Tennis: Punju, Wali reach semi-finals

KARACHI:

Aly Punju and Sabih Wali cruised into the semi-finals of the HabibMetro Seniors Tennis Championship 40 plus singles event.

Punju defeated Khwaja Masroor 6-1, 6-1 while Wali outplayed Afaq Zafar 6-1, 6-1. Meanwhile, Iltifat Ahmed downed Zakaria Ali Muhammad 6-3, 6-2 in the men’s 60 plus event and Akram Fahim overcame Mushtaq Ahmed 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.

In other matches, Mohammat Iltifat and Javed Iqbal defeated Noorullah Dhanani and Qamer Habib  6-1, 6-4 in the 40 plus doubles match.  The tournament is featuring eight clubs and 48 players form the corporate sector. The final will be played on March 22.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 21^st, 2013.