KARACHI: Brilliant Nauman Aftab was stretched to the limits by Hyderabad’s Nadir Bachani in the semifinal before the former won the three-set duel 7-6, 3-6, 10-8 which lasted two hours and fifteen minutes here at the Indus Pharma National Seniors & Juniors Tennis Championship 2020 being played at the Modern Club.

Promising Haider Ali Rizwan was too good for Zain Ehtisham and defeated him 4-0, 4-1 in the under-14 semifinal while Mahatir Mohammad overcame stiff challenge from Yahya in the under-16 semifinal after Yahya could not continue the match due to injury.

Meanwhile, in the girls under-18 semis, both Zahra Suleman of Lahore beat Zainab Ali 6-4 6-2 while Zoha Asim cruised past Varsha Das 6-0 6-0 to enter the final.

Results:

Men’s Singles (semifinals): Nauman Aftab btNadir Bachani (Hyderabad) 7-6, 3-6, 10-8

U-16 Singles (semifinals): Mahatir Muhammaf bt Yahya 6-7, 7-6 3-0 rtd

U-14 Singles (semifinals): Haidar Ali Rizwan bt Zain Ehthasham 4-0 4-1

U-10 Singles (semifinals): Hamza Ali Rizwan (LHA) bt Nael Mirza 4-2 4-0

U-12 Doubles (semifinals): Hasnain+Hamza bt Sameer + Dhuraf Das 4-2 5-3; Nadir +Nail Mirza bt Nibras + Ibrahim 4-1 4-2

U-18 Doubles (semifinals): Hasheesh+Rayan bt Rayan Jawad bt Amin Shafi 4-5 rtd

Men’s Doubles (2nd Round): Hasheesh+Minhas bt Iltifat + Jawad 6-4 6-2

U-18 Singles (semifinals): Hasheesh Kumar bt Amin Shafi 6-2 6-1; Mahatir Muhammad bt Rayan Jawad 6-4 6-3

Men’s Doubles (semifinals): Aqeel Shabbir +Murad Khan bt Noor e Mustafa +Danish Ramazan 7-6, 2-6, 11-9

Girls U-18 (semifinals): Zahra Suleman (LHA) bt Zainab Ali 6-4 6-2; Zoha Asim bt Varsha Das 6-0 6-0

45-Plus Doubles (semifinals): Muhammad Iltifat + Javed Iqbal beat Amir Mumtaz & Syed Qutub 6-1, 6-0

Ladies Invitation Singles (1st round): Haniya Minhas beat Apsra Sheeraz 6-1, 6-0.

Published in Dawn, January 9th, 2020