LAHORE, Oct 23: Saeed-ul-Haq went to full distance to beat Irfanullah 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7-3) in the only three-setter as many as 21 matches were decided in the men’s singles of the National grass court tennis championship at the Punjab Tennis Association courts in Bagh-i-Jinnah Tuesday.

Top seed Aqeel Khan sailed into the next round beating Shahzad easily 6-3, 6-1.

Second seed Asim Shafiq faced stern resistance from former national champion Mohammad Khalid before winning 6-4, 6-4. Khalid recently returned Pakistan from Kuwait after finishing his coaching assignment there.

Other seasoned players and national champions Hameed-ul-Haq and Rashid Malik also won their respective matches. Hameed proved too good against an upcoming Ashiq Rasool 6-0, 6-0.

Rashid Malik eliminated Arif Feroze 6-2, 6-2.

Shahzad Khan, the winner of two back-to-back ITF junior ranking tournament held at Lahore this month, outplayed Arif Feroze 6-4, 6-2.

The boys under-18 singles and under-14 competitions also started on Tuesday.

The ladies singles and veteran’s doubles matches will also begin from Wednesday.

The results:

Men’s singles: Mehr Nisar bt Zulifqar Awan 6-1, 6-0; Aqeel Khan bt Shahzad 6- 3, 6-1; Inam Gul got walk over against Bilal Salahuddin; Saeed-ul-Haq bt Irfanullah 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7/3); Mehmud Khan bt Fahim Siddiqi 6-2, 6-2; Fayyaz Khan bt Aurangzeb Khan 6-2, 6-2; Mohammad Nadeem bt Sarmad Husain 6-2, 6-2; Hameed-ul-Haq bt Ashiq Rasool 6-0, 6-0; Shahzad Khan bt Arif Feroze 6-4, 6-2; Nomi Qamar bt Babar Ali 6-1, 6-1; Mohammad Shafiq bt Kh M Baksh 6-4, 6-2; Shahbaz Ahmad bt Munir Ashiq 6-2, 6-3; Shahrukh Niazi bt Mahir Nisar 6-1, 6-0; Asim Shafiq bt Mohammad Khalid 6-4, 6-4; Bilal Salahuddin got walk over against Sohail Raza; Inam Gul bt Ali Hasan Baghat 6-2,6-2; Rashid Malik bt Arif Feroze 6-2, 6-2; Bakshah got walkover against Shahzad Asghar; Rashid Malik bt Wakeel Khan 6-2, 6-2; Shahid Khan bt Aimen Khan 6-0, 6-0; Tahir Iftikhar bt Haris Aziz 6-4, 6-2.

Boys singles Under-18: Mustafa Sherdil bt Amir Zaeem 6-1,6-0; Babar Ali got walk over against Abeer; Ghulam Husain bt Tayyab Iqbal 6-4, 6-2; Ahmad Aslam bt Shaheer Malik 6-1, 7-5; Tariq bt Danial Shahrukh 6-3, 6-2.

Boys under-14 singles: Pitras Masih bt Jawad 6-0, 6-0; Omer Babar walkover against Adnan Khalid; Tanvir Ashiq bt Syed Noor Haider 6-0,6-0; Shahryar Niazi bt Ali Saeed 6-0, 6-1; Yahya Khan bt Hisham Shahrukh 6-3, 7-6 (7/4); Mohammad Tariq bt Ali Raza 6-4, 6-4; Talal Khan bt Azam 6-1, 6-1, 6-0; Tanvir Munir bt Jahangir Haider 6-2, 6-0; Shahzad Arshad bt Saif Ali 6-3, 6-4; Zain-ul-Haq bt Asad Husain 6-0, 6-0; Mustafa bt Suleman Saif 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.