ISLAMABAD: Forty-nine mat­ches were played on the opening day of the fifth Benazir Bhutto Shaheed National Tennis Cham­pionship here at the Islamabad Tennis Complex on Sunday.

Khursheed Abbasi, Shaheen Mehmood, Ibrahim Omer, Numan Aftab, Aman Atiq, Faizan Fayyaz, Jibran ul Haq and Sami Zeb qualified for the men’s singles main draw after winning their respective qualifying matches.

Pakistan’s top player Aisam-ul-Haq partnering veteran Aqeel Khan will be seen in action on Tuesday as they got bye in the first round.

Prominent women players Sara Mansoor, Sara Mehboob, Mehak Khokar, Mahin Aftab, Esha Jawad, and Noor Malik are also featuring in the tournament.

Results (qualifiers):

Nalain Abbas bt Abbas Khan 7-6; Farhad Ali bt Noor-e-Mustafa 6-0; Shaheen Mehmood bt Zakirullah 6-2; Ahtesham Arif bt Azan Sajid 6-2; Hasham Khan bt Hassan Ali 6-4; Abduallah bt Farman Shakeel 6-0; Adnan Khan bt Fahim Ramzan 6-0; Ibrahim Omer bt Yasin Khan 6-1; Subhan Salik bt Hasheen Kumar 6-3; Sahibzada Noor bt Zain Ch 6-3; Numan Abtab bt Raja Shafaqat 6-1; Huzefa Khan bt Mujahid Khan 6-1; Jibran-ul-Haq bt Sinkandar Hayat 8-6; Faizan Fayyaz bt Parhabat Kumar 8-4; Aman Atiq beat Osama 8-3; Numan Aftab bt Subhan Salik 8-2; Ibrahim Omer bt M. Abdullah 8-1; Shaheen Mehmood bt Hasham Khan 8-0; Khursheed Abbasi bt Farhad Ali 8-4.

Published in Dawn, December 16th, 2019