KARACHI: Pakistan number one Aqeel Khan cruised past Zohaib Gul of Hyderabad while Farhan Altaf, Munir Ashiq, Zeeshan Ashraf and Robin Das also beat their respective opponents to in the first round of the mens singles event at the 2nd EAM & SEM Memorial National Tennis Championship being played at the Karachi Gymkhana on Tuesday.

In the under-16 singles first round matches, Hamid Israr, Zainul Abidin and Kamran Khan overcame their respective rivals while Rayyan Khan, Abdullah and Haris Tariq also won their matches in the under-14 category.

Results:

Mens Singles (1st Round): Aqeel Khan (Pak No.1 ) bt Zohaib Gul (Hyd) 6-0,6-0; Munir Ashiq Lh bt Wawel Raza 6-1, 6-2; Tahirullah Khan (KPK) bt M A Saeed 6-2 7-5; Zeeshan Ashraf bt Saqib Hayat (SNGPL) 6-3 7-5; Robin Das (Pak Customs) bt Jalaluddin (Mirpurkhas) 6-2,7-6 (2); Yousuf Khalil bt Ikramullah 6-3 rtd; Farhan Altaf bt Irfanullah (PAF) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Abdul Haider bt M Ali 7-6,6-4; Izhar Iftikhar (KPK) bt Shahlamaan 6-4,6-2; M Waqas Malik (Lhr) bt Amir Qamar 6-1,6-3; Shoaib Ahmed bt Ibrahim Iltifat 6-1-6-1; M Adil bt Abdullah (KPK) 6-1,6-1

U -16 Singles (1st Round): Hamid Isarar (KPK) bt Farooq Atiq 6-1 6-2; A Samad Areejo bt Saim Danish 5-7 6-0 6-2; Zainul Abidin Asif bt Hasan Mustafa 6-2,6-3; Kamran Khan (KPK) bt Ibadur Rehman 6-2,6-2

U-14 Singles (1st Round) Rayyan Khan bt Farhan Khalil 6-3,6-4; Abdullah Khan bt Ayan Yousuf 6-0 6-0; Haris Tariq bt Abdullah Imran 6-2,6-2; Saim Danish bt Ibrahim Qureshi 6-0, 6-0.

Published in Dawn, July 18th, 2018