ISLAMABAD: Omer Jawad edged Abdul Basit in a thrilling three-set match on Tuesday to advance to the next round of the 10th Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan National Ranking Tennis Cham­pion­ships here on Tuesday. Jawad overcame Basit 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in their first-round encounter at the PTF-SDA Tennis Complex. In other matches of the day, Mohammad Salar beat Mohammad Haziq Asim 6-3, 6-4 while Mohammad Abid thras­hed Asad Zaman 6-0, 6-0. Hamza Roman was also among the winners as he downed Murtaza Hussain 6-2, 6-3 and Heera Ashiq routed Mohammad Yahya 6-0, 6-1. Results (first-round): Men’s singles: M. Hamza Aasim bt M. Huzaifa Khan 6-0, 6-4; Uzair Khan bt M. Talha Khan 6-4, 5-7, 6-2; Abdullah Adnan bt Bilal Asim 6-2, 6-3; Shahzad Khan bt Shehryar Anees 6-2, 6-0; Yousaf Khalil bt Abubakar Talha 6-4, 6-2; Saqib Hayat bt Rayan Ahmad Khan 6-1, 6-0; Ahtesham Humayun bt Amir Mazari 6-4, 7-5. Boys Under-18: Azan Shahid bt Mohammad Dawood 6-2, 6-2; Ruhab Faisal bt Ismail Aftab 6-3, 6-3; Nabeel Ali Qayum w/o Junaid Khan; M. Salar bt Razik Sultan 6-2, 6-4; Bilal Asim bt Hazrat Ali 6-0, 6-0; Asad Zaman bt Ali Zain 6-2, 6-4; Hamza Roman bt Talha Khan 6-2, 6-3; Haziq Asim bt Hamza Hussain 6-3, 6-1. Boys Under-14 singles: Rayyan Khan bt M. Hamza Khan 4-0, 4-0; Mozam Babar w/o M. Huzaima; Arsh Imran bt Rajam Taha 4-0, 4-1.