Top seeds move on in ranking tennis

ISLAMABAD: Mohammad Shoaib Khan got off to a winning start in the fifth Begum Kulsum Saifullah National Ranking Tennis Tournament here at the PTF Complex on Wednesday.

Shoaib beat Faizan Fay­yaz 6-2, 6-2 to move into the second round.

All the top players advanced to the second round with comfortable wins. A high standard of tennis was witnessed during the course of action.

Results: Men’s singles first round: Yousaf Khalil bt Kamran Khan 6-1, 6-2; Nalain Abbas bt Ayaz Khan 7-5, 5-7, 6-3; Mohammad Shoaib bt Faizan Fayyaz 6-2, 6-2; Ejaz Khan bt Shaheen Mehood 6-2, 6-1; Shahid Afridi bt Ibrahim Omer 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; Shahzad Khan bt Ahmed Kamil 7-5, 6-3; Muddassir Murtaza bt Shakir Ullah 6-0, 6-0; Ahmed Babar bt Jibranul Haq 6-3, 6-2; Heera Ashiq bt Saqib Hayat 6-3, 6-2; Muzammil Murtaza bt Hamidul Haq 6-2, 6-4; Imran Bhatti bt Ahmad Asja 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-1; Ahmed Chaudhary bt Mubarak Shah 6-0, 6-0; Barkatullah bt Abbas Khan: 6-2, 6-2; Mian Bilal bt Israr Gul 6-2, 7-6(4); Mohammad Abid bt Waqas Malik 6-0, 6-3; Aqeel Khan bt Asadullah 6-3, 6-2.

Boys’ Under-18 singles first round: Jabir Ali bt Yahya Musa Luni 6-2, 6-1; Fayzan Fayaz bt Ahmed Nail 6-3, 7-5; Hasheesh Kumar bt Bilal Asim 7-6 (4), 6-4; Hamid Israr bt Uzair Khan 6-4, 7-5; Zalan Khan bt Faisal Khalil 6-0, 6-1; Kamran Khan bt Muhammad Abdullah 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Hasam Khan bt Hasan Ali 6-4, 6-3; Nalian Abbas bt Farman Shakeel 6-4, 5-7, 6-1; Hamza Asim bt Azan Sajid 6-0, 6-0; Kashan Umer bt Zain Chaudhary 6-1, 6-2.