August 30, 2005	Tuesday	Rajab 24, 1426

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ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: Yasir Khan of Pakistan became the first seeded casualty of the ITF Junior tennis championship falling to unseeded Indian Siddharth Hande at the Islamabad Club courts on Monday.

Hande had it easy against the sixth seeded Pakistani handing him a 6-1, 6-3 defeat on the clay as he advanced to the second round.

The home players who made it to the second stage were Nasir Mushtaq, Usman Ijaz, Omer Babar, Noumanul Haq and Tanveer Ashiq.

Nasir thrashed compatriot Zulfikar Ahmed 6-1, 6-1 and Usman beat Ghulam Abbas 6-2, 6-1 comfortably. It was also a romp for Omer who hammered Abid Ali 6-4, 6-1 and Nouman who walloped Waqas Malik 6-0, 6-1.

But Tanveer Ashiq, winner of the Freedom Cup last week in Islamabad, had to put in quite an effort in beating Ahmed M. Aslam 6-4, 7-5.

On the girls side, Pakistan’s national champion Sara Mahboob was knocked out in the pre-quarterfinals by Thailand’s Prariyawat Ratanakrong 6-2, 6-2 while Sara Mansoor also fell by the wayside going down 0-6, 4-6 to Indian Tejaswini Datla.

Pakistan’s Anoosha Aslam and Indians Mythri Appineni and Sanjana Kapoor moved into the second round with straight set victories over their respective opponents.

Results (boys singles first round):

Sumit Prakash Gupta (Ind) bt Vikram Reddy (Ind) 6-3, 6-4, Nasir Mushtaq (Pak) bt Zulfiqar (Pak) 6-1, 6-1, Rubal Shandilya (Ind) bt Danish Ahmed (Pak) 6-2, 6-0, Honey Rana (Ind) bt Syed M. Abbas Raza 6-0, 6-0, Niel Rajpal (Can) bt Khurrum Nazir (Pak) 6-7(9), 6-1, 6-3, Aswin Vijayaragayan (Ind) bt Kaushik Das (Ind) 6-4, 6-1, Pukit Mishara (Ind) bt Shan Bukhari (US) 6-3, 6-1, G. Harika (Ind) bt Yousaf Ajam (Pak) 6-0, 6-0, Usman Ijaz (Pak) bt Ghulam Abbas (Pak) 6-2, 6-1, Omer Babar (Pak) bt Abid Ali (Pak) 6-4, 6-1, Noumanul Haq (Pak) bt Waqas Malik 6-0, 6-1, Anshuman Ditta (Ind) bt Matin Arif (Pak) 6-0, 6-0, Siddharath Hande (Ind) bt Yasir Khan (Pak) 6-1, 6-3, Tanveer Ashiq (Pak) bt Ahmed M. Aslam (Pak) 6-4, 7-5, Rahul Belwal (Ind) bt Khunpol Issara (Tha) 6-3, 7-6(7), Kinshuk Sharma (Ind) bt Tabish Raza (Pak) 6-0, 6-0.

Girls first round: Anoosha Aslam (Pak) bt Quratulain Rai (Pak) 6- 0, 6-1, Mythri Appineni (Ind) bt Zainab Khan (Pak) 6-0, 6-0, Sanjana Kapoor (Ind) bt Natasha Afridi 6-3, 6-2 (Jpn) 6-3, 6-2.

Girls singles pre quarterfinals: Karina Ahuja (Ind) bt Khunpak Issara (Tha) 1-6, 6-0, 7-5, Satjaporn Mahajaropnkul (Tha) bt Arushka Kapoor (Ind) 6-2, 6-0, Prariyawat Ratanakrong (Tha) bt Sara Mahboob (Pak) 6-2, 6-2, Jawairiah Noordin (Mal) bt Sweta Solanki (Ind) 6-3, 6-2, Tejaswini Datla (Ind) bt Sara Mansoor (Pak) 6-0, 6-4.

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