30 December 2004	Thursday	17 Ziqa'ad 1425

ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: Top seed Asim Shafik, Yaseen Abbasi, Saeedul Haq and second seed Wasif Cheema moved into the men's singles semi-finals by beating their respective opponents in the Quaid-i-Azam tennis championship at the clay courts of PTF Tennis Complex on Wednesday.

Asim gunned down upcoming Noumanul Haq in straight sets 6-1, 6-1. Yaseen played against Raja Taimur in another well-contested match of the day. Earlier, Yaseen upset fourth seed Usman Ijaz but Wasif Cheema and Saeedul Haq won their matches easily.

Usman, Zulfikar Ahmed, Changez Afridi and Noumanul Haq qualified for the semi-finals of boys under-18 by beating their respective opponents. In the boys U-14 event, Abid Ali and Arjumand Masood will meet in the finals on Thursday.

Abid won his match against Sadanul Haq without conceding a single game. Arjumand had tough time to eliminate Farad Ali. Arjumand won the 5-3,5-4(4). In the ladies event, Mehvish Chishtie and Natasha Afridi will meet in the final after beating their opponents in straight sets. Mehvish won her match against Fatima Mansoor while Natasha Afridi downed Sara Mehboob.

FOLLOWING WERE THE RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES QUARTER-FINALS: Asim Shafik bt Noumanul Haq 6-1,6-1; Yaseen Abbasi bt Raja Taimur 6-4,6-3; Saeedul Haq bt M. Ali Adeel 6-3,6-2; Wasif Cheema bt Ikramul Haq 6-1,6-0.

BOYS UNDER 18 SINGLES QUARTER FINALS: Usman Ijaz bt Abid Ali 6-4,6-4; Zulfikar Ahmed bt Sadanul Haq 6-3,6-4; Changez Afridi bt Raja Taimur 7-6,6-0; Noumanul Haq bt Ali Javaid 6-2,6-4,

BOYS UNDER 14 SEMIFINALS: Abid Ali bt Sadanul Haq 4-0,4-0; Arjumand Masood bt Farhad Ali 5-3,5-6(4)

LADIES SINGLES SEMIFINALS: Mehvish Chishtie bt Fatima Mansoor 6-0,6-1; Natasha Afridi bt Sara Mehboob 6-2,7-6(4)

MEN'S DOUBLES QUARTERFINALS: Shahid/Umair Qayyum bt Ch. Afzal/M. Ali Adeel 6-1,6-0

MEN'S DOUBLES SEMIFINALS: Asim Shafik/Saeedul Haq bt Noumanul Haq/Abid Ali 6-1,6-2; Wasif Cheema/Ikramul Haq bt Shahid/Umair Qayyum 6-3,6-2. -APP