Former Davis Cupper Rashid Maik enjoyed a perfect Sunday at Karachi winning three titles in a row in the 15th PSO ITF Seniors International Tennis Championship. Malik first won the 35 years category title and then took the 45 years crown and later appearing in the 45-plus doubles, he became the first-ever national senior players to have won three finals in a decade. Malik first beat Abdul Saeed in the 35-year age class final and later took the 45 plus years final place beating Shahid Aziz.
Results 5th day: 35-plus singles final: Rasheed Malik beat M. Abdul Saeed 1-6, 6-1, 6-0. 45 Plus singles second semi-final: Rashid Malik beat Shahid Aziz 6-1, 6-1. 55 plus singles 2nd semi-final: Sabih Wali beat Zafer Hasan 6-1, 6-3, 45 plus doubles semi-final: Shahid Aziz & Maqsood Ismail beat Akhter Aliman & Qamruddin 6-2. 6-2, 55 plus doubles quarter-final: Naumatullah Behan & Ilyas beat Aijaz & Gulzar Firoz 6-1, 6-4, 55 plus doubles semi-final: Amjad Hafeez & Tariq Aziz beat Naimatullah Behan * Ilyas Lashkerwala 6-2, 6-3. Meanwhile, in the SSB–Saeed Hai National Ranking Tennis main round matches in different age groupd were played.
Men’s singles first round main: Aqeel Khan (top seed beat Fahad Mehmood (Rawalpindi) 6-2, 6-2; Israr Gul (Peshawar) w/o Shabbir Gul (Hyderabad); Irfanullah (Peshawar ) beat Sikander Hayat Khan 6-0, 6-0;Imran Shouqat (Multan) beat Asad A Shakoor (Rawalpindi) 6-0, 6-2; Omer Shahid beat Zubaid Gul 5-0 rtd; Nomi Qamer beat Adil Kohari 6-1, 6-3; Waqas Malik beat Abdul Rehman 6-2, 6-3; Farhan Mustafa beat Nawab Muzaffer 6-1, 6-2; M. Abid Mushtaq beat Sanaullah (Peshawar) 6-0, 6-2; Vinod Das beat Ikramullah Khan (Peshawar) 6-1, 6-2; Usman Rafiq (Lahore) beat Talha Zubair 6-4, 6-4. Boys Under 14 main Round 1: Mansoor Khan beat Muneeb 6-2, 7-6; Shehzad beat Zuhaib Gul (Hyderabad) 6-0, 6-0.
