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| October 31, 2002 | Thursday | Sha’aban 24,1423 |
Smooth sailing for Aqeel and Asim
LAHORE, Oct 30: Top seed Aqeel Khan and second ranked Asim Shafik notched up easy victories to enter into quarterfinals of the Global Telecom Cup National Grass Court Tennis Championship at the Punjab Coaching Centre Courts Wednesday.
Aqeel blasted Shahbaz Ahmad in straight set 6-3, 6-3. Fresh from a victory in the final of the UBL Salma Noorani tournament, Aqeel showed his class and outclassed his rival taking just 35 minutes for victory.
Second seed, Shafik ousted little known Israr Gul with a convincing straight set 6-1, 6-2 triumph. Shafik who missed the Karachi’s competition due to ailing father displayed form and fitness and is likely to face Aqeel in the final.
Nomi Qamar, the third seed, clobbered Shahid Afridi 6-3, 6-3 to move into the next stage of the competition. Qamar who gave tough fight to Aqeel in the final last week is also a strong contender for the final.
In an upset, Wasif Cheema outplayed the 10th seed Aurangzeb Khan 6-2, 6-4. Aurangzeb a seasoned campaigner looked out of touch as he failed to counter the sizzling forehand smashes from Cheema.
In the well-contested match of the day, between unseeded players, Asif Feroze went to full distance to beat Jehanzeb Khan 2-6, 6-0, 6-3.
Feroze after losing the first set rediscovered his form and ran out winner winning the next two sets scoring points with excellent court crafts and fine drop shots..
Rashid Malik also moved into the next round. Veteran Rashid faced no much difficulty in overcoming Barkatullah 6-2, 6-1.
Highly talented Shahzad Khan made short work of to overwhelm Saeed Shahab 6-2, 6-2 in a one-sided affair.
Results: Men’s singles (pre-quarterfinals): Aqeel Khan bt Shahbaz Ahmad 6-3, 6-3; Irfanullah bt Saeedul Haq 6-1, 6-3; Mehmood Khan bt Babar Ali 6-4, 6-1, Shahzad Khan bt Saeed Shahab 6-2, 6-2; Nomi Qamar bt Shahid Afridi 6-3, 6-3; Fayyaz Khan bt Rehman Gul 6-2, 6-3; Asif Feroze bt Jehanzeb Khan 2-6, 6-0, 6-3; Inam Gul bt Amjad Nasir 6-2, 6-2; Shahzad Qamar bt Haris Aziz 6-0, 6-2; Jalil Khan bt Muhammad Asghar 6-0, 6-3; Pervaiz Khan bt Khawaja Razi 6-2, 6-1; Rashid Malik bt Barkatullah 6-2, 6-1; Muhamad Shafiq bt Faheem Siddiqui 6-3, 6-3; Wasif Cheema bt Aurangzeb Khan 6-2, 6-4; Munir Ashiq bt Amjad Khan 6-1, 6-4; Asim Shafiq bt Israr Gul 6-1, 6-2. Boys Under-18 singles: Shahzad Khan bt Burhanuddin 6-0, 6-0; Manzoor Khan bt Aftab Anwar 6-4, 6-1; Tanveer Munir bt Shehryar Niazi 6-2, 6-0; Shahzad Khan bt Fahad Khan 6-1, 6-3; Munir Ashiq bt Zeeshan Khan 6-0, 6-3. Boys U-14 singles: Tanveer Ashiq bt Omer Shaukat 6-3, 6-3;Yasir Khan bt Usama Chaudhary 6-4, 6-4. Ladies’ singles: Iram Arshad bt Shehla Nazir 6-1, 6-2; Mehak bt Rabia nazir Malik 6-0, 6-0; Sana Baghat bt Nabia Haq 6-0, 6-4. Thursday’s programme. Men’s singles quarterfinals at 10am. Men’s doubles 11.30am. Boys singles U-18 and Boys singles U-14 2pm. Ladies’ singles 3pm.
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