October 17, 2002	Thursday	Sha'aban 10, 1423

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ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Top seed Aqeel Khan dropped a set Wednesday but sprung back to defeat his younger brother Jaleel Khan in the Federal Cup Tennis Championship at Islamabad Club Wednesday.

Aqeel fell behind and lost the opening set 2-6 before winning the next two 6-2, 6-1 for a first round victory.

In his second round match, also played Wednesday, Aqeel eliminated Ali Hasan Baghat 6-3, 6-1 without any difficulty.

Fourth seed, Rashid Malik, a former Davis Cup player, had an easy match against Peshawar’s Manzoor Khan whom he brushed aside 6-0, 6-1.

Muneezah Shahid scored the first upset in the ladies event knocking out seventh seed Huma Ajam 6-1, 7-6 to make the quarterfinals.

Also going through were Mariam Rahim, Mehvish Chishtie, Nosheen Ehtisham, Sylvia Lokollo, Nadia Rahim, Seher Khawaja and Maira Rahim.

Results:

Men’s singles first round: Aqeel Khan bt Jaleel Khan 2-6, 6-2, 6-1; Rashid Malik bt Manzoor Khan 6-0, 6-1.

Men’s singles second round: Shahzad Khan bt Wasif Cheema 6-1, 6-1; Aqeel Khan bt Ali Hassan Baghat 6-3, 6-1.

Men’s singles prequarterfinal: Asim Shafik bt Babar Ali 6-2, 6-2.

Ladies singles first round: Tigereda Alem bt Shahida Kausar Farooq 6-4, 6-4.

Ladies singles pre quarterfinals: Mariam Rahim bt Anoosha Aslam 6-0, 6-0; Seher Khawaja bt Omer Zahra Khan 7-5, 6-2; Nosheen Ehtisham bt Shahla Nazir 6-2, 6-0; Nida Rahim bt Ayesha Mansoor 6-0, 6-0; Maira Rahim bt Samina Mahboob 6-0, 6-1; Mehvish Chishtie bt Sara Mansoor 6-0, 6-1; Sylvia Lokollo bt Tigereda Alem 6-2, 6-0; Muneezah Shahid bt Huma Ajam 6-1, 7-6.

Boys under-18 pre quarterfinals: Munir Ashiq bt M. Ali Khalid 6-0, 6-0; Adil Murtaza bt Azeem Hassan 6-4, 6-0; Shahid Afridi b t Manzoor Khan 6-4, 6-4.

Boys under-14 quarterfinals: Tanveer Ashiq bt Adnan Ali 4-0, 4-0; Umer Babar bt Usman Ijaz 4-2, 5-3; Amir Ali Khan bt Ahsan Ausaf 4-0, 4-1; Muhammad Ahmed Aslam bt Khurrum Nazir 3-5, 4-2, 5-4.

Boys under-12 pre quarterfinals: Tabish Raza bt Farhan Shahid 4-0, 4-0; Salman Shahid bt Arslan Asghar 4-0, 4-0; Zain Haider bt Zahid Ajam 4-1, 5-4; Osama Chaudhry bt Ahsan Ausaf 4-2, 4-2; Faique Sohail bt Zahir Jaffer 4-1, 4-0; Ibrahim Omer bt Zain Abbas 4-2, 4-0; Yousaf Ajam bt Omer Khalid 4-0, 4-0; Abid Ali bt Hamza Pataudi 4-0, 4-1.

Girls under-14 quarterfinals: Sara mansoor walkover against Afia Asghar; Natasha Afridi bt Zainab Khan 4-0, 4-2; Anoosha Aslam b t Madeha Ansari 4-2, 4-2; Sara mahboob walkover against Mariam Tetlay.

Men’s doubles first round: Aqeel Khan-Rashid Malik bt Nasir Munir-Shahid Afridi 6-4, 6-3; Wasif Cheema-Shahzad Khan bt Danish Ahmed-Rahat Ali Khan 6-0, 6-0; Jaleel Khan-M. Shafik bt Ali Hassan Baghat-Adnan Khan 7-6, 6-1.

Men’s doubles second round: Wasif Cheema-Shahzad Khan bt M, Shafik-Jaleel Khan 6-2, 6-3; Asim Shafik-Shahzad Samad Khan bt Inam Gul-Muhammad Khan 7-6, 4-6, 6-1.

Veterans 50 and above doubles: Tahawwar Ali-Pervez bt Sikander Ajam-Hans 6-1, 6-0; Ijaz Khan-Sohail Khan bt Dr Lataf- Altaf Kazmi 6-2, 6-2.