LAHORE: Ten matches were decided in the first round of the PC Lahore Ranking Tennis Champ­ionship’s men’s singles event at the Bagh-i-Jinnah courts here on Monday.

After the toughest contests, Salman Ayaz, Rana Humayun, Abbas Wattoo and Sameer Ahmed won their respective matches, while other matches remained one-sided.

Salman edged out Hassan Kamran 3-6, 6-3, 10-4, while Sameer drafted a victory against Hassan Said 6-3, 3-6, 11-9. Abbas also fought hard to beat Zain Chaudhary 6-7, 7-6, 10-8. Humayun ousted Jawad Zahid 6-2, 1-6, 10-8.

On Tuesday, the first round of U-18, U-14 and U-12 will begin.

Results:

Faizan Fayyaz bt Ibrahim 6-0, 6-2; Imran Bhatti bt Momin 6-0, 6-0; Haroon bt Abdullah Anjum 6-0, 6-0; Ahtesham Sattar bt Huzaifa 6-3, 6-3; Suhaib bt Tariq Sadiq 6-4, 6-2; Salman Ayaz bt Hassan Kamran 3-6, 6-3, 10-4; Sameer Ahmed bt Hassan Said 6-3, 3-6, 11-9; Abbas Watoo bt Zain Chaudhary 6-7, 7-6, 10-8; Rana Humayun bt Jawad Zahid 6-2, 1-6, 10-8.

Published in Dawn, March 5th, 2019