Veteran Rashid Malik beat Imran 2-0 in 26th Governor’s Cup National Ranking Tennis Tournament 2019
Veteran Rashid Malik of ZTBL outpaced young Imran Bhatti by 2-0 in the 26th Governor’s Cup National Ranking Tennis Tournament 2019 men’s singles first round at Chenab Club Faisalabad.
Veteran Rashid Malik of ZTBL outpaced young Imran Bhatti in straight sets in the 26th Governor’s Cup National Ranking Tennis Tournament 2019 men’s singles first round at Chenab Club Faisalabad.
Rashid Malik once again started the prestigious tennis event in great style by beating young Imran Bhatti by 6-4, 6-4. Both Malik and Imran had tough battle between them as the score was equal at 4-4 before Malik breaking Imran’s serve and holding his own to win the first by 6-4.
The second set was identical to the first one as same superb fight was witnessed between both the players and Malik won it in similar style with same score of 6-4. In other men's singles matches, all the seeded players won their respective matches and advanced to the next round.
Men's singles first round results:
| Player | vs | Player | Score line |
| Rashid Malik | def | Imran Bhatti | 6-4, 6-4 |
| Saqib Omer | def | Ahmed Babar | 6-4 6-4 |
| Ahmed Ch | def | Israr Gul | 7-5 6-0 |
| Muzamil Murtaza | def | Waqas Malik | 6-2 6-3 |
| Heera Ashiq | def | Jehanzeb Khan | 7-6 6-3 |
| Yousaf khalil | def | Ahmed kamil | 6-2 6-3 |
| Asad Ullah | def | Abdullah Adnan | 6-1 6-3 |
| Mudasir Murtaza | def | Ijaz Khan | 6-3 3-6 7-6 |
| Shehzad Khan | def | Mosa Ch | 6-3 6-3 |
| Barkat ullah | def | Zaid Mujahid | 6-0 6-1 |
| Abid Ali Akbar | def | Irfan ullah | 6-0 6-1 |
| Muhammad Abid | def | Abdal Haider | 6-4 6-4 |
