Noor off to winning start in ladies tennis

ISLAMABAD: Noor Malik (ZTBL) got off to a winning start in the 18th National Ladies Ranking Tennis Championship here at the PTF Tennis Complex on Thursday.

Noor defeated Mariam Mirza 6-1, 6-0 to make it to the second round. Noor played exciting tennis, defeating her opponent in every department of the game.

Also moving into the next round are Sara Mahboob, Sara Mansoor, Ushna Suhail, Esha Jawad, Mahvish Chishtie, Shimza Naz and Meheq Khokhar.

Results: Ladies singles first round: Esha Jawad (Wapda) bt Sehar Aleem 6-1, 6-2; Mahvish Chishtie bt Zahra Umar 6-1, 6-3; Noor Malik (ZTBL) bt Mariam Mirza 6-1, 6-0; Shimza Naz (Army) bt Azina Aleem 6-0, 6-2; Sara Mansoor (Wapda) bt Zara Suleman 6-1, 6-2; Ushna Suhail (Wapda) bt Khunsha Babar 6-0, 6-0; Meheq Khokhar (Wapda) bt Nida Akram 6-0, 6-1; Sara Mahboob (Wapda) bt Asifa Shahbaz 6-0, 6-0.

Ladies doubles first round: Sarah Mahboob & Meheq Khokhar bt Mariam Mirza & Mahnoor Suhail 6-0, 6-0; Shimza Naz & Khunsha Babar bt Nida Akram & Asifa Shahbaz 6-0, 6-1; Esha Jawad & Noor Malik bt Sehar Aleem & Azina Aleem 6-0, 6-2; Ushna Suhail & Sara Mansoor bt Faryal Asfar & Alia Khalid 6-0, 6-0.

Girls’ Under-18 quarter-finals: Shiza Sajid bt Sehar Aleem 6-2, 7-6(5); Zahra Suleman bt Mahrukh Farooqui 6-0, 6-0; Shimza Naz bt Sadia Qazi 6-1, 6-0.

Girls’ Under-14: Mahrukh Farooqui bt Aqsa Akram 4-2, 4-2.

Girls’ Under-12 first round: Zainab Ali Raja bt Lalarukh Sajid 4-0, 4-1; Mahrukh Sajid w/o Sophia Usman; Soha Ali bt Mahnoor Farooqui 5-3, 4-5(5), 5-3.

Girls’ Under-10 quarter-finals: Mahnoor Farooqui bt Afaf Suleman 5-4(4) 4-2; Hania Minhas bt Lalarukh Sajid 4-0, 4-0.