KARACHI: Talented Eraj Batool cruised past Mariam Mirza while Zoha Asim stunned Hania Naveed in the ladies singles first round matches at the2nd EAM&SEM Memorial National Tennis Championship being played at the Karachi Gymkhana on Thursday.

In the mens singles pre-quarters, Pakistan number one Aqeel Khan outclassed Saqib Hayat in straight sets while Abid Mushtaq beat Shakirullah of KPK easily. In the under-18 competition, Nouman Aftab beat Parbat Kumar in the second round to advance in style.

Results:

Mens Singles (Pre Quarters): Abid Mushtaq bt Shakirullah KPK 6-0,6-0; Aqeel Khan ( Pakistan No 1) bt Saqib Hayat 6-0, 6-3; Hira Ashok bt Mohd Dada 6-1,6-1

U-18 Singles (2nd Round): Nouman Aftab bt Parbat Kumar 7-5,6-1

U-16 Singles (2nd Round): Nalain Abbas bt Kamran Khan 6-0,6-0; Ibrahim Khan bt Yahya 6-1,6-4; Rayyan Jawwad bt S M Oanuddin 6-1 6-0; Abdullah Khan bt Raheel 6-0,6-0; Hashish Kumar bt Abdul Samad 6-4,7-5; M Dada bt Asim Khan 6-0,6-3

U-14 Singles (2nd Round): Hamid Israr bt Hasnain Ahmed 6-1, 6-0; M Ibrahim walkover Farooq Atiq Yayha bt Rayyan Khan 6-0 ,6-0; Ibrahim Khan bt Abdullah 6-0, 6-1; Ashar Mir bt Ahmed Neal 6-3,6-2; Hashish Kumar bt Saim Danish 6-1,6-4

U-12 Singles (2nd round): Hamza Romal bt Sarim 8-0; Abdullah Aftab bt Namir Shua 8-0; Ahmed Neal bt Huzaifa Saeed 8-1; Zain Ehtisham bt Ayan Yousuf 8-0; Rayyan Ahmed bt Ahsan Ahmed 8-1; Mahatir Mouhammad bt Ayan Yousuf 8-6 Ladies Singles (1st Round) Sara Mansoor (Islamabad) bt Hira Ghandezi (Islamabad) 6-0,6-0; Zoha Asim bt Hania Naveed 6-3,7-6; Varish Khan bt Zainab Ali 6-3,7-5; Eraj Batool Zaidi bt Marum Mirza 6-3,6-4; Ushna Suhail bt Ayesha Yousuf 6-0,6-0; Rukhsar Mirza bt Tehreem Yousuf 7-5,7-6 (3).

Published in Dawn, July 20th, 2018