KARACHI: Osama Khan, Mohammad Hadi, Parbat Kumar, Rayan Jawad and Hasheesh Kumar beat their respective rivals on the opening day of the 7th Essa lab Open National Tennis Championship which commenced here at the DA Creek Club on Saturday.

Dr Sabhia Essa was the chief guest at the opening ceremony and appreciated the efforts of Sindhi Tennis Association for the promotion of tennis in the country. She assured that her organization will continue to support all the sports in Karachi.

Results:

U-12 Singles (1st round) Ibrahim Qurashi bt Burhanuddin 8-2; Danial Kothwala walkover Yousuf Haleem; Nadir Mirza bt Zaed Minhas 8-2. - Agencies

U-18 Singles (1st Round) M Hadi bt Aqeel Hanif 6-0,6-0; Osama Khan bt Matthew Rodigues 6-0,6-0; Parbat Kumar bt Noor-e- Mustafa 6-1-6-1; Asim Gul bt Khazafi Khan 6-0, 6-2

U-16 Singles (1st round): S Oanuddin bt Ghufran Faiz 4-6, 6-3, 10-5; Rayan Jawad bt Ibad Yousuf 6-1, 6-2; Ashar Mir bt Asim Gul 6-4,6-2; Taha Aman bt Hasain Khurram 6-1,6-2; Hasheesh Kumar bt Mahatir Muhammad 6-4,7-5.

Published in Dawn, September 9th, 2018