Seeded players march into tennis tourney second round

KARACHI: All seeded players moved into the second round of men’s singles and under-18 singles categories at the 5th Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan National Ranking Tennis Tournament at PTF Complex, Islamabad, on Wednesday.

In the first round of men’s singles, Yousaf Khalil beat Kamran Khan 6-1, 6-2, Nalain Abbas overpowered Ayaz Khan 7-5, 5-7, 6-3, M Shoaib defeated Faizan Fayyaz 6-2, 6-2, Ejaz Khan thrashed Shaheen Mehood 6-2, 6-1, Shahid Afridi won against Ibrahim Omer 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, Shahzad Khan defeated Ahmed Kamil 7-5, 6-3, Mudassir Murtaza smashed Shakirullah 6-0, 6-0, Ahmed Baber beat Jibran-ul-Haq 6-3, 6-2, Heera Ashiq defeated Saqib Hayat 6-3, 6-2, Muzammil Murtaza beat Hamid ul Haq 6-2, 6-4 and Imran Bhatti overpowered Ahmad Asjad 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-1.

In the first round of under-18 singles, Jabir Ali beat Yahya Musa Luni 6-2, 6-1, Fayzan Fayaz defeated Ahmed Nail 6-3, 7-5, Hasheesh Kumar overpowered Bilal Asim 7-6 (4), 6-4, while Hamid Israr beat Uzair Khan 6-4, 7-5.