ISLAMABAD, June 17 Top seed Heera Ashiq reached the next round of Sub-e-Nau National Tennis Championship played at the PTF Complex here on Thursday.

Heera defeated his opponent in straight sets of 6-0, 6-0.

Earlier in the day, eight players — Ayaza Qazi, Hasan Ahmed, Abdul Basit, Hamza Bin Asif, Syed Wasif Kaleem, Ameer Shuja, Zaid Mujahid and Ali Shahzaib — also moved into the next round.

The others who moved ahead in the same category include Faizan Khurram, Kashan-ul-Haq and Mohammad Abid.

In U-14 category, Numayal Ali, Syed Samir Hussain, Saad Tariq, Mamoon and Uzair Ahmed reached the next round after defeating their respective opponents.

In the girls' singles fixtures being played on a round robin league basis, Ushna Sohail hammered Nazia Batool 6-0, 6-0. In the day's second fixture Mehaq Khokhar defeated Shahida Farooq 6-0, 6-2.

Results

Boys U-18 Sadan-ul-Haq bt Hassan Tariq 6-2, 6-2; Raja Shahid bt Haseeb Yaqoob 7-6, 6-2; Usman Rafique bt Farhad Raja 3-6, 6-3, 7-5; Jibran-ul-Haq bt Asjad Aitezaz 6-4, 7-5; Zaryab Peerzada bt Omair Khan 7-5, 6-4; Sajid Ali bt Zohaib Peerzada 6-0, 6-1; Kashan-ul-Haq bt Hamza Mazhar 6-4, 6-4;

Faizan Khurram bt Mudabbar Kaleem 6-0, 6-2; M. Abid bt Imad Amir 6-2, 6-0; Salman bin Saleem bt Durrab Babar 6-0, 6-3; Heera Ashiq bt Zaid Zafar 6-0, 6-0.

Boys Juniors U-14 (main round) Numayal Ali Zahid bt Syed Samir Hussain 5-4, 5-4; Saad Tariq bt Hmaza Ali Asad 4-1, 5-4; Mamoon bt Shahzil 4-0, 4-0; Uzair Ahmed Khan w/o Saad.

Girls Singles (round robin league) Ushan Sohail bt Nazia Batool 6-0, 6-0; Mehaq Khokhar bt Shahida Farooq 6-0, 6-2.

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