KARACHI: Ahsan Siddiq of Modern Club was fully extended by Hyderabad’s Bilal Khan in the pre-quarter final of the men’s singles in the first Taqwiyat Ul Iman School Sindh Ranking Tennis Championships at Union Club here on Wednesday. Ahsan eventually defeated Bilal 4-5, 7-5, 10-5.

Eraj Batool, an international level soft tennis player, earned a place in the final of ladies singles (soft event) event when she beat Marium Shahid 4-1 in the semi-final. The closing ceremony of the championship will be held on Friday at 5:00pm.

Results:

Men’s Singles (pre-quarters): Ahsan Siddiq beat Bilal Khan ( Hyderabad) 4-5, 7-5, 10-5

Mens Singles (quarters): Farhan Altaf beat Musab Umair 6-0, 6-0

Ibrahim Iltifat beat Eibad Sarwar 6-3, 6-4

Mens Doubles (quarter-finals): Zubair Raja-Saad Saleem bt Zeerak Khan-Hashir Suhail 8-2

Ladies Singles (quarter-finals): Sabrina Khan beat Rukhsar Mirza 8-4; Marium Shahid beat Yumna Malik 8-0

Soft Tennis Mens Singles (quarters): Eibad Sarwar beat Hashir Suhail 4-0; Sheroz Hasan beat Zerak Khan 4-1; Usama Saeed beat Youhana 4-1; Muhammad Ali beat Saad Ahmed 4-0

Under 15 Singles (quarters): Ayaan Yousuf beat Dhuraf Das

Under 13 Singles (quarters): Ibrahim Qureshi bt Bilal Shah 4-0, 4-0.

Published in Dawn, September 17th, 2020