24 November 2004	Wednesday	11 Shawwal 1425

ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Veteran Hameedul Haq sprang a big surprise on Tuesday by knocking out fourth seed Inam Gul in straight sets to qualify for the quarterfinal of the Federal Cup ranking tennis championship.

Hameed made good use of his experience to down his younger opponent, a Davis Cup player 6-3, 6-3 on the clay courts of the PTF Complex. Also advancing to the quarterfinals were Wasif Cheema, who defeated Khurrum Nazir 6-0, 6-0 and Asim Shafik, a 6-2, 6-1 conqueror of Omer Babar.

Shahzad Khan also went through with a 6- 4, 6-1 thrashing of Kamran Khalil. Nomi, the top seed in the absence of defending champion Aqeel Khan who is playing abroad, was an easy 6-4, 6-1 winner against Azeem Khan in the first round.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES QUALIFYING (second round): Nauman Yahya bt Sarmad Hussain 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Men's singles first round: Nomi Qamar bt Azeem Khan 6-4, 6-1, Aftab Anwar bt M. Babar 6-3, 6-4, Saeedul Haq bt Adnan Khan 6- 7(4), 7-6(5), 6-2, Jahanzeb Khan bt Abdullah Sheikh 6-2, 6-3, Jalil Khan bt Nauman Yahya 6-1, 6-4.

MEN'S SINGLES PRE-QUARTERFINALS: Hameedul Haq bt Inam Gul 6-3, 6- 3, Wasif Cheema bt Khurrum Nazir 6-0, 6-0, Asim Shafik bt Omer Babar 6-2, 6-1, Shahzad Khan bt Kamran Khalil 6-4, 6-1.

MEN'S DOUBLES PRE-QUARTERFINALS: AsimShafik-Shahzad Khan bt M. Babar-Tanvir Munir 6-0, 6-0, Wasif Cheema-Mehmood Khan bt Jahanzaib Khan-Aftab Anwar 6-1, 6-2, Shahid Afridi-Inam Gul walkover Nasir Munir-Jamil Ahmed, Saeedul Haq-Rashid Ali bt Adnan Khan-M. Saif Noor 6-4, 7-6 (3), Mutib Pasha-Azeem Khan bt Wakeel Khan-Roman Gul 6-3, 6-1, Shahid Khan-Pervaiz Khan walkover Yousaf Gandapur-Ghulam Rasool, Nomi Qamar-M. Shafik bt Nouman Yahya-Col Shahid 6-0, 6-2.

BOYS UNDER-17 SINGLES FIRST ROUND: Abdullah Sheikh bt Tanveer Munir 4-5 (5), 5-3, 5-4(3), Abdi Ali bt Talal Khan 4-0, 2-4, 4-0, Babar Ali Sherazi bt M. Hasnain Ayub 4-1, 4-1, Tanveer Ashiq bt Shafiq Khan 4-0, 4-0, Jawad Gardezi bt Mustansir 4-0, 4-0, Sibtain Masood bt Zain Abbas 5-4(4), 5-3, M. Waqas Malik bt Raja Taimur Nadeem 4-0, 5-4(5), Muhammad Ch. bt Yousaf Ajam 4-1, 2-4,4-2, Khurrum Nazir bt Taimur Zaheer 4-1, 4-1, Arjumand Masood bt Ibrahim Haq 4-0, 4-1.

BOYS UNDER-13 PRE QUARTERFINALS: Ahmed Ch. bt Zahid Ajam 4-2, 4- 1, Yousaf Ajam bt Taimur Rehman 4-1, 4-1, Salman Shahid bt Aqil Khan 4-0, 4-0, Sadanul Haq bt Hamza Pataudi 4-0, 4-0, Hira Ashiq walkover Omer Jahanzaib, Zaid Rochdy walkover Zain Abbas, Farhan Shahid bt Kashanul Haq 4-0, 4-1.

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