ISLAMABAD: Zaeem Ghafoor and Mustansir Ali Khan both won three-setters to enter the third round at the National Junior Tennis Championships as 31 matches were decided here at the PTF Complex on Wednesday.

Results:

Boys’ Under-18 singles (second round): Hamza Aasim bt Hamza Al Zuhair 6-0, 6-0; Zaeem Ghafoor bt Inam Qadir 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; Mustansair Ali Khan bt Muhammad Ali 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Talha Khan bt Hamza Rehmat 6-0, 6-1; Abdul Hanan Khan bt Faizan Shahid 7-5, 6-2; Kashan Tariq bt Abdullah Wasif 6-2, 6-2; Kamran Khan bt Mamoon Ilyas 6-0, 6-0.

Boys’ Under-16 singles (second round): Abdul Hanan Khan bt Ibrahim Sohail 6-0, 6-0 Asad Zaman bt Zaeem Ghafoor 6-2, 6-3; Hamza Aasim bt Ibrahim Ashraf 6-0, 6-2 Uzair Khan bt Talha 6-1, 6-2; Talha Khan bt Abdullah 6-0, 6-0.

Girl’s Under-16 singles (first round): Amna Ali Qayum bt Fatima Ali Raja 6-1, 6-1; Zainab Ali Raja bt Amara Khan 6-1, 6-0; Farah Shah Khan bt Sara Khan 6-0, 6-0; Sheeza Sajid bt Soha Ali 6-3, 6-3.

Boys’ Under-14 singles (first round): Haziq bt Eshaan Ali 4-0, 4-0; Abdul Basit bt Nabeel Ali Qayum 4-0, 4-2; Ibrahim Ashraf bt Abdullah 4-2,4-2; Talha bt Eesa Fahd 4-0, 4-1; Ali Zain bt Syed Hamza Hussain 4-0, 4-2.

Boys & Girls’ Under-12 singles (second round): Abdul Basit bt Razik Sultan 5-4 (6-4), 4-1; Shayan Afridi bt Eesa Fahd 4-0, 4-0; Nabeel Ali Qayum bt Hajra Sohail 4-0, 4-0; Syed Hamza bt Zohaib 4-1, 4-2; Amir Mazari bt Mahd 4-0, 4-0.

Boys & Girls’ Under-10 singles (first round): Zohaib bt Shehryar Khan 4-0, 4-0; Moazzam Baber bt Esa Waqar 4-0,4-0; Salar Khan bt Nyle Ali 4-1,5-3; Mahd bt Behroze Wander 4-1, 5-3.

Published in Dawn, June 17th, 2021

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