LAHORE-Asad Zaman, Hamza Jawad, Zaeem Ghafoor and Ameer Hamza reached the boys U-18 second round in the New Khan Punjab Junior Tennis Championship 2022 here at Punjab Tennis Academy Bagh-e-Jinnah Mall Road Lahore on Tuesday.
In the boys U-18 first round, Asad Zaman of Ali Embroidery Mills showed his class against Hassaan Ali and outclassed him by 6-0, Hamza Jawad played well against Ibrahim Zahoor and outpaced him 6-1, Zaeem Ghafoor had to struggle hard to beat Shamir Dilshad by 7-6 while Ameer Hamza did well against Zain Saeed to win the encounter by 6-3.
In the boys/girls U-12 first round, Bismel Zia, who recently won her first junior national title during the Aitchison National Junior Tennis Championship, was in sublime form and overwhelmed her opponent M Ibrahim Gill 6-0. In other matches of the same category, Eesa Khan Malik beat Rania Shahrukh 6-3, Muaz Shahbaz beat M Ayyan Khan 6-1 and Abdur Rehman (SICAS) beat M Umar Ali 6-0.
In the boys/girls U-10, Ibrahim Dawood beat Shahnoor 6-1 and Zainah beat M Nameer Ahsan 7-6. In the boys U-14 first round, Imran Omer beat Hafiz Hassan 6-4, M Umar Ali beat M Ayyan Khan 6-3, Aalay Hussain beat Tayyab Amir 6-1 and M Inam Bari beat Eesa Khan Malik 6-3.