KARACHI, Oct 23 Malik Hamza and Hassan Siddiqui scored crushing victories over their respective opponents to surge in the juniors' under-17 singles of the 10th STA development series tennis championship which got underway at City Sports Complex courts on Saturday.

The former whipped Sufyan Shiwani 6-0, 6-1 while the latter disposed off Iman Bari 6-0, 6-0.

Meanwhile, Daniyal Siddiqui also joined the above two in next round after he got a walkover against Naveed Abbas.

Results
Men's singles

Qualifying rounds one Arshad Shahid bt Ahmer Ahsan 8-0.

Boys and girls under-15 singles

Qualifying rounds Mohammed Maaz bt Mohammed Khizer Imran 8-1; Mohammed Salman bt Neha Khan 8-3; Iman Bari bt Usman Abrar (walkover).

Main Round Maheen Dada bt Murad Khan 8-5; Aqeel Khan bt Rabiuddin 8-1; Hassan Siddiqui bt Waniya Khan 8-0.

Juniors' under-17 singles

First round Malik Hamza bt Sufyan Shiwani 6-0, 6-1; Hassan Siddiqui bt Iman Bari 6-0, 6-0; Daniyal Siddiqui bt Naveed Abbas (walkover).

Sunday's fixtures

Juniors' under-17 singles 9.00am; boys and girls under-15 singles 11.00am; boys and girls under-13 and under-11 singles 12noon; men's singles qualifying round 2.00pm; ladies singles 3.00pm; boys under-9 singles 4.30pm.

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