KARACHI, Jan 30: The second Sindh ranking tennis tournament of the year got underway at the Beach View Club with an encouraging response from players on Friday.

Seeded men’s, women’s and juniors players have got a bye in the first round.

Meanwhile, two players — Sarim Javed and Hasan Amjad — also reached here from Hyderabad on the opening day.

Results:

Men’s singles (first round):

Fahim Ramzan bt Arsalan Nasir 6-0, 6-1; Omer Shahid bt Farooq Khan (Quetta) 6-1, 6-2; Fayyaz Khan bt M. Hassan Mansoor 6-0, 6-0; Sikander Hayat Khan bt Ahmed Umer 6-1, 6-2; Umer Jahangir (Quetta) bt Umer Farooq 6-2, 2-6, 6-1; Qazi Zain bt Mohammed Avais Shah 6-0, 6-0; Sameer Tayyab Ali bt M. Adil Tanoli 6-1, 6-2; Naresh Das bt Salman Ahmed 6-2, 4-0 rtd; Chengez Hassan Khan bt Afaq Ahmed 6-0, 6-0; Hasan Amjad bt Avais 6-0, 6-0.

Saturday’s fixtures:

Juniors U-17 singles 9.00am; men’s singles first round 10.30am; men’s singles second round 1.00pm.