KARACHI: Noor-e-Mustafa, Farhan Altaf and M Ali beat their respective rivals in the mens singles second round to advance in the NBP National Seniors & Juniors Tennis Championship here at the DA Creek Club on Monday.

In the under-18 event first round, Shahzad Bachani and Amin Shafi outplayed their rivals while in the under-16 quarter-finals, Samad Arejo beat Shezad Bachani to reach the semis.

Earlier, Anwar Farooqi, Event Manager Sports Department NBP, formally inaugurated the tournament as chief guest. Also present were Azmanatullah Khan Erum Bukhari, Khalild Rehmani and Sarwar Hussain.

Result

U-18 Singles (1st Round): M Ali bt Asad Bachani (Hyd) 6-0,6-0; Shahzad Bachani (Hyd) bt Saad Abdul Rehman (Hyd) 6-4,6-3; Amin Shafi bt Mazhar Hayat 6-1,6-2; Noor-e-Mustafa bt Ahsan Siddiq 6-3,6-1; Hasheesh Kumar bt Samad 6-1,7-5

Mens Single (2nd round): Noor-e-Mustafa bt Hashir Suhail 6-0-6-0; Farhan Altaf bt Mustafa 6-0,7-6,(0); M Ali bt Muneer ur Rehman 6-0,6-1; Parbat Kumar bt Mustafa Burny 6-1,6-3

U-16 Singles (quarter-final): Samad Arejo bt Shehzad Bachni (Hyd) 6-1,6-2

U-12 (1st round): Muneer Darbari (Hyd) bt Musa Akhund 4-0,4-2; Nadir Mirza bt Huzaifa Hamid 4-1 4-1

U -14 (1st Round): Mahatair Muhammad bt Yahya Memon 6-0 2-0 rtd

U-10 Singles (1st Round) Haris Khan bt Abdul Wahab (Hyd) 4-1 4-2; Zain Ehtisham bt Nael Mirza 4-1 4-0

Soft Tennis (semifinal): Eibad Sarwar bt Shreeze Bhand (Hyd) 5-0; M Ali bt Usama Saeed 5-0

Soft Tennis (final) M Ali bt Eibad Sarwar 5-2.

Published in Dawn, December 11th, 2018