KARACHI: First-round matches were played in the boys’ U-14 and U-10 categories as the Shamsi Academy National Juniors Tennis Championships kicked off here at the DA Creek Club on Saturday.

Over 250 players will vie for honours in the week-long championship in various age categories for both boys and girls.

Results (first-round):

Boys’ U-14 singles:

Faiz Ilyas bt Mustafa Naveed 4-0,4-2; Laraib Shamsi bt Syed Hanzala Qutub 4-0, 4-0, Yahya Haleem bt Aahil Imran 3-5, 4-1, 4-0; Ansarullah bt Imdad Ali 4-1,4-0; Rohan Das bt Zayd Zaman 5-3,5-3; Ruhab Faisal bt Bilal Ikram 4-1, 4-2; Zain Nomi beat Abbas Habib 4-2, 4-0; Ismail Aftab bt Abdul Baseer 4-0, 4-0; Hadi Mahmood bt Yahya Bin Zain 4-0, 4-0.

Boys’ U-10 singles:

Tariq Rafi bt Soha Murtaza 4-0, 4-0; Zayed Basher bt Khizer Bakali 4-0, 4-1; Naayel Sohaib bt M.Azeem Taili bt 4-0, 4-1; Syed Sufyan bt Abdul Rehman 4-0, 4-0; Arsh Imran bt Marium Zeeshan 4-0, 4-0; Rahim Faisal beat Nayel Shamsi 4-0, 4-1; Huzaifa Zahid bt Naail Shamsi 4-2, 4-2

Published in Dawn, September 18th, 2023