KARACHI - National Champion Aqeel Khan began his journey in Subh-e-Nau National Tennis Championship on winning note here at City Sports Complex Tennis Courts on Thursday when he outplayed young Go Mazhar in first round of men’s singles. He also went to win second round match against Waqas Malik of Lahore in straight sets.
Second seed Yasir Khan brushed aside Sikandar Hayat in first round match and defeated Haseeb Yaqoob of Islamabad in second round. Jaleel Khan was awarded walkover against Abdul Majeed of Hayderabad in first round. He won his second round match against Jibran-ul-Haq of Islamabad in straight sets. Unseeded Syed Zohair Raza of Pakistan Navy outclassed 7th seed Usman Rafiq in second round match. Talha Zubair of Pakistan Navy played well against Ahmed Chaudhry in their second round match. Ahmed won first set easily; however, Talha got the next one taking match to third set. Ahmed once again showed his superiority to win the third set. Veteran Davis Cupper Nomi Qamar advanced to next stage by winging first and second round matches against Hassan Mahmood and Bilal Ahmed respectively. Heera Ashiq and Sanaullah also won their matches against their respective opponents.
Maheen Dada proved too much for Hajra Nadeem in first round match of ladies singles. Ayesha Mir stunned Neha Khan by winning first set of the match. However, Neha came back strong to win next two sets. Urooj Iltifat defeated Robina. Saba Aziz, Sara Mansoor, Iman Qureshi and Hania Naveed will play their first matches on Friday.
Haseeb Yaqoob, Murad Khan, Fahad Mahmood , Go Mazhar and Ahmed Babar won their first round matches of Boys Juniors U-18 category. Jalal-ud-din Babar, Raza Sawani and Dawar Rehan also advanced to next round in Boys U-14.