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KARACHI, May 18: Top seed Rashid Malik, the non playing captain of the Pakistan Davis Cup squad reached the semifinal of the Camry Tennis hard court tennis championship, having little difficulty in shutting out Khawja Masroor 6-2, 6-2, under floodlights at the Karachi Gymkhana on Wednesday. Sending down plenty of aces and excelling in powerful cross court smashes, Rashid was indeed in impeccable form. Khawja on the other hand tried his level best to stem the tide, but it was certainly not his day. Joining Rashid in the last four was second seed Hameed ul Haq, also a former Davis Cup skipper, who had to bring out his best in finally ending the hopes of Imran Ahmed 6-3, 6-4.
In an interesting first set between two former Davis Cup stars Mohammad Khalid and Jamil Ahmed, Khalid won the first set 7-6 and was then awarded the match, after Jamil could not continue due to severe cramps and exhaustion.
Brig Tariq Sadozai and Inam ul Haq finally came out on tops, beating the formidable combination of Lahore’s Brig Shaukat and Col Ejaz 6-3, 7-6 (7-6).
They were later joined by Rashid Malik and Raja Asif, who accounted for Fayyaz Choudhry and Pervaiz Toor 6-2, 6-2.
Results:
Executive singles (quarterfinals): Rashid Malik bt Khawja Masroor 6-2, 6-2. Mohammad Khalid (Lahore) bt Jamil Ahmed 7-6 retired. Hameed ul Haq bt Imran Ahmed 6-3, 6-4.
Executive doubles (quarterfinals): Brig Tariq Sadozai and Inam ul Haq bt Brig Shaukat and Col Ejaz (Lahore) 6-3, 7-6 (7-6). Rashid Malik and Raja Asif bt Fayyaz Choudhry and Pervaiz Toor 6-2, 6-2.
