LAHORE: The 2nd PLTA Super Series Punjab Open Tennis Championship 2020 commenced here at the Punjab Lawn Tennis Association courts on Thursday.

Former Davis Cup captain Rashid Malik (Tamgha-e-Imtiaz), who is also PLTA Secretary, inaugurated the championship.

On the opening day, the matches were played in different age categories and the winners made their ways into the next round.

Results:

Boys U-16 (pre-quarterfinals): Hamza Jawad bt Ahmad Adnan 8-0, Shaeel Durab beat Zaeem Ghafoor 8-4, Ahtesham Arif beat Muneeb Majeed 8-5, Shehryar Anees bt Aized Khalil 8-1, Ibrahim Anjum bt Abu Bakar Khalil 8-1, Hassan Ali bt Haroon Arshad 8-2; Asad Zaman bt Arman Kamran 8-5.

Boys U-14 pre-quarterfinals: Asad Zaman bt Zohaib Afzal Malik 8-2, Abdullah Pirzada bt Abu Bakar Khalil 8-3, Waleed Javed bt Muneeb Majeed 8-3, Shehansha beat Ali Jawad 8-0, Shehryar Anees beat Ameer Mazari 8-6, Arman Kamran beat Amin Sheikh 8-1, Labika Durab beat Abdul Rehman Pirzada 8-1 and Haroon Arshad beat Moavia Butt 8-5.

In U-16 boys doubles’ quarterfinals, Hamza Jawad/Shaeel Durab beat Waleed Javeed/Muneeb Majeed 8-4, Asad Zaman/Hassan Ali beat Zaeem Ghafoor/Shehryar 8-1, Ahmad Adnan/Shehansha beat Arman Kamran/Ali Jawad 8-4 and Abu Bakar Khalil/Ali Talha beat Ahtesham Arif/ Ibrahim Anjum 8-2.

Published in Dawn, December 11th, 2020