LAHORE: The All-Pakistan Open Tennis Championship starts at the Punjab Tennis Academy, Bagh-i-Jinnah here on Sunday.

Nayza is the main sponsor.

Matches in the men’s singles and doubles, women’s singles, boys U-18, boys U-14, boys/girls U-10, seniors 45-plus doubles and seniors 60-plus doubles will be held in the weeklong event.

Former Davis Cupper and Pakistan coach Rashid Malik, who is also secretary of the Punjab Lawn Tennis Association, will be the director tournament while Arif Qureshi is the referee.

After the qualifying round on Sunday and Monday, the main round in all the categories starts on Tuesday.

Published in Dawn, November 12th, 2017

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