KARACHI: Talented Parbat Kumar cruised past Noor-e-Mustafa 6-0, 6-2 in the mens singles quarter-final while the pair of Azharuddin and Sher Muhammad outplayed Amir Mumtaz and Qutub Ahmed duo in the 45-plus doubles semifinal at the 8th Essa Lab National Seniors & Juniors Tennis Championship being played at the Modern Club here on Wednesday.

In the under-18 singles first round clash, young Osama Khan beat Ammar Ismail convincingly while in the under-16 match, Yahya Ehtisham crushed Saeed Suleman in a fine displlay of tennis. In the under-14 quarter-final, Bilal Asim from Lahore proved too good for his opponent Rahim Vaqar to reach the semis in style.

Results:

U -14 Doubles (quarter-final): Saeed Suleman + Hussnain Ali bt Kashan Tariq +Abdullah Riwzan 4-0, 4-0

U -14 Singles (quarter-final): Bilal Asim (LHR) bt Rahim Vaqar 4-0, 4-0; Nadir Mirza bt Yousuf Haleem 4-1, 4-0

U -16 Singles (1st Round): Yahya Ehtisham bt Saeed Suleman (LHR) 6-1 6-1; Ammer Ismail walkover A Samad (HYD); Mahatir Muhammad bt Ghufran Faiz 6-1 6-1

U- 18 Singles (1st Round) Osama Khan (LHR) Ammar Ismail 6-3 6-4

U -18 Doubles (semi-final) Hasheesh Kumar + Mahatir Mohammad bt Baqir (Mirpur Mathelo) + Asghar Ali (Mirpur Mathelo) 6-7 6-1

45-plus Doubles (semifinal) Azharuddin + Sher Muhammad bt Amir Mumtaz+ Qutub Ahmed 6-3 6-1JavedIqbal + Muhammad Iltifat bt Karim Gul Agha + Abdul rehman Pasha 6-2 6-0

U-10 Doubles 1st Round: Nael Mirza + Dhuraf bt Eshal Zain+ Lariab Shamsi 4-0 4-0

Mens Singles (quarter-final): Parbat Kumar bt Noor-e-Mustafa 6-0, 6-2.

Published in Dawn, September 5th, 2019