KARACHI: Brilliant Nouman Aftab cruised into the final of U-18 event of the third McDonald’s Nati­onal Junior Tennis Champ­ionship at the DA Creek Club here on Monday.

Nouman faced little resistance from his semi-final opponent Amin Shafi and recorded a convincing 6-1, 6-4 victory.

In U-14 singles semi-finals, Hasheesh Kumar defeated Moham­mad Yahya 6-3, 6-3 while Rayyan Jawad beat Mahatir Mohammad 6-3, 6-2.

In U-12 singles semi-finals, Ashar Mir overpowered Nadir R Mirza 8-2.

In a 35-plus singles quarter-final match, Vinod Das blanked Faraz Halim 8-0.

In the girls U-18 singles second round, Hania Naviad outclassed Dominique Rodrigues 6-0, 6-0.

Results:

U-18 singles (semi-final) Nouman Aftab bt Amin Shafi 6-1 -6-4;

U-12 singles (semi-final): Ashar Mir bt Nadir R Mirza 8-2

U-14 singles (semi-final): Hasheesh Kumar bt M Yahya 6-3, 6-3; Rayyan Jawad bt Mahatir Mohammad 6-3, 6-2

Girls U-18 singles (second round): Hania Naviad bt Dominique Rodrigues 6-0, 6-0

35-plus singles (quarter-final): Vinod Das bt Faraz Halim 8-0

55-plus singles (second round): Karim Gul Agha bt Mustahsin Billah 8-3.

U-12 singles (quarter-finals): Asher Mir bt Asher Siddique 8-0; Nadir Mirza bt Zain Ehtesham 8-5; Mahatir Muhammad bt Rayan Ahmed 8-4; Zain M Ali walkover Mufadad Khan.

Published in Dawn, November 28th, 2017