ISLAMABAD: Promising Zaeem Ghafoor tamed Inam Qadir in the U-18 first-round match as the PTF Development Series National Junior Ranking Tennis Championship started here at the PTF Complex on Monday night.

Zaeem won the match against Inam 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.

In all, 23 matches were played on the first day. The participants are featuring in U-18, U-14 and U-12 events at the championship.

The players looked excited to compete in different categories after a long time due to the Covid-19 situation.

Results (first round):

Boys singles 18 & Under: Mohammad Hamza Aasim bt Hamza Al Zuhair 6-0, 6-0; Zaeem Ghafoor bt Inam Qadir 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; Mustansair Ali Khan bt Mohammad Ali 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Mohammad Talha Khan bt Hamza Rehmat 6-0, 6-1; Abdul Hanan Khan bt Faizan Shahid 7-5, 6-2; Kashan Tariq bt Abdullah Wasif 6-2, 6-2; Kamran Khan bt Mamoon Ilyas 6-0, 6-0

Girls singles 18 & Under: Saher Aleem bt Amara Khan 6-0 ,6-1; Farah Shah Khan bt Sadia Qazi 6-0, 6-4; Amna Ali Qayum bt Zahra Khan 6-0, 6-0

Boys singles 16 & Under: Abdul Hanan Khan bt Ali Zain 6-1, 6-1; Kamran Khan bt Kashan Tariq 6-3, 6-1; Ibrahim Ashraf bt Inam Qadir 6-4, 6-3; Mamoon Ilyas bt Mustansir Ali Khan 7-5, 6-1

Boys singles 14 & Under: Ibrahim Ashraf bt Abdullah 4-2, 4-2; Ali Zain bt Syed Hamza Hussain 4-0, 4-0; Abdul Basit bt Nabeel Ali Qayum 4-0, 4-2; Mohammad Haziq Aasim bt Eshaan Ali 4-0, 4-0; Mohammad Talha Khan bt Eesa Fahd 4-0, 4-1

Boys/girls singles 12 & Under: Ihsanullah Kabir bt Inaya Waqar 4-1, 4-0; Mohammad Shayan Afridi bt Rayyan Shah Khan 4-1, 4-0; Mohammad Hassan Usmani bt Inaya Atika Sayeed 4-2, 4-1; Zohaib Amjad bt Lalarukh 4-5(5), 4-0, 4-0.

Published in Dawn, EOS, June 16th, 2021