LAHORE, Aug 5: All Punjab Independence Day Junior tennis tournament entered the prequarterfinals stage at the Punjab Lawn Tennis Association Coaching Centre on Tuesday.

Before reaching the prequarterfinals stage, the remaining first round matches in all the Age Groups of Under-12, Under-14 and Under-18 were also held on Tuesday.

Results:

UNDER-12 (First Round): Ali Shahzeb bt Haris Qureshi 6-1, 6-1; Usman Sikandar bt Ahmad Babar 6-0, 6-2; Haider Zaidi bt Wasif Kamal 6-0, 6-1; Usman Shaheen bt Mohsin Ali 6-4, 6-1.

PRE-QUARTERFINALS: Mohammad Waqas Malik bt Ali Shahzeb 6-1, 6-3; Rohail Rafi bt Usman Rafique 6-4, 7-6.

UNDER-14 (1st round); Omer Babar bt Rehan bin Khalid 6-1, 6-1; Issam Khan bt Bilal 6-1, 1-6, 7-5; Talal Khan bt Nabeel 6-0, 6-1; Sharjeel Rashid bt Shahid Bosan 6-0, 6-1; Haider Zaidi bt Usman Sikandar 6-0, 7-5; Shahryar Niazi bt Hamza Azam 6-2, 6-1; Nausher Shahzad bt Sheraz Habib Oberoi 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; Khurram Nazir bt Mohammad Luqman 6-0, 6-0; Saleem bt Asad Ahmad Tahir 6-0, 6-2.

PRE-QUARTERFINALS: Tanveer Munir bt Shahid Bosan 6-0, 6-0; Khurram Nazir bt Salman Aslam 6-0, 6-0; Sharyar Niazi bt Waqas Malik 6-2, 6-3.

UNDER-18 (First Round): Zain-ul-Haq bt Hasnain Ayub 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; Pervez Masih bt Yahya Masood Khan 6-4, 6-4; Salman Aslam bt Nabeel Ahmad 6-1, 6-4; Zulifqar Ali Khan bt Mustafa 6-2, 6-2.

PRE-QUARTERFINALS: Tanveer Ashiq bt Ibad-ur-Rehman 6-2, 6-2; Tanveer Munir bt Saad Ahmad 6-0, 6-0; Shahrukh Niazi bt Zulifqar Ali Khan 6-0, 6-1; Omer Babar bt Talal Khan 6-0, 6-3.

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