ Under-18 singles at Punjab Coaching Centre, in Bagh-i-Jinnah on Tuesday.

Amir lost the first set but bounced back to win next two sets and the match 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Results:

Boys Under-18 singles:

Ali Asghar bt Sajjad Younis 6-2, 6-2; Adnan Khan bt Usman Ejaz 6- 0, 6-0; Tanveer Ashiq bt Umair Ahmad 6-0, 6-3; Amir Ali Khan bt Sheikh Ashar 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Imran Shaukat bt Salman S. Chatha 6-0, 6-1; Tanveer Munir bt Nabil Ahmad 6-1, 6-0; Ahmed Aslam bt Shahryar Niazi 6-3, 7-5; Omar Babar bt Ghulam Hussain 6-0, 6-3; Ali Sheikh bt Danyal Alvi 6-2, 6-3; Tariq Sheikh bt Haroon 6-0, 6-0; Wasif Cheema bt Suleman Aslam 6-0, 6-0; Imran Rasool w/o Shehzad Khan.

Boys Under-12: Muhammad Abid bt Faizan 6-3, 2-6, 6-0; Faiz Rizwan bt Taib Sheikh 6-3, 6-1; Fahad W Butt bt Danish Ilyas 6-4, 6-4; Said Bashid bt Shehroz 6-1, 6-3; Sajid Ali bt Zain 6-0, 6-2.

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