KARACHI, Aug 6: Ahmed Iqbal sent promising S. Abbas Raza packing to advance into men’s singles next round of the Sindh ranking tennis championship at the synthetic courts of DHA Sunset Club.

Iqbal of Sunset Club was home 6-2, 6-4.

Results:

Juniors U-17 singles (first round): Muneeb Khan bt Rameez Khan 6-1, 6-3; Mustafa Jamali bt Mahboob Ali 6-2, 6-2; Sunny Williams bt Fahad Mohammad 6-1, 6-2; Mustafa Zaidi bt Anas Saleem 6-0, 6-3; Abdul Rehman bt Arshad Shahid 6-4, 5-5 (retd); Hsham w/o S. Ali Imran; Hasan Ahmed bt Manoj 6-3, 6-2; Omer Shahid bt Vishal Chohan 6-4, 6-0.

Boys U-15 singles (first round): Omar Shahid bt Talha Saeed 6-3, 6-2; Shamran bt Saadul Rehman 6-2, 7-5.

Boys U-11 (first round): Sheryar Ahmed bt Saad Pervez 8-1; Hamza bin Arif bt Omer Khan 9-7.

Men’s singles (first round): Ahmed Iqbal bt S. Abbas Raza 6-2, 6-4; Saif Noor bt Zaid Noor 6-3, 6-1; Zulqarnain w/o Vijay Das.

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