KARACHI: Talented Hasheesh Kumer survived a tough match to beat Asif Bachani of Hyderabad 7-5, 6-3 in the men’s singles quarter-final while Rayyan Jawad and Amin Shafi outplayed their respective opponents in the U-18 quarter-finals at the 7th Indus Pharma National Seniors & Juniors Tennis Championship here at Union Club on Monday.

Meanwhile, in the girls U-18 first-round clash, Zoha Asim cruised past Tehreem Yousuf 6-0, 6-0 while in the second round of U-16 singles, Mahatir Mohammad, Taha Aman and Yahya Ehtisham beat their respective opponents to advance.

Results:

Men’s singles:

First round: Shoaib Abbas bt Shahbaz Bachani 6-2, 6-2; Ali Imran bt Asad Bachani 6-0, 6-3; M. Minhas bt Danish Ramzan 7-6, 6-1; second round: Asif Bachani bt Arshad Shahid 6-4, 6-3; Shahzad Bachani bt Shoaib Abbas 6-1, 6-1; quarter-finals: Hasheesh Kumer bt Asif Bachani 7-5, 6-3.

U-18 singles:

First round: Noor-e-Mustafa bt Shahbaz Bachani 6-0, 6-1; second round: Hasheesh Kumar bt Asad Bachani 6-2, 6-2; Saim Danish bt Faraz Ali 6-1, 6-0; Mahatir Mohammad bt Noor-e-Mustafa 6-4, 6-2; quarter-finals: Rayyan Jawad bt Ghufran Fiaz 6-2, 6-3; Amin Shafi bt Ashar Mir 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.

U-16 singles:

First round: Mahatir Mohammad bt Ibrahim Nouman 6-3, 6-1; Rayan Ahmed bt Muneer Darbari 6-1, 4-6, 6-2; second round: Yahya Ehtisham bt Kashan Tariq 6-0, 6-0; Taha Aman bt Rayan Ahmed 6-3, 6-3; Mahatir Mohammad bt Saim Danish 7-5, 6-3.

U-14 singles (second round): Hasnain Ali Rizwan bt Moosa Faisal 4-0, 4-0.

U-12 singles (second round): Zain Ehtisham bt Muzamil 4-1, 4-0; (quarter final): Nadir Mirza bt Ibrahim Qureshi 4-1, 4-0.

U-10 singles (second round): Nael Mirza bt Humza Tahir 4-1, 4-0.

Men’s doubles (first round): Noor/Danish Ramzan bt Amir Mumtaz/Syed Qutaub 6-0, 6-2.

Girls’ U-18 (first round): Zoha Asim bt Tehreem Yousuf 6-0, 6-0.

Published in Dawn, January 7th, 2020