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KARACHI: Ahtesham Humiyun secured his third title in two weeks as he defeated Asad Zaman 8-4 in the men’s final during the first Sohail University National Tennis Championship here at the DA Creek Club on Thursday.
Ahtesham can add another title to his tally when he face Hassan Usmani in the Under-18 final. Ahtesham beat Muzammil Bhand 6-1, 6-4 while Hassan downed Asad 7-6, 6-1.
In the girls U-18 last-four matches, Romaisa Malik cruised past Inaya Sayyed 6-2, 6-2 to set up another final against Bismail Zia, who swept aside Eschelle Asif 6-1, 6-1.
Romaisa, earlier, downed Bismil 5-3, 5-4 to claim the U-14 crown.
Inaya, meanwhile, made amends as she moved into the women’s decider after defeating Dalia Ashraf 8-2.
Ali Babar routed Zohayr Imad 10-1, 10-4 to clinch the U-7 title.
Result (semi-finals):
Boys Under-10: Ashter Aalam Khan bt Abdullah Ali 4-0, 4-0; Usman Haider bt Hamza Sattar 4-1, 4-0
Boys Under-14: M.Junaid Khan bt Ebrahim Gill 4-1, 5-3
Boys Under-12: M Muaz bt Ebrahim Gill 4-0, 4-0; Rashid Bachani bt M. Ayan 4-0, 5-3
Girls Under-12: Eman Shahbaz bt Dua Yousuf 4-2, 4-2; Shahnoor Umer bt Shanaya Shaikh 4-1, 4-1
Men’s doubles: Mahateer/Raahim Veqar bt Tanveer/Asad 8-3; Taimoor/Nameer bt Kashan/Yahya 8-6
Boys Under-14 doubles: Junaid Peshawar/Ansarullah bt Yahya/Zain 5-4, 3-5, 10-6
Girls Under-14 doubles: Bismil Zia/Eman Shahbaz bt Areeba/Zohha Imad 4-0, 4-0
Shahnoor Umer/Shahreen Umer bt Zainab Afnan/Dua Yousuf 4-1, 4-1
Boys Under-12 doubles: Ashter Alam/Majid Bachani bt Syed Zohran/Ebrahim Gill 4-2, 4-1.
Published in Dawn, July 25th, 2025
