Yasir Khan and Jalil Khan moved to the next round of the NBP Open Ranking Tennis Championship being played at Model Town Courts Karachi. On Saturday, both Yasir and Jalil registered easy straight set wins against their rivals while Nomi Qamar provided an opportunity to his rival Faiq Azam to earn a place in the next stage by not appearing for the match. It was reported that he was medically unfit to play the match.
Results:
Men’s singles first round: Asfand Rauf beat Talha Zubair 6-1, 6-3, Omer Shahid beat Hamza Pataudi 6-0, 6-1, Faiq Azam w/o Nomi Qamer (medical ground), Yasir Khan beat Chengez Hasan 6-0, 6-1, Jalil Khan beat Farhan Mustafa 6-3, 6-4.
Ladies Singles 1st round: Hania Naveed beat Kainat 6-0, 6-1, Iman Bari beat Sulala Iqbal 6-1, 6-1.
Juniors Under 17 singles: Remaining first round: Nameer Shamsi beat Emad najam 6-0, 6-1, Fahad Mehmood beat Malik Hamza 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, Saud Shoaib beat Nazif ahmed 6-3, 6-4, Azhar Abdul Qadir w/o Yahya Essa
Juniors Under 17 singles quarter final: Hassaan Siddiqui beat Azhar Abdul Qadir 6-3, 6-4
Juniors under 15 singles main first round: Dawar Rehan beat Emad Najam 6-4, 6-2, Ibrahim Iltifat beat Hasan Farooq 6-2. 6-1, Maheen Dada beat Taha Bandeali 6-4, 2-6, 11-9.
Boys AND girls under 13 singles quarter-finals: Hasan Farooq beat M. Ali Shayan 6-1, 6-3, Dawar Rehan beat Adnan Allawala 6-3, 6-4, Nazif Ahmed beat Hania Naveed 6-1, 6-1. Boys AND girls Under 11 Singles first round: M. Ahmed Ehtisham beat Moiz Zulifiqar 8-0, Muneeb Qadir beat Kinza Ghancjhi 8-3.
