SA Garden Pakistan Open Tennis Championships 2021 begins today
The SA Garden Pakistan Open Tennis Championships 2021 will be inaugurated today (Tuesday) while the qualifying round matches were played at the Punjab Tennis Academy, Lahore.
The SA Garden Pakistan Open Tennis Championships 2021 will be inaugurated today (Tuesday) while the qualifying round matches were played at the Punjab Tennis Academy, Lahore.
PLTA Secretary Rashid Malik thanked SA Gardens (SA Group) for sponsoring the week-long championship, which is being organised under the auspices of Punjab Lawn Tennis Association (PLTA).
The events are, men’s singles & doubles, ladies singles, juniors boys U-18 singles & doubles, boys U-14 singles & doubles, boys & girls U-12 singles & doubles, boys/girls U-10 singles, boys/girls U-8, boys/girls U-6, seniors 40 plus doubles and seniors 50 plus doubles.
The main draw matches will start from today (Tuesday) at 9:30 am, where top ranked players will be seen in action. The opening ceremony of the prestigious will take place today (Tuesday) at 4:00 pm and SA Gardens Director Sales and Marketing Ahmad Raza will grace the opening ceremony as chief guest. All finals of the championship will be played on March 14 at 2:00 pm.
Men’s singles qualifying first round:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hassan Shaukat | def | Dr Nufaid | 6-1 |
| Shahzaib Zahid | def | Abdulah Karim | 6-1 |
| Hassan Ali | def | Umir Javeed | 6-0 |
| Hamid Israr | def | Hassan Kamran | 6-0 |
| Bakir Ali | def | Osama Khan | 6-1 |
| Saqib Khan | def | Ali Durani | 6-1 |
| Ahmad Nael | def | Zaeem Ghafoor | 6-2 |
| Farman Shakeel | def | Ahmad Moeed | 6-2 |
| Bilal Farooq | def | Harris Raja | 6-3 |
| Mahatir Muhammad | def | Mohammad Yousaf | 6-1 |
| Zaryab Pirzada | def | Bilal Zia | 6-1 |
| Zalan Khan | def | Capt Danish | 6-0 |
| Ahtesham Arif | def | Suhaib Waseem | 6-0 |
| Naeem Khan | def | Omer Dilshad | 6-0 |
| Hamza Jawad | def | Faisal Iqbal | 7-6 |
| Illam Khan | def | Rana Humayum | 6-4 |
| Nauman Khan | def | Waqas Basit | 6-2 |
