KARACHI, Sept 20: Pakistan and India shared honours claiming three titles apiece in the Pakistan International Seniors Tennis Championship which concluded at the Karachi Club on Wednesday night.

Indian K. R. Raman was the pick of the players as he ended with a double crown. Raman, who the other day teamed up with Rakesh Kohli to clinch 45-plus doubles crown, went on to annex the singles crown of the same age category inflicting 6-2, 6-1 defeat on Karim Gul Agha.

Top seed P. R. Raju bagged the third title for the visitors when he handed 6-3, 6-3 defeat to Akber Hayat Khan in the 55-plus singles.

Zulfiqar Hakim struggled to beat Rizwan Shamsi 7-5, 6-4 to win 35-plus singles title while brothers Altaf Hussain-Shahid Hussain captured 35-plus doubles crown overcoming the pair of Raza Ali Mirza - Syed Qutub 6-1, 6-0.

The 55-doubles ended in a blaze of glory for the combination of Akber — Jamil Khan who accounted for P. R. Raju-Bal Reddy 6-1, 6-1.

Raju received the Asghar G. Habib running trophy for winning the 55-plus singles title in addition to the mementos presented to the winners and runners up at the prize distribution ceremony.

The Indians were all praise for the organisers for conducting the event in a superb manner. “The quality of the competition was very high this time so was the hospitality,” Raman, who is India No 1 in 45-plus, told Dawn soon after the closing ceremony.

Raman, on his second visit to Pakistan, said the organisers took great pains for arranging visas for overseas players besides extending comfortable hospitality to the foreigners which included eight Indians and a Sri Lankan. The Indians are scheduled to return home on Thursday.

Results: (finals)