Shan, Khalid move into Essa Lab Open second round

KARACHI: Shan Lamaan and Khalid Ali Nazir moved into the second round of men’s singles at the 6th Essa Lab Open National Juniors & Seniors Tennis Championship here at Karachi Gymkhana on Sunday.

Shan beat Bilal Jawad 6-2, 6-4 and Khalid defeated Ahmeer Ahsan 6-3, 6-2 in the first round. Abdullah Aftab beat Ibrahim Qureshi 8-0 and Zain Ehtisham defeated Amaar Yaqoob, while Nadir Raza got walkover against Muzammil Haider in the first round of under-10 singles.

In the first round of under-12 singles, Taha Aman beat Hasan Mustafa 8-0, Saim Danish beat Muzammil Haider 8-0, Ashar Mir beat Hasan Jamal 8-0, and Zain Ali beat Ibrahim 8-1.

In under-14 singles first round, Hasan Mustafa beat Mikyle Yakub 6-0, 6-0; Abdullah Khan beat Arish Virani 7-5, 6-0; Ibrahim Khan beat Hashaim Khurram 6-3, 6-2; Agha Salik beat Nadim (Hyderabad) 6-0, 6-4; Asim Gul beat Taha Aman 7-6, 4-6, 6-4; Sam Kumar beat Khurram Khashali 6-3, 6-3; Ashar Mir beat Sagar Ramjee 6-1, 6-0; and Ali Junaid got walkover against Salman Tahir.

In under-16 singles first round, Amin Shafi beat Hasan Mustafa 6-0, 6-0; Danish Raza beat Mustafa Majeed 6-0, 6-0; Ibrahim Khan beat Zubair Raja 6-0, 6-3; Hashish Kumar beat Abde Ali Muhammad 6-4, 6-1; Rayyan Javed beat Ammer Ismail Mapara 6-4, 0-1 (retired); M Dada beat Ahmed Ehtisham 6-0, 6-1; Mujahidullah beat Sam Kumar 6-0, 6-0; Abdullah Khan beat Asim Gul 6-3, 6-4; and M Ali got walkover against Kamran.

In the under-18 first round, Ahmed Ehtisham beat Hadin Bhatti 6-1, 6-0; Shabbir Muhammad defeated Mushab Umair 6-4, 6-4; M Ahmed overpowered Mutahir Mehdi 6-3, 7-6, 6-1; M Dada won against Parbat Kumar 7-6, 6-3, and Syed Ounuddin defeated Abde Ali 6-4, 4-5 (retired).