Ahmed overcomes Indian opponent to advance in tennis tournament

Ahmed overcomes Indian opponent to advance in tennis tournament

ISLAMABAD: Ahmed Chaudhry advanced to the second round of the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto International ITF Futures Tennis Tournament after beating Indian Jatin Dahiya here at the Islamabad Tennis Complex on Monday.

Results (prefix number denotes seeding):

Men’s singles (first round): Ivan Ponomarenko (Russia) bt Dmitry Myagkov (Russia) 2-6, 6-2, 6-1; Kristian Lozan (Russia) bt Gleb Alekseenko (Ukraine) 6-1, 6-4; Ahmed Chaudhry (Pakistan) bt Jatin Dahiya (India) 6-7 (3-7), 6-1, 6-1; Ergi Kirkin (Turkey) bt Mohammad Abid 6-1, 7-5.

Men’s doubles (first round): Paramveer Sing/Ajay Pruthvi (both India) bt Sikandar Hayat Qureshi/Hayat Saqib (both Pakistan) 6-1, 6-3; Anurag Newwani/Jayesh Pungliya (both India) bt Asad Mehmood Khan/Fahad Mehmood Khan (both Pakistan) 6-2, 4-0; Peter Goldsteiner (Austria)/Julian Onken (Germany) bt Muzammil Murtaza (Pakistan)/Luka Pavlovic (France) 6-4, 6-3; Gleb Alekseenko (Ukraine)/Ivan Ponomarenko (Russia) bt Mohammad Wagas Malik (Canada)/Mudassir Murtaza (Pakistan) 6-7 (5-7) 6-2, 10-5.