KARACHI, April 17 Five more players entered the men's singles main round of the fourth Sindh Open ranking tennis tournament by winning qualifiers at the Beach View Club on Saturday.

Those who advanced include Fahad Anwer, Abdullah Khan, Mohammad Naseem, Fraz Mir and Fayyaz Ahmed.

Three players have qualified for the men's singles main round on Friday.

The main round matches are due to begin on Monday.

Results
Men's singles

Second qualifying round Fahad Anwer bt Tayyab Ahmed 8-0; Abdullah Khan bt Saeed Azher 8-2; Mohammed Naseem bt Rehan Iqbal 8-0; Fraz Mir bt Ayaz Khan 8-1; Fayyaz Ahmed bt Pervez Ali (Larkana) 8-0.

Boys and girls under-15 singles

First round Hamza Nisar bt Aqeel Khan 8-5; Sanwal Memon walkover Rajan; Haresh Das bt Mubeen Salman 8-1; Rabiuddin bt Neha Khan 8-0; Hassan Siddiqui bt Ahsan Shahid 8-3; Usman Abrar walkover Hamza Javed; Saud Shoaib bt Soaib Masih 8-2.Boys' and girls under-13 singles

First round Nazif bt M.Ali Shayan 8-4; Maheen Dada bt Shehryar Jamal 8-0.

Sunday's fixtures

Juniors' under-17 qualifying round 9.00am; boys' under-11 singles and boys' under-15 singles 1.00pm; men's doubles qualifying round 2.30pm; ladies singles first round 3.30pm.

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