Seeded players progress into second round of Kulsum tennis

ISLAMABAD: Leading players made it to the second round of the 10th Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan National Ranking Tennis Championships 2024, which started with the main round at the PTF-SDA Tennis Complex, Islamabad.

Some leading players including Aqeel Khan, Muhammad Shoaib, and Muzammil Murtaza will be seen in action on Wednesday. This prestigious tournament is organized annually to honour the memory of the late Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan, mother of PTF Patron Senator Salim Saifullah Khan.

Results: Men’s singles 1st round: M. Hamza Aasim bt M. Huzaifa Khan 6-0, 6-4; Uzair Khan bt M.Talha Khan 6-4, 5-7, 6-2; Abdullah Adnan bt Bilal Asim 6-2, 6-3; M. Salar bt M. Haziq Asim 60-3, 6-4; Muhammad Abid bt Asad Zaman 6-0, 6-0; Shahzad Khan bt Shehryar Anees 6-2, 6-0; Heera Ashiq bt M.Yahya 6-0, 6-1; Omer Jawad bt Abdul Basit 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Hamza Roman bt Murtaza Hussain 6-2, 6-3; Yousaf Khalil bt Abubakar Talha 6-4, 6-2; Saqib Hayat bt Rayan Ahmad Khan 6-1, 6-0; Ahtesham Humayun bt Amir Mazari 6-4, 7-5

Boys 18&under singles 1st round: Azan Shahid bt Muhammad Dawood 6-2, 6-2; Ruhab Faisal bt Ismail Aftab 6-3, 6-3; Nabeel Ali Qayum w/o Junaid Khan; M. Salar bt Razik Sultan 6-2, 6-4; Bilal Asim bt Hazrat Ali 6-0, 6-0; Asad Zaman bt Ali Zain 6-2, 6-4; Hamza Roman bt Talha Khan 6-2, 6-3; Haziq Asim bt Hamza Hussain 6-3, 6-1; Boys 14&under singles 1st round: Rayyan Khan bt M.Hamza Khan 4-0, 4-0; Mozam Babar w/o M.Huzaima; Arsh Imran bt Rajam Taha 4-0, 4-1.