In the men's singles, all the seeded players, including top seed Aqeel Khan earned victories.
LAHORE While 10 matches were decided in the men's singles category, 16 were held in the boys' U-18 singles on the first day of the main round of the All-Pakistan tennis championship at the Model Town Club courts on Tuesday.

In the men's singles, all the seeded players, including top seed Aqeel Khan earned victories.

Results

Men's singles Aqeel Khan bt Saadan-ul-Haq 6-2,6-2; Gul Hameed bt Gohar Riaz 6-4,6-2; Imran Shokat bt Irfanullah 6-3,6-3; Tanveer Ashiq bt Tamoor Mahmood 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5); Munir Ashiq bt Mubarik Shah 6-2, 6-2; Heera Ashiq bt Fahad Ali 6-3,6-3; Yasir Khan bt Usman Ijaz 6-2,6-2; Rehman Malik bt Ali Murad 6-0,6-1; Shezad Khan bt Wakeel Khan 6-4, 6-3; Shehzad Khan bt Rashid Malik 6-2,6-2.

Boys' U-18 Shah Naseeb bt M. Hassan 6-2.6-1; Sadan-ul-Haq bt Durab Babar 6-0,6-1; Hassan Riaz bt Nabeel Ahmed 6-3,6-3; Ahmed Babar bt Hassan Tariq 6-3, 6-3; Usman Rafiq bt Aman Anwar 6-1,6-0; Malik Abdul Rehman bt Hamza Mazhar 6-1,6-1; Hashim Manzoor bt Imdad Amer 6-2,6-4; Sameer Iftikhar bt Talha Zubair 6-1,6-1; Ahmed Ch bt Aizazuddin 6-1,6-4; Jibran-ul-Haq bt Basit Gabol 6-2,6-2; M. Haseeb got walk over against Hassan Shahid; Madhi Umair got walk over against Fahad Nazir; Faizan Khuram bt Saad Zafar 6-0, 6-0; Sajid Ali bt Kashan-ul-Haq 6-4,5-7,6-1; Ahmed Saeed bt Hamza Munir 6-4,6-1; Heera Ashiq bt Ali Murad 6-0,6-0.

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