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| October 30, 2002 | Wednesday | Sha’aban 23,1423 |
Top seeds advance to second round
LAHORE, Oct 29: All seeded players entered the second round of the Global Telecom Cup National Grass Court tennis championship, at the Punjab Coaching Centre courts Tuesday.
Top seed and a key player of Pakistan Davis Cup team Aqeel Khan seemed to be in a hurry as he disposed of unseeded Kazim Ali without dropping any points (6-0, 6-0) in 25 minutes only.
Second seed Asim Shafik got a walkover against Murad Akram to move into the next round.
Third seed Nomi Qamar also earned a facile 2-0 win against Suleman Bashir 6-0, 6-2.
Former Davis Cupper and now the non-playing captain of the Pakistan team Rashid Malik, fourth seed, brushed aside Hameed Gul in a easy encounter 6-0, 6-0.
Muhammad Shafique, the sixth seed toppled Arif Feroze after facing good fight in both the sets 7-6 (7/5), 6-4.
In a well-contested match, unseeded Haris Aziz stretched to full distance to beat Janisar Ahmad 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Haris won the first set when he broke Janisar’s service in the second game. Janisar tried to recover when he staged a comeback and broke Haris’s service twice in the third and the fifth games. However, Haris bounced back and won the third set 6-4.
Eight seed Inam Gul faced little opposition before beating Omer Butt 6-4, 6-4.
In other matches, Mehmood Khan proved too good against Bilal Salahuddin 6-0, 6-0. Amjad Nasir treated Ziaul Haq harshly 6-0, 6-0. Aurangzeb Khan excelled against Aftab Anwar 6-1, 6-2. Munir Ashiq hammered Wakeel Khan 6-2, 6-1.
Boys singles U-18 and U-14 events also started.
In the U-18 sections only two matches were held while In U-14 seven ties were decided.
Ladies singles and men’s doubles events begins Wednesday.
Results:
Men’s singles. Aqeel Khan bt Kazim Ali 6-0, 6-0; Mehmood Khan bt Bilal Salahud Din 6-0, 6-0; Nomi Qamar bt Suleman Bashir 6-0, 6-2; Amjad Nasir bt Ziaul Haq 6-0, 6-0; Inam Gul bt Omer Butt 6-4, 6-4; Haris Aziz bt Janisar Ahmad 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Pervaiz Khan bt Khawaja Muhammad Bux 6-3, 6-2; Muhammad Shafique bt Arif Feroze 7-6, 6-4; Aurangzeb Khan bt Aftab Anwar 6-1, 6-2; Munir Ashiq bt Wakeel Khan 6-2, 6-1; Rashid Malik bt Hameed Gul 6-0, 6-0. Boys U-14: Imran Shaukat bt Tariq Waheed 6-2, 6-1; M Mustafa bt Shayan Ahmad 6-1, 6-2; Usama Chaudhary bt Asad Ahmad Tahir 6-0, 6-3; Pitras Masih bt Ibrahim Omer 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; Jehangir Haider bt Haider Zaidi 6-0, 6-0; Omer Baber bt Malik Hammad 6-0, 6-1; Ahmad Aslam bt Fahad Ali 7-5, 6-4. Boys singles U-18: Burhanuddin bt Suleman Aslam 6-1, 6-0; Talal Khan bt Ahmad Hammad 6-4, 6-0. Wednesday’s programme: Men’s singles 10.am; Men’s doubles 11.00am; Boys Singles U-18 2pm; Boys Singles U-14 2pm; Ladies Singles: 3pm.
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