Tennis: Manzar, Bhagat, Panju cruise into semis

KARACHI:

Muhammad Manzar, Ali Bhagat and Ali Panju cruised into the semi-finals of the AJ Mirza Pharma Pakistan International Tennis Federation Seniors Championship 2013 singles event at the Karachi Gymkhana yesterday.

Manzar defeated Farzan Haleem 6-1, 6-0 in the first quarter-final of the day, while Ali outclassed Salman Maniya 6-1, 6-0. Ali Pajnu outplayed Asad Bhagat 6-1, 6-4 in the third match.

Meanwhile, Shahid Aziz defeated Irfanullah Awan 6-2, 6-4 and Israr Gul edged past Roger Dawood Bayat 6-2, 6-3 in the plus 45 singles first round. Shahzad Saleem and Akhter Ali Maan also progressed into the second round after receiving walkovers.

Correction: A previous version of the story erroneously spelled Salman as 'Suleman'. The error is regretted.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 20^th, 2013.

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