KARACHI: The talented Asad Zaman opened his account with an easy 6-2, 6-2 victory against Kashan Tariq in the second round of the boys’ under-18 singles of 9th Essa Lab National Seniors & Juniors Tennis Championships here at Modern Club.

In the ladies singles semi-finals, Zainab Ali beat Daliah Shazim 6-1, 6-2.

Results:

Boys’ under-18 singles (second round): Asad Zaman bt Kashan Tariq 6-2, 6-2; Ashar Mir bt Ibrahim Sajjad — walkover; Hassam Khan bt Ashaad Abro 6-0, 6-0.

Ladies singles (semi-final): Zainab Ali bt Daliah Shazim 6-1, 6-2.

Boys’ under 14 singles (second round): Basim Ali bt Wasil Ahmed 4-0, 4-1; Amir Mazari bt Ibrahim Sajjad 4-0, 4-1; Aisam Malik bt Bilal Chapra 5-3, 4-2; Azad Zaman bt Zaeem Zaman — walkover.

Boys’ under-14 singles (quarter-finals): Samer Zaman bt Dhuraf Das 4-1, 4-0; Kashan Tariq bt Aisam Malik 4-0, 4-2.

Boys’ under-10 singles (quarter-final): Rashid Bachani bt S. Moosa Raza 4-1, 4-1.

Boys’ under-10 singles (semi-final): Zayed Zaman bt Ibrahim Saad 4-2, 2-4, 4-0.

Boys’ under-18 doubles (semi-final): Mahatir Mohammad/Hasheesh Kumar bt Usman/Fayaz — walkover; Saim Danish/Hassam Khan bt Ibadul Rehman/Ayaan Yousuf 6-3, 6-2.

Seniors’ 55-plus doubles (round-robin): Zafar Hasan/Javed Iqbal bt M. Akram/Dr. Shahid Baig 6-0, 6-0.

Published in Dawn, January 11th, 2021