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New Khan Punjab Open Tennis begins

By Our Correspondent
July 12, 2021

LAHORE: The New Khan Punjab Open Tennis Championship 2021 began here at the PLTA Courts on Sunday.

In men’s singles main draw first round, Muzamil Murtaza beat Waleed Javeed 8-1, Muhammad Abid beat Hassan Shaukat 8-2, Imran Bhatti beat Aakif Hussain 8-3, Mudassar Murtaza beat Zeeshan Ashraf 8-0, Irfan Mughal beat Shayan Tariq 8-1, Nalain Abbas beat Zaryab Pirzada 8-1, Jabir Ali beat Jalal Gillani 8-3, Hassan Riaz beat Rana Humayun 8-2.

In the second round, Hassan beat Zaeem Ghafoor 8-3, Abdul Sami beat Kamran Qureshi 8-3, Aakif Hussain beat Shahrukh Naveed 8-5, Zohair Pirzada beat Waqas Basit 8-4.

In the first round, Zaeem beat Ahtesham Sattar 8-6, Sami beat Umair Fayyaz 8-3, Kamran beat Umair Javeed 8-0, Shahrukh beat Aized Khalil 8-3. PLTA Secretary Rashid Malik, who is also the tournament organiser, inaugurated the event.