KARACHI, Jan 30 The second Sindh ranking tennis tournament of the year got underway at the Beach View Club with an encouraging response from players on Friday.

Seeded men`s, women`s and juniors players have got a bye in the first round.

Meanwhile, two players — Sarim Javed and Hasan Amjad — also reached here from Hyderabad on the opening day.

Results

Men`s singles (first round)

Fahim Ramzan bt Arsalan Nasir 6-0, 6-1; Omer Shahid bt Farooq Khan (Quetta) 6-1, 6-2; Fayyaz Khan bt M. Hassan Mansoor 6-0, 6-0; Sikander Hayat Khan bt Ahmed Umer 6-1, 6-2; Umer Jahangir (Quetta) bt Umer Farooq 6-2, 2-6, 6-1; Qazi Zain bt Mohammed Avais Shah 6-0, 6-0; Sameer Tayyab Ali bt M. Adil Tanoli 6-1, 6-2; Naresh Das bt Salman Ahmed 6-2, 4-0 rtd; Chengez Hassan Khan bt Afaq Ahmed 6-0, 6-0; Hasan Amjad bt Avais 6-0, 6-0.

Saturday`s fixtures

Juniors U-17 singles 9.00am; men`s singles first round 10.30am; men`s singles second round 1.00pm.