ISLAMABAD: The J7–34th Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championships kicked off here at the S Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex on Tuesday.
On the opening day, all seeded players conveniently advanced to the next round in the Men’s Singles of the Championships.
Yaseen Mahsud CEO of J7 Group inaugurated the opening ceremony of the tournament while Naseem Usmani, senior advisor J7 Group, Col. Gul Rehman Secretary Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF), Aleem Malik, Director Emporium, Majid Bashir SEVP Islamabad Tennis Association (ITA), Ahsan Raza Zaidi Treasurer ITA, other distinguished guests and officials of PTF were present on the occasion.
J7 Group of Companies was the main sponsor of the 34th edition of Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championships whereas Star Marketing is the co-sponsor. J7 Group – Real Estate entrepreneurs joined hands for the promotion of the game of tennis.
After the opening ceremony, the first round matches of Men’s and ladies Singles were played.
Men’s Singles (Main Draw 1st Round): Aqeel Khan beat Jibran-ul-Haq 6-3 6-0; Saqib Hayat beat Faizan Fayyaz 6-1 6-3; Ibrahim Umer beat Kamran Khan 6-1 6-3; Barkatullah beat Ijaz Ahmed 6-3 6-1, Heera Ashiq beat Ahmed Kamil 6-0 6-3; Nalain Abbas beat Jabir Ali 6-1 6-2; Mahatir Muhammad beat Asad Ullah 6-3 7-6(3); Yousaf Khalil beat Abdul Hanan Khan 6-0 6-2; Mudassar Murtaza beat Sami Zeb Khan 6-3 6-2; Talha Bin Asif beat Aqib Hayat 6-1 6-0; Ahmad Asjad Qureshi beat Shaheen Mehmood 7-6(4) 6-2; Muhammad Shoaib beat Abbas Khan 6-0 6-0; Ahmed Chaudhry beat Nofil Kaleem 6-1 6-1; Hasheesh Kumar beat Israr Gul 6-4 6-1; Ahmed Babar beat M.Waqas Malik 6-3 7-6(6), Muhammad Abid beat M.Usman Ejaz 6-1 6-2.
Ladies Singles (Main Draw 1st Round): Hania Navid beat Zahra Sulman 6-1 6-2; Nida Akram beat Tooba Babar 6-1 6-0; Kainat Ali beat Zahra Khan 6-0 6-0.