KARACHI: Talented Saad Saleem and Hasheesh Kumar outscored their opponents in the under-18 category on the opening day of the 1st Beaconhouse Open National juniors & seniors tennis Championship at the Karachi Gymkhana on Sunday.

In the under-16 category’s first round singles, Rayyan Jawwad, Oanuddin and Asher Mir beat their respective rivals.

Results (first round):

Under-14 singles: Rayyan Jawwad bt Ayan Yousuf 6-0, 6-1; M Arish Virani bt Erham Asand 6-0, 6-0; Ammar Ismail bt Hisham Khan 6-0, 6-0; Ghafran Fiaf bt M Farooq 6-3, 6-1; S. M. Sufyan bt Ibtisam Faal 6-0, 2-0 — Ibtisam Faal retired; Mahatir Mohammad bt Arbaz Shakel 6-0, 6-0; Mustafa Hasan bt M Arafat 6-0, 6-0; Ashar Mir bt Mohammad Ahmed 6-0 — Mohammad Ahmed retired; M. Yahya Ehtisham bt Ibrahim Noor 6-0, 6-0. Under-16 singles: Rayyan Jawad bt Ibad-ur-Rehman 6-0, 6-0; S. M. Oaunuddin bt Hassan Mustafa 6-0, 6-1; M. Aniq Kashif bt Rafay Oonwala 6-4, 6-0; Hasheesh Kumar bt M. Huzaifa 6-0, 6-0; Asher Mir bt Faizan Ali 6-0, 6-1; Metheo bt Rahil Shabbir — walkover.

Under-18 singles: Saad Saleem bt Areeb 6-0,7-5; Hasheesh Kumar bt Arsam Wali 6-0, 6-0.

Published in Dawn, October 23rd, 2017