KHALID Qayoom last night rallied to score a fine 2-6, 6-4, 11-9 victory over Ali Ahmed Al Ali in the men’s singles section of the 33rd GPIC Tennis Championship at the Bahrain Tennis Club in Juffair.
Nilesh Parmar and Khalid Janahi also scored three-set victories over Saad Al Khan and Ahmed Mahfoodh 6-1, 3-6, 10-2 and 6-3, 4-6, 10-6, respectively.
In the only other three-set match, Bruno Soares edged out Abdulla Mannai 6-4, 4-6, 10-3.
Other results:
Girish Vidyanath bt Mohammed Yousef Abdul Fateh 6-4, 6-4; Mohammed Rashid Bindena bt Tom Milnes 7-6(5), 6-4; Nalan Chokappa bt Muhammed Imran 6-0, 6-0; Nasser Khonji bt Ahmed Al Mahmood 6-2, 6-3; Ahmed Dhaif bt Henadzi Pasiehny 6-0, 6-2; Benoit Dalaise bt Cassius Pereira 6-1, 6-3; Isa Al Sammak bt Eyad Al Alawi 6-1, 6-3; Rixon Rebello bt Arthur Steven Tacquin 6-1, 6-0; Ronaldo Anacin bt Abdulaziz Hasan Bukhammas 6-0, 6-2; Ebrahim Sami Hassan bt Nilesh Gaikwad 6-1, 6-3; Vineeth Yash w/o Hassan Al Mutawa; Ali Hussain A Latif bt Nasser Mohammed 6-2, 6-1.