KARACHI, June 27: Syed Abbas Raza and Fahim Ramzan advanced to the second round of men’s singles event of the Sindh Ranking tennis championship at PN Karsaz courts on Friday.

Abbas after dropping two games outplayed Abdullah Khan to register 6-2, 6-0 win. Fahim Ramzan defeated Qazi Zain 6-3, 6-3.

Former national junior champion Zia Hai outclassed Sarmad Zeeshan in straight sets in men’s singles on Thursday.

Results:

Boys’ U-15:

First round: Yahya Essa bt Mustafa Saleem 6-0, 6-0; Arsalan Allawala bt Sheryar Ahmed 6-4, 2-2, rtd; Ahad Ahmed bt Yasir Rasool 6-2, 6-3; Asfand Yar bt Abdul Ahad 6-4, 5-1; Mohammad Hamid Raza bt Mubashir 6-3, 6-1; Akbar Bhadat bt M. Haza Nasir 6-0, 6-2; Uzair Abdul Qadir bt Fraz Ashraf 7-5, 6-2; Ahsan Saqib bt Talha Zubair 6-0, 6-2; Mustafa Tariq bt Ali Muzaffar 6-3, 6-1; Hamza Pataudi bt Ali Imran 6-2, 6-1; Omer Osman bt Mohammad Ahmed 6-4, 6-1.

Men’s singles: Zia Hai bt Sarmad Zeeshan 6-0, 6-0; Mohammad Abdul Saeed bt Asim Khan 6-0, 6-0; Asadullah Khan bt M. Essa Jee 6-3, retired; Talha Saeed bt Omer Shahid 7-6, 6-4; Syed Zuhair Raza bt M.Z. Khattak 6-1, 6-0; Vinod Das bt Zaid Noor Soomar 7-5, 6-2; Mohammad Nasim bt Mohammad Ali Zubair 6-1, 6-1; Salman Ahmed bt Hasnain Farishta 6-2, 3-6, 6-4; Robin Das bt Sami Noor Soomar 6-1, 6-1.—APP

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