LAHORE - The 34th Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championship commenced at the S Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex on Tuesday. Chief guest Yaseen Mahsud inaugurated the opening ceremony of the tournament. In the men’s singles main draw first round, Aqeel Khan beat Jibran-ul-Haq 6-3, 6-0; Saqib Hayat beat Faizan Fayyaz 6-1, 6-3; Ibrahim Umer beat Kamran Khan 6-1, 6-3; Barkatullah beat Ijaz Ahmed 6-3, 6-1, Heera Ashiq beat Ahmed Kamil 6-0, 6-3; Nalain Abbas beat Jabir Ali 6-1, 6-2; Mahatir beat Asad Ullah 6-3, 7-6(3); Yousaf Khalil beat Abdul Hanan 6-0, 6-2; Mudassar Murtaza beat Sami Zeb 6-3, 6-2; Talha Bin Asif beat Aqib Hayat 6-1, 6-0; Ahmad Asjad beat Shaheen 7-6(4) 6-2; Shoaib beat Abbas 6-0, 6-0; Ahmed Ch beat Nofil Kaleem 6-1, 6-1; Hasheesh beat Israr 6-4, 6-1; Ahmed Babar beat Waqas Malik 6-3, 7-6(6), M Abid beat M Usman 6-1, 6-2. In the ladies’ singles main draw first round, Hania Navid beat Zahra Sulman 6-1, 6-2, Nida Akram beat Tooba Babar 6-1, 6-0; Kainat Ali beat Zahra Khan 6-0, 6-0.