Jalil Khan, Asfand Rouf, and Yasir Khan have reached the semi-finals of the NBP Open Ranking Tennis Championship being held at Modern club Karachi on Sunday.
The finals of the championship will be played on June 14 at 4 pm and the closing ceremony will be held at 6 pm. In ladies singles, Hania Naveed and Iman Bari moved to the next round while competitions of seniors of 45 and 50 years age were also held and Dawar Rehan beat Nazif Ahmed to take on Hasan Farooq in the final, who beat Marib Malik in his semi-final.
Results:
Seniors 45 plus Doubles 1st round: Javed Iqbal & Zafrul Hasan beat Akhter Aliman 7 Hanif Habib 6-4, 6-4, Azharuddin 7 Farooq bt Norrullah Dhanani & Qamruddin Habib (Hyderabad 5-0 rtd).
Seniors 50 plus Singles semi finals: Ejaz Sarhadi (Karachi) Rafi Derbari (Hyderabad) beat Javed Iqbal & Iltifat 6-2, 7-6.
Men’s singles quarter finals: Jalil Khan beat Sikander Hayat Khan 6-3, 6-3, Asfand Rouf beat S Zuhair Raza 6-4, 4-2, Yasir Khan beat Abdul Rehman 6-2, 6-0.
Ladies singles 2nd round: Hania Naveed beat Kainat 6-0, 6-1, Iman Bari beat Sulala 6-1, 6-1
Boys & girls under-15 singles 1st round: Malik Hamza beat Usman Arshad 6-0, 6-1.
Boys & girls under-15 singles quarter finals: Azhar Abdul Qadir beat Maheen Dada 6-4, 6-4.
Boys& girls under-13 singles semi finals: Dawar rehan beat Nazif Ahmed 6-7, 6-0, 11-9, Hasan Farooq beat Marib Malik 6-2, 6-2.
Boys & girls Under-11 singles quarter finals: Shahzil Malik beat Muneeb Qadir 8-2, Bilal Imran Lohya beat Ali Faisal 8-1, M. Dada beat Ali Bin Moosa 8-2, Houd Azhar beat M Ahmed Ehtisham 8-3.
Boys & girls under-9 singles 1st round: Ali Faisal beat Moiz Zulfiqar 8-7, M. Yahya Ehtyisham beat Fizza Ghanchi 8-6, M. Dada beat Rida Khan 8-2.
Men’s doubles 1st round: Yahya Gabol & Nameer Shamsi beat Salman Ahmed & Asadullah Khan 6-7, 6-4, 6-1, Arshad Abrar & Vinod Das beat Noman Farid (Hyderbad) 7 Qamruddin Habib (Hyderabad) 6-0, 7-5, Adil Kohari & Hamza Pataudi beat Fahim Ramzan 7 Aun Ahmed 6-3, 6-4.
