KARACHI, Sept 25 Qualifiers Fahad Khan and Abdullah Khan earned a place in the men's singles main draw of the 20th Talent Hunt Sindh Ranking Tennis Championship at PN Physical Training and Sports Centre Karsaz on Saturday.

They are expected to be joined by two more players in the 16-man main draw on completion of qualifying rounds on Sunday.

Similarly, four qualifiers will advance into the juniors' under-17 singles main round which also had a draw of sixteen.

The ladies singles main round matches will commence on Sunday.

Results

Men's singles

First qualifying rounds Khaleeq-uz-Zaman bt M. Bilal Soomro 8-7.

Second qualifying rounds Fahad Khan bt Ahsan Lakhani 8-1; Abdullah Khan bt Khalid Ahmed (Larkana) 8-1; Arshad Shahid bt Saad Noor Sumar 8-5; Fahim Ramzan bt Syed Naveed Ahmed 8-4; Zeeshan Qureshi bt Ayaz Khan 8-1;

Zain Malik bt Umair Ahmed 8-0.

Juniors' under-17 singles

Qualifying rounds Sarwan Memon bt Saeed Hassan 8-2; Fahad Khan bt Salman Mati 8-3.

Boys and girls under-15 singles

Qualifying rounds Emad Najam bt Salman Bangash 8-0; Mohammed Maaz bt Waniya Khan 8-6.

Boys and girls under-13 singles

Qualifying rounds Waniya Khan bt Asadullah 8-1; Saeed Hussain bt Shabbir Mohammed 8-6.

Sunday's fixtures

Boys and girls under-15 singles 9.00am; juniors' under-17 singles 11.00 am; boys and girls under-13 singles and men's singles 12noon; boys under-11 singles 1.30pm; boys under-9 singles 2.00pm; ladies singles 3.00pm.

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