The Saeed Hai National Ranking Tennis Championship commenced at the synthetic courts of Karachi Gymkhana on Saturday. Patron-in-chief Karachi Tennis Association Taj Haider inaugurated the week long event. Additional Secretary Tariq Jaferi, Ms Rafia Halim, Musheer Rabbani, Gulzar Firoz, Jamal Mirza M. Khalid Rehmani and Ali Rahim were also present at the inauguration ceremony. Around 150 plus entries were received including 25 outstation players for the event.
Results
Men s singles qualifying round: Vinod Das beat Imran Akram 6-0, 6-0; Abdullah Khan beat Hafiz Talib (Punjab) 6-0, 6-0; Talha Zubair beat Ali Osama 6-1, 6-0; Syed Fraz Mir beat Talha Abrar 6-1, 6-2; Ahsan Mehmood beat Omer Hayat 2-6, 6-2, 10-6; Shayan beat Daniyal Hashmi 6-4, 1-6, 10-6; Khalid Ali Nazar beat Saeed Azher 6-2, 6-2; Farhan Mustafa w/o Abdus sami; Abdul Majeed ( Hyderabad) beat Salman But 6-0, 6-1; Faiq Azam beat Shayan Ahmed 6-0, 6-0; Asif Bachani ( Hyderabad) beat Ahsan Ismail 6-1, 6-1.
Men’s singles 2nd Qualifying Round 2: Khalid Ali Nazar beat Qurban Bachani 7-6, 0-6, 7-6; Mubashir Afridi beat Farrukh Chishtai 6-0, 6-0; Vinod Das beat Fahim Ramza 6-2, 6-2; Farhan Mustafa beat Abdullah Khan 6-2, 6-1; Talha Zubair beat Syed Fraz Mir 6-1, 6-3.
Juniors Under 18 Singles qualifying round: Ahsan Ismasil beat Taha Hasan 6-0, 6-2; Shehraz beat Imran Akram 6-1, 6-0; Ahsan Mehmood beat Owais Ahmed 7-5, 4-6, 7-6; Nazif Ahmed beat Helil Pasha 6-0, 6-0; M. Salman beat Hasnain Haider 6-3, 4-6, 10-8. Ahsan Ismail beat Taha Hasan 6-0, 6-2; Shehroz beat Shayan Mushahid 6-0, 6-2.
Boys Under 14 singles qualifying round: Khizer Imran Lohya beat Osama Khan 6-2, 1-6, 11-9 Azaan Khan beat Daniyal Agar 6-3, 6-2.
