KARACHI, Nov 1: Unseeded Hamza Pataudi overcame a stiff challenge from Hussain Aziz on way to making it to the next round in the juniors’ Under-17 singles in the 18th STA Talent Hunt Sindh ranking tennis championship which got underway at CDGK Sports Complex on Saturday.

After conceding the opener 3-6, Hamza bounced back to clinch the next two sets 6-3, 6-4 in over two-hour duel.

Juniors’ top seed Omer Shahid and second seed Talha Saeed have got a first round bye.

Results:

Juniors’ Under-17 singles (first round): Rahmat Ali bt Omer Bayat 6-0, 6-1; Faisal Nawaz walkover Farhan Mustafa; Mustafa Zaidi bt Omer Farooq 6-1, 6-0; Omer Usman bt Daniyal M. Jaferey 6-4, 6-1; Abdul Rehman walkover Ahad Hasan; Basit Gabol bt Sameer Tayabaley 6-2, 7-6; Nameer Shamsi bt Waqas Abid 6-0, 6-0; Bilal Sharif bt Ali Altaf 6-0, 6-0; Mustafa Tariq bt Noorur Rehman 6-0, 6-2; Hamza Pataudi bt Hussain Aziz 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Adil Kohari walkover Ali Mansoor.

Boys’ Under-15 singles (first round): Ali Hussain bt M. Hamid Raza 6-4, 7-5; Daniyal M. Jaferey bt Touqeer Abbas 6-0, 6-1; Aslam Allahwala bt Sanwal Memon 7-6, 6-2; Hamza Pataudi bt Shahzaib Nasir 6-2, 6-1; Ahsan Shahid bt Ahsan Mahmood 6-4, 6-4.

Men’s singles (first round): Fahim Ramzan bt Rehmat Ali 7-5, 6-3.

Sunday’s fixtures:

Boys Under-13 singles 9.00am; men’s singles 11.00am; juniors’ Under-17 singles 2.00pm; boys Under-9 and Under-11 singles 3.00pm; ladies singles 3.30pm; juniors doubles 4.00pm.