KARACHI: Mujahidullah Khattak and Hasheesh Kumar were off to winning start in the under-16 event while Mahatir Mouhammad and Ashar Mir triumphed in the under-14 matches at the 5th Indus Pharma National Seniors and Juniors Tennis Championship 2017 that commenced at the Karachi Gymkhana here on Saturday.

Gulzar Firoz (Tamgh-e-Imtiaz) was the chief guest at opening ceremony. Khalid Rehmani at the occasion congratulated Pakistan Davis Cup team for their outstanding victory in the Davis Cup final against Thailand

Results:

U-10 Singles (1st round): Hazaifa Saeed khan bt Mir Saqib 8-2; Sameer Zain bt M Hamza Ali 8-0; Duruf Das bt Usman Humza 8-5

U-12 Singles (1st Round) Zain Ali bt Asher Siddiqui 8-1; Zain Ehtisham bt Rayyan Ahmed 8-1; Mahatir Mohammad bt Taha Aman 8-4

U-14 Singles (1st Round): Mahatir Mohammad bt Taimoor Khan 6-0,6-0; Ashar Mir bt Ammar Ismail 6-3,7-5; Ghufran Faif bt Hasnain Khurram 6-0,6-1; Asim Gul bt Mustafa 6-0,6-1; MFarooq Atiq bt A Rahim 1-0 rtd; Asher Siddiqui bt M Ali Mustafa 6-1,6-2

U-16 Singles (1st Round): Mujahidullah Khattak bt Asher Mir 6-2,6-4; Hashesh Kumer bt Ammar Ismail 6-2,6-1; Rayyan Jawwad bt Samad Areejo 3-6,6-0 6-2

Published in Dawn, September 24th, 2017