October 15, 2003	Wednesday	Sha'aban 18, 1424

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ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: Unseeded qualifier Umair Qayyum stunned 5th seed Inam Gul, a Davis Cup player on Tuesday as the main rounds of the Federal Cup Tennis tournament began at the Islamabad Club courts.

In a hard-fought match, Umair sent his opponent crashing 6-3, 6-4 to secure a well-deserved place in the second round of the men’s singles competition.

As Inam fell by the wayside, the tournament’s top seed Aqeel Khan had to struggle to overcome the challenge of Islamabad’s upcoming Wasif Cheema in a two-set match which he won 6-4,6-4.

Second seed Asim Shafik and No 3 Nomi Qamar, however scored straightforward victories to move ahead. Asim defeated Waheed Anwar 6-2, 6-2 while Nomi crushed Muteeb Pasha 6-1, 6-1.

Also on show was Davis Cup veteran Rashid Malik who hammered Shahid Afridi 6-2, 6-3 while Asian veteran champion Hamid ul Haq routed PAF’s Shahzad Khan 6-3, 6-1. A total of 56 matches were decided in men’s singles, boys under-18, under-14 and under-12 categories.

Results:

Men’s singles first round: Aqeel Khan bt Wasif Cheema 6-4,6-4; Shahrukh Niazi bt Sheikh Asghar 6-2,6-1; Hamid ul Haq bt Shahzad Khan PAF 6-3,6-1, Shahzad Khan bt Roman Gul 6-1,6-0; Rashid Malik bt Shahid Afridi 6-2,6-3; Pervaiz Khan bt M. Babar 6-2,6-0; Ali Hassan Bhagat bt Yasin Abbasi 6-1,6-3; Umair Qayyum bt Inam Gul 6-3,6-4; Mehmood Khan bt Wakeel Khan 6-2,6-2; Adnan Khan bt Ikram ul Haq 6-3,6-0; Saeed ul Haq bt Eyhab Burki 6-3,6-2; Nomi Qamar bt Mutib Pasha 6-1,6-1; Jalil Khan bt Manzoor Khan 6-3,6-1; Ghulam Rasool bt Babar Ali 6-0,6-2; Tanveer Ashiq bt Aftab Anwar 4-6,7-5,7-6(5); Asim Shafik bt Waheed Anwar 6-2,6-2

Boys singles under-18 first round: Shahzad Khan bt Ahmed Aslam 6-3,6-3; Changez Afridi bt S.M. Abbas 4-6,6-1,6-2; Aftab Anwar bt Raheel Ch. 6-1,6-0; Omer Babar bt Sibtain Masood 6-2,6-0; Adnan Khan bt Manzoor Khan 6-0,6-1; Tanvir Munir bt Danyal Alvi 6-2,6-2; Khurram Nazir w/o Ahsan Ausaf; Wasif Cheema bt Sheikh Asghar 6-0,6-2; Tabish Raza bt Mubashir 7-5,6-1; M. Usman Ejaz bt Sheheryar Niazi 6-3,6-0; Shahrukh Niazi bt Yousaf Gandapur 6-2, 6-1; Yasir Khan bt Nouman ul Haq 6-1,7-5; Ahmed Ejaz bt Salman Aslam 6-2,6-2; Janhangir Rashid bt Ali Asghar 6-2,6-1; Tanveer Ashiq bt Abid Ali 6-1,6-4; Ahmed Ali w/o Sheheryar Ashra;

Boys singles first round: Omer Babar bt Ali Asghar 4-0,4-1; Behram Wahid w/o Ali Sheikh; Tabish Raza bt Sheheryar Niazi 3-5,4-0,4-0; Khurram Nazir bt Masood Arjumand 4-0,4-0; Danyal Alvi bt Abbas Zaidi 4-0,4-0; Muteen Arif bt Fazan ul Haq 4-0,4-1; M. Usman Ejaz bt Fahad Ali 4-1,5-3; Ghulam Abbas bt Yousaf Ajam 4-2,4-0; Jawad Gardezi bt Tanveer Khan 4-1,4-1; M. Waqas Malik bt Karam Gardezi 4-0,4-0; Ahmed Aslam bt Muhammad Ch. 4-0,4-1; Tanvir Munir bt Abid Ali 4-1,4-1; Changez Afridi bt Salman Aslam 4-0,4-2; S. M. Abbass w/o Zulfikhar Ahmed; Yasir Khan bt Hamza Shahid 4-2,4-0; Jahangir Rashid w/o Asfandyar Khan

Boys under-12 first round: Hamza Khan bt Zeeshan Rahim 4-0,4-0; Zahir Jaffar bt Hamza Jaffar 4-1,4-1; Zahid Ajam w/o Zohrab Mustafa; Usman Sikandar bt Jibran ul Haq 4-0,4-2; Yousaf Ajam bt Hamza Khan 4-0,4-2; Sadan ul Haq bt Ahmed Ch. 4-0,4-0; M. Waqas Malik w/o Hassan Ali; Ghulam Abbas w/o Musa Hassan.