KARACHI: Mahatir Muhammad dropped a set before beating Samad Arejo in quarterfinals of U-14 singles event in 5th Indus Pharma National Seniors and Juniors Tennis Championship 2017 here on Monday at Karachi Gymkhana.

Mahatir easily took the first set 6-0 but Samad bounced back in the match winning the next set 6-1. In the third and decisive set, Mahatir came out of the court triumphant winning the 7-6 after a tough battle.

Meanwhile, Rayyan Jawwed thrashed Hadin by 6-0, 6-1 score while Mohammad Yahya blanked Asher by 6-0, 6-0 score to enter the events semifinals.

Uzair Abbas cruised into the semifinals of U-10 singles event after beating Abdullah Aftab by 8-4 score.

In a U-12 quarterfinal encounter, Zain Mohammad Ali overpowered Abdullah Imran by 8-3 score.

Nauman Aftab trounced Oanuddin recording a convincing 6-1, 6-1 victory and secured his place in the semifinals of U-18 boys singles event.

Results:

U-10 Singles (quarter-final) Uzair Abbas (Hyd) Abdullah Aftab 8-4

U-12 (quarter-final) Zain M Ali bt Abdullah Imran 8-3

U-14 Singles (pre-quarters) Rayyan Jawad bt Danish Ali 6-1,6-1; Hadin Bhatti (Hyd) bt Ayan Khan 6-0, 6-0; Samad Arejo walkover Arham Khan; Mahatir Mohammad bt Asher Mir 6-3,6-4; Ghufran Faiz bt M Ebad 6-0, 6-1

U-14 (quarter-finals): Rayyan Jawwed bt Hadin Bhatti (Hyd) 6-0,6-1; M Yahya bt Asher 6-0,6-0; Mahatir Muhammad bt Samad Arejo 6-0, 1-6 7-6

U-18 Singles (quarter-final): Nauman Aftab bt Oanuddin 6-1,6-1

Soft Tennis (1st round): Sarwar Hussain bt Ahmer Ahsan 5-3; Shoaib bt Rayyan Ahmed 5-0; Imran Ali bt Mahatir Muhammad 5-1; Yahya Ahmed bt Taha Aman 5-4; Usama Saeed bt Karim Gul 6-4; M Yahya bt M Khalid Rehman 2-0 rtd; Ghufran Fiaz bt Daniyal Ashraf 5-0

Juniors Under-18 (doubles) Saad + Hadin (Hyd) bt Sadat+ Druf Das 8-0; Zubair Raja + Hasan Farooq bt Oanuddin + Abdul Haseeb 8-2.

Published in Dawn, September 26th, 2017