KARACHI, July 25: The three-day qualifying rounds in development series ranking tennis championship commenced at the Bath Island club on Monday. The qualifiers are being held in men’s singles, juniors’ under-17, under-15 and under-13 events.

Four qualifiers in each category will advance into the main rounds which get into action from Thursday. The event concludes on Aug 1.

Results: Men’s singles: Qualifying round one: Saad Noor Sumar bt Owais Ahmed 6-0, 6-0; Robin Das bt Muneeb Ahmed 6-0, 6-0; Murtazain Shoaib bt Gul Hameed 4-6, 6-4, 10-5.

Boys’ and girls’ under-15 singles: Qualifying round one: Asad Khan bt Hania Naveed 6-0, 6-1; Adnan Khan bt Hamza Qureshi 6-4, 6-3; Shahmir Faisal bt Irtiza Imran (walkover).

Juniors’ under-17 singles: Qualifying round one: Fahad Khan bt Neha Khan 6-1, 6-2; Usman Arshad bt Sufyan Shiwani 6-4, 6-1; Dawar Rehan bt Naveed Abbas 6-1, 6-0; Shahzaib Nasire bt Nasrullah Qureshi 6-2, 6-3; Hasnain Haider bt Hasan Hameed 6-1, 7-6.

Tuesday’s fixtures: Qualifying round matches starts at 9am.