Ruhab, Aftab, Haziq, Nabeel move into 2nd round

KARACHI: Ruhab Faisal, Aftab Ismail, Haziq Areeja, and Nabeel Qayum moved into the second round of Techstirr National Tennis Championship at DA Creek Club here on Wednesday.

In the first round of juniors under-18 singles, Ruhab thrashed Ali Bachani (Hyderabad) 6-0, 6-0, Ismail beat Karish Kumar 6-4, 6-0, Haziq Areeja defeated Junaid Meher (Hyderabad) 6-3, 6-3, and Nabeel (Islamabad) smashed Abdul Malik (Hyderabad) 6-3, 6-0.

In the first round of boys under-14 singles, Junaid Meher (Hyderabad) thrashed Ashtar Alam (Pannoo Aqil) 4-2, 4-0, Aahil Imran beat Arman Ali 4-2, 7-5, Ansarullah smashed Ehsaan Ali 4-1, 4-2, Rashid Bachani (Hyderabad) defeated Yahya Haleem 4-0, 4-0, Arham Shehzad beat Khizer Ayaz 4-1, 5-3, Abdul Malik (Hyderabad) won against Nibras Malik 5-3, 4-1, Ali Bachani overpowered Zain Nomi 4-2, 4-1,

Zayed Zaman thrashed Ibrahim Gill (Lahore) 4-0, 4-0, and Abdul Baseer beat Tariq Rafi 4-1, 5-3.