KARACHI: Ibrahim Iltifat, M. Ali, Nadir Bachani bt M. Ahmed, Asif Bachani of Hyderabad and Farhan Altaf beat their respective rivals in the men’s singles second round at the the inaugural KC Premier Cables Sindh Ranking Tennis Championship which commenced here at Karachi Club on Wednesday.

In the ladies singles first round, Amna Sherwani crusied past Aysha Yousuf while Marium Shaihid made shortwork of Dominique to win 6-0, 6-1.

In the under-17 event, M Ibrahim and Mikaeel Baig won their matche with eas while in the under-13 event, Dhruf Das and Ibrahim Sajjad also outplayed their rivals

Mohammad Khan, Head of Islamic Banking Habib Metropolitan Bank, was the chief guest on the opening while international table tennis player Arif Khan (Pride of Performance) and Javed Karim were the guests of honour.

Arif Mithani, President Karachi Club, and Amin Merchant Secretary KC, Muhammad Aslam Khan, president KCSA, Syed Sakhawat Ali and Ghulam Yasim were also present.

Results:

Men’s Singles (2nd Round): Ibrahim Iltifat bt Yasir Aslam 6-4 6-7 10-4; M. Ali bt Abdul Samad Areejo 6-4. 6-3; Nadir Bachani bt M. Ahmed 6-1 6-0; Asif Bachani Hyd bt Amir 6-0 6-2; Farhan Altaf bt Bilal Anwar 6-1 6-2

U-13 Singles (1st Round): Ahsan Ahmed bt Kaamil Syed 4-1 4-2; Basim Ali bt Ali Mehdi 4-0 4-0; Dhruf Das bt Zainab Shabbir 4-0 4-0; Aliyan bt Ibrahim Mubashir 4-0 4-0; Ibrahim Sajjad bt Bilal Chapra 4-1 4-1; Mikaeel Ali Biag bt Ali Hadi 4-0 4-0; Zayd Zaman bt Hazik Ali Arijo 5-4 (2),4-2

Juniors U-17 Singles (1st Round): M. Ibrahim bt Aliyan Umair 6-0 6-0; Mikaeel Ali Baig bt Abdullah Aftab 6-0 6-0; Danish Tanweer W/o Ali Hadi

U-11 Singles (2nd Round): Abdul Wahab Darbari( Hyderabad) bt Hazik AliAreejo ( Hyd) 4-2 4-0; Moosa Ahmed bt Rashid Ali 4-1 5-3 7-2

Men’s Doubles (2nd Round): Parbat Kumar + Muhammad Ali bt Zubair Raja+Yasir 8-6

Ladies Singles (1st round): Amna Sherwani beat Aysha Yousuf 6-0, 6-1; Marium Shaihid beat Dominique 6-0, 6-1

35-Plus Doubles: M Iltafat +Sher Ahmed bt Amir Mumtaz +Syed Qutub 8-4; Bilal Anwar + Anil Das bt Abbas Bhagat +Imran 8-2.

Published in Dawn, February 18th, 2021