LAHORE - The Sapphire Open National Tennis Championship 2021 was formally inaugurated here at the Punjab Tennis Academy courts, Bagh-e-Jinnah on Tuesday.
PLTA Secretary Rashid Malik (Tamgha-e-Imtiaz), who is also tournament organizer, inaugurated the event during a colorful opening ceremony, which was also attended by players, their families and tennis lovers. The matches were also played in different age categories and the top seeds advanced to the next round.
In the men’s singles group matches, in Group A, Aqeel Khan beat Usman Rafiq 6-1,6-1 and Heera Ashiq beat Ahmed Babar 6-3,6-4, in Group B, Muzamil Murtaza beat Huzaifa Abdul Rehman 6-4,6-3, in Group C, Muhammad Abid beat Hassan Riaz 6-1,6-0 and Yousaf Khalil beat Imran Bhatti (Lahore Gymkhana Club) 7-6,6-2 and in Group D, Shoaib Khan beat Abdullah Adnan 6-2,6-3 and Mudassar Murtaza beat Ijaz Khan 6-2, 6-1. 
In boys U-14 first round, Xeerak Mustafa beat Harris Bajwa 4-1, 4-0, Omar Jawad beat Abubakar Khalil 4-2,4-2, Taimoor Khan beat Eesa Fahad 4-0,4-0, Abdullah Sajjad Wahla beat Inam Bari 4-0,4-0, Sohaan Noor beat Muhammad Mustafa 5-3, 4-2.  In the boys U-16 first round, Hussnain Ali Rizwan (LGS Paragon) beat M Ibrahim Ashraf 6-4,6-2, Abdullah Pirzada beat Hamza Rehmat 6-3, 6-4, Yafaat Nadim beat Abubakar Khalil 6-3,6-1, Haider Ali Rizwan (LGS Paragon) beat Hamza Jawad 6-2, 6-1, Shehryar Anees beat M Sohaan Noor 6-1,6-0 and Kamran Khan beat Arman Kamran 6-1, 6-2.