LAHORE - The 10th Essa Lab National Seniors and Juniors Tennis Championship 2021 was formally inaugurated at the Modern Club. 
According to M Khalid Rehmani, Consultant Dermatologist Dr Nazia Shakil graced the opening ceremony as chief guest and inaugurated the event. Other prominent ones present on the occasion were Zafar Hasan, Pasha, Raisa Ashfaq, Farha Riaz, Perveen Akhter, Ishrat Zehra, Sumeira Javed,  Noushad Ahmed, players and their families. 
On Tuesday, the matches were decided in different age group categories. In the U-16 singles first round, Ali Khattak beat Abdullah Raziq 6-2, 6-2. In the U-16 quarterfinals, top seed Asad Zaman beat Ali Khattak 6-1, 6-2. In the U-14 boys singles second round, Nael Mirza beat Ruhab Faisal 4-2, 4-2, Duraf Das beat Ali Bachani 4-2, 5-4.  In the U-12 singles second round, top seed Zohaib Afzal Malik (SA Gardens) beat Rashid Ali 4-0, 4-0, Ali Bachani Zayd Zaman 4-1, 4-1, Ahmed Shaikh beat Hazik 4-1, 4-2 and Sameer Zaman beat Faiz Ilyas 4-2, 4-2. In the U-12 singles quarterfinals, Zohaib Afzal Malik (SA Gardens) beat Junaid Mahar 4-0, 4-0. In the U-18 singles first round, M Ahtisham beat HasnaiKharram 6-0, 6-1, M Ali Khattak beat Kashan Tariq 6-4, 6-4, Rahaam Veqar beat Ammar Ismail 6-4, 6-4.
In the U-10 singles second round, Rashid Ali beat Rohan 4-0, 4-0, Abid Bachani beat Rohan 4-0, 4-0, Abid Bachani beat Zayd Zaman 4-2, 4-5, 4-2, Hamza Arijo got w/o against Ali Raza, Majid Ali beat Emre Shazim 1-4, 4-2, 4-0. In the U-10 singles semifinals, Rashid Ali beat Abid Bachani 4-2, 4-0 and Majid Ali beat Hamza Arejo 4-1, 4-1. 
In the men’s singles second round, Mustafa Tariq beat Robin Das 3-6, 6-4, 10-8 while in the men’s singles quarterfinals, Ahsan Siddiq beat Bilal 4-6, 6-3, 10-7, Vinod Das beat Ibrahim Iltifat 6-2, 6-2. In the girls U-18 singles semifinals, Zainab Ali beat Inaya Sayeed 6-1, 6-4. 
In the men’s doubles first round, Salman/Mustafa beat Imran/Fahad 6-2, 6-3, Sher Ahmed/Shoaib beat Asaad/Sunny 8-1, Aqeel Shabbir/Murad Khan beat Iltafat/Ahtisham 8-5. In the men’s doubles quarterfinals, Ali/Vinod got w/o against Shamael/Ali, Shahab/Adnan beat Salman/Mustafa 8-5, Ibrahim/Mustafa beat Kashan/Ahsan 8-4. 
In the 45 doubles first round, Rafi Darbarai/M Abdul Saeed beat Noman Farid/Karim Gul 8-5, Zafar/Sher Ahmed beat Capt Aleem/Juniad 8-0, Imran/Salim beat Amir/Kamran 8-4, Jawad/Iltafat beat Razi Nawab/Waheed 9-7. In the 35 doubles first round, Mustafa/Kamran got w/o against Ali/Shamael, Robin/Vinod Das beat Amir/Shehzad 8-3, MA Saeed/M Naseem beat Shoaib/Javed 8-5, Sher Ahmed/Iltafat got w/o against Rizwan/Adnan.