Eibad, Usama clinch soft tennis title

KARACHI: Eibad Sarwar and Usama Saeed clinched the soft tennis title in the Afeef Trophy at Union Club here on Monday. They defeated M Ali and Saad 5-1 in the final. They had beaten Aqeel and Raheel Shabbir 5-1 in the semi-final. Saad and M Ali had defeated Hasnain and Saeed 5-1. In singles semi-final, Eibad edged Usama Saeed 5-3. In men’s singles second round, Farhan Altaf thrashed Hashir Suhail 6-0, 6-0 and Yahya Ehtisham defeated Ahsan Siddiq 6-1, 7-6. In the first round of under-17 singles, Ahsan beat Kashan Tariq 6-2, 6-2.