KARACHI, Nov 21: Top seed and junior international Usman Ahmed defeated Lashan Ali 11-3, 11-4 in the first round of the Karachi Open Junior Under-18 table tennis tournament which commenced at the Sindh Sports Board Complex on Thursday evening.

In the girls’ event, Uroosa

Murtaza beat Ghaniya Roohan 11-8, 11-5.

Results:

Boys’ singles (first round):

Ahmed Aslam bt Hassan Asim 11-9, 11-7; Zain Alam bt Moiz Ahmed 11-5, 11-6; Hammad Sadiq bt Inamullah 11-8, 11- 9; Akbar Nadir bt Huzaifa 11-8, 11-3; M. Ali Sheikh bt Shahrukh 11-6, 11-7; Mir Hassan Ali bt Talal Wasim 11-6, 11-9; Shahan Lari bt Sahjee Naqvi 11-5, 11-3; Rehan Lari bt Ubaidullah Arif 11-3, 11-7; S. Waris bt Shuja Ahmed 11-9, 11-5; Abdul Rehman bt Ovais Ali 11-8, 12-10; Rahil Saleem bt Talha Ali 11-7, 11-8; Aamar Baig bt Faizan Ahmed 11-3, 11-3; Rohain Khalid bt Hassan Zohra 11-5, 11-7; Tabish Khursheed bt M. Abbas 11-3, 11-2; Umair Zafar bt M. Fahad 11-9, 11-7; Hassan Mehmood bt Hassam Ali 11-6, 11-4; Abdul Hamid bt Yousuf Khalid 11-9, 11-8; Usman Masood bt Momin Mateen 11-6, 11-7; Asghar Ali bt Umar Barni 11-5, 11-4; Waqas Ahmed bt Tahir Hussain 11-5, 11-3; Danial Baig bt Shahrukh 11-9, 11-9; Salman Saleem bt Hassan Ali 11-8, 11-6; Aahil Shah bt Wasi Ahmed 11-9, 11-8; Farooq bt Mujtaba Hassan 11-4, 11-4; Wajahat Hassan bt Harman Fazli 11-8, 11-6; Salman Lari bt Ali Asghar 11-4, 11-7; Mohammad Atiq bt Hassan Abdullah 11-8, 12-10, 11-8; Asad Anwar bt Aziz-ur-Rehman 11-9, 11-6; Abbas Haider bt Umair Rafique 11-8, 11-9; Usman Ahmed bt Lashan Ali 11-3, 11-4.

Girls’ singles (first round):

Maryam bt Fariha 11-7, 11-8; Madiha Hassan bt Aleena 11-9, 11-9; Rabha Akhtar bt Nimra 9-11, 11-4, 11-2; Uroosa Murtaza bt Ghaniya Roohan 11-8, 11-5.—APP