LAHORE - The 8th KC Indus Pharma National Seniors Tennis & Juniors Championship was formally inaugurated by chief guest Saeed Ismail, Chairman Indus Pharma, at Karachi Club.
Besides chief guest Saeed Ismail, Zahid Saeed, MD Indus Pharma, Karachi Club management, former Davis Cupper Rashid Malik, top national senior and junior players and their families were also present there on the occasion.
On day three, in juniors 18 singles second round, Hasheesh Kumar (top seed) beat Raahim Veqar 6-3, 6-2. In U-14 singles first round, Muneer Derbari (Hyderabad) beat Taimoor Ansari 4-1, 4-2, Sheheyar Anis (Lahore) beat Shamoon 4-0, 4-1, Aisam Malik beat Abdubakr Admani 5-3, 4-1, Laraib Shamsi w/o Hanzala (Hyd), Basim Ali beat Haziq Areejo (Hyderabad) 4-0, 4-1.
In U-14 singles second round, Dhuraf Das beat Nael Mirza 4-2, 4-2, Zohaib Malik (Lhr) beat Aahil Imran 4-0, 4-0, Samer Zaman beat Shees 5-3, 4-1. In men’s singles first round, Mahatir Muhammad beat Shahab Khan 6-1, 6-2. In men’s singles second round, Zubair Raja beat Fahad Abid 6-1, 6-1, Ashar Mir beat Hussain Godil 6-2, 6-2, Hasheesh Kumar beat DurraizVazzir 6-0, 6-0, Ibrahim Iltifat beat Robin Kumar 6-4, 6-2.
In U-12 singles first round, Faiz Ilyas beat Hamza Tahir 4-1 5-3, Atif Ali Bachani beat Meer Abbas 4-0, 1-4, 4-0, Muhammad Abubaker Talha beat Ammar Hasan Raza 4-2, 4-0, Shehzer Ali beat Mahad Shehzad 4-0, 4-0, Laraib Shamsi beat Rayyan Dandia 4-2, 4-2.