KARACHI, Dec 24: Matin Arif survived a scare before overpowering Ateeq Qasim 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 in the under-14 first round of the national juniors hard court tennis championship at Karachi Gymkhana Tuesday.

RESULTS:

Boys Under-14 (First round):

Amin Darwaish w/o Jabir Fajjo, Mustafa Nanji bt Syed Abbas Raza 6-1, 7-6, Mohammad Abbas Arif bt Khawja Hamza 6-1, 6-1, Jehangir Rashed bt Hamza Patudi 6-0, 6-2, Matin Arif bt Ateeq Qasim 6-3, 6-7, 6-2, Sharukh Qureshi bt Ali Asghar 6-4, 7-5, Mustafa Jamal bt Tahir Hasan 6-1, 6-3, Mastafa Diwan w/o Jehangir Rashid.

Boys Under-18 (First round):

Ahaid Javeri bt Yusuf Hassan 6-0, 6-2, Amir Ali Khan bt Nadeem Ahmed 6-3, 6-4, Anil Das bt Moiz Hasan 6-0, 6-0, Ali Abdullah bt Omer Jehangir 6-2, 6-3,

Girls Under-18 (Second round):

Naima bt Shakila 6-2, 6-1.—APP