Seeded players win as Sheheryar Malik Memorial Tennis begins

LAHORE: All the seeded players were through to the next round as the 4th Sheheryar Malik Memorial National Grass Court Tennis Championship began on Tuesday.

Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh inaugurated the Championship at the Punjab Lawn Tennis Academy Bagh-e-Jinnah.

Director Sports Hafeez Bhatti, Secretary PLTA and former Davis Cupper Rashid Malik, ex-Davis Cupper Inamul Haq, other top officials and a large number of male and female tennis players were also present on the occasion.

Result of men’s singles 1st round: Aqeel Khan beat Faizan Khurram 6-2, 6-2; Usman Rafiq beat Faizan Fayyaz 6-0, 6-2; Muhammad Shoaib beat Fayyaz Khan 6-1, 6-2; Heera Ashiq beat Saqib Hayat 6-1, 6-4; Shehzad Khan beat Imran Bhatti 6-4, 6-0; Hassan Riaz beat Sikandar Hayat 7-6, 7-6; M Abid beat Shakir Allah 6-0, 6-2; Ahmad Ch beat Subhan bin Salik 6-2, 6-2; Aqib Hayat beat Asadullah 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; Ahmad Babar beat Waqas Malik 6-2, 6-3; Mudassar Murtaza beat Abdaal Haider 6-3, 6-1; Yousaf Khalil beat Ahmad Kamil 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Ejaz Khan beat Ayyaz Khan 6-1, 6-1; Hasheesh Kumar beat Israr Gul 6-1, 6-1; Muzammil Murtaza beat Nauman Aftab 6-1, 7-5.

Result of boys u-18 1st round: Muhammad shoaib beat Ahmed Nael 8-3; Bilal Asim beat Ahtesham Arif 8-5; Uzair Khan beat Shehryar Anees 8-1; Hamid Israr beat Bakir Ali 9-7; Faizan Fayyaz beat M Abdullah 8-3; Hamza Rehmat beat Zaeem Ghafoor 8-2; Haider Ali Rizwan beat Zain ul Abideen 8-5; Aqib Hayat beat Abdul Hanan Khan 8-4; Hasam Khan beat Saim Danish 8-2; Mahatir Muhammad beat Ibrahim Salman 8-1; Nalain Abbas beat Azan Sajid 8-2; Farman Shakeel beat Hassan Ali 8-1; Kamran Khan beat Hamza Jawad 8-5; Hasheesh Kumar beat Asad Zaman 8-2.

Result of u-14 1st round: Bilal Asim beat Mustansir Ali Khan 4-0, 4-0; Hamza Rehmat beat Moavia Butt 4-0, 4-0; Ahtesham Humayun beat Shehryar Aness 5-3, 4-1; Haider Ali Rizwan beat Amna Qayyum 4-0, 4-0; Abdul Basit beat Arman Kamran 4-1, 0-4, 11-9; Yashar Tarar beat Ali Jawad 4-1, 5-3; Hasnain Ali Rizwan beat Waleed Javed 4-0, 4-1; Shehansha beat Abu Bakar Khalil 4-0, 4-0; Inam Qadir beat Abdul Ahad 4-0, 4-0.