LAHORE: Action began in the PLTA Independence Day Punjab Junior Tennis Championship as 10 matches were decided in the age categories of boys U-18, U-16 and U-14 here at the Punjab Tennis Academy Bagh-e-Jinnah here on Thursday. Former Davis Cupper Rashid Malik is the tournament director.

Results (first round): Boys U-18: Ahtesham Ari f bt Manan Arshad 6-0.

Boys U-16: Asad Zaman bl Hammad Shahid 6-0; Hashir Alam bt Moavia Butt 6-0; Abdullah Pirzada bt M. Shaheer Adil 6-2; Zain Saeed bt Manan Arshad 6-1 and; Waleed I Iumayun bt Abdur Rehman 6-2.

Boys U-14: Ibrahim Sufi bt Hafiz Hassan 6-0; Abdullah Sajjad bt M. Ibrahim Qadir 6-4; Hashir Alam bt M. Hamza Ahmad 6-0; Abdullah Pirzada bl Hafiz Hussain 6-0.-Sports Reporter