Ehtesham, Inam, Zohaib win in Westbury Tennis

The Under-18 Juniors category first-round matches saw remarkable performances in the 21st KC Westbury National Tennis Championship here on Saturday.

Ehtesham Humayun of SNGPL dominated Javed Khan with a 6-1, 6-0 victory while Inam Gul from Peshawar beat Ahsan Ali 6-1, 6-4. Zohaib Afzal (Lahore) outclassed Zaid Ali 6-0, 6-1. Muzzammil Bhund (Hyderabad) overcame Faiz Ilyas while Dhurv Das beat Yahya Haleem 4-6, 2-4.

Muhammad Junaid from Peshawar also cruised past against Zain Noomi 6-4, 6-2. Haziq Arijo bested Ansarullah 7-6, 6-1, and Taimoor Ansari defeated Lareeb Shamsi 6-1, 6-3. Ruhab Faisal emerged victorious over Junaid Mehr from Hyderabad with a 6-3, 6-4 scoreline. Ismail Aftab beat Ahsam Malik 6-3, 7-5.

In the Boys' Under-14 Singles first round, Majid Ali Bachani (Hyderabad) beat Ahmed Kath 4-1, 4-0. In the second round of the same category, Ansarullah defeated Yahya bin Zain 4-0, 4-0; Zaid Zaman defeated Umar Zaman with the same scoreline; and Rashid Ali Bachani (SNGPL) outplayed Imdad Imran 4-0, 4-0.

In the Boys' Under-12 Singles first round, Arsh Imran won against Arham Amjab from Peshawar 4-2, 4-2. Rashid Ali Bachani (SNGPL) defeated Usama Ali 4-1, 4-0. Umar Zaman narrowly overcame Asher Bhaila in a tight match 5-3, 3-5, 5-3. Tariq Rafi beat Abdullah Ali 4-2, 5-3, and Raheem Faisal turned the tables against Uzair 2-4, 5-3, 4-0.

In the Men's Singles first round, Ehtesham Humayun defeated M. Essa Ji with a commanding 8-0 score. Lareeb Shamsi overcame Shahmeer Usman 8-2.

In the Under-10 Singles second round, Shahreem Umar from Lahore defeated M. Usman Zahid 4-0, 4-0.

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