September 6, 2005	Tuesday	Shaban 01, 1426

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LAHORE, Sept 5: Six boys and four girls from Pakistan moved to next round after 24 matches were decided in both categories on the first day of the ITF junior tennis championship on Monday. In the boys’ event, Talal Khan, Tanveer Ashiq, Mubashar Afridi, Yasir Khan, Omer M Baber and Khurram Nazir won their matches.

Talal beat compatriot Waqas Malik 6-4, 6-2. Tanveer also toppled Syed M Abbas Raza 6-1, 6-0.

Mubashar won when Neil Rajpal (Canada) left the court in the first set due to fitness problems while trailing 4-2.

Yasir eliminated the challenge of another Pakistani Nasir Mushtaq 6-1, 6-1.

Omer M Baber carved out a victory against Indian Rubal Shandilya 6-3, 7-5.

Khurram ousted Ahmed Aslam 6-0, 7-5 Top seed Prakash Sunit Gupta of India had easy sailing beating Danish Ahmed (Pakistan) 6-0, 6-2.

However, in the best match of the day Honey Rana (India) defeated Aswin Vijayaragavan, who retired hurt in the third set.

Honey lost the first set but came back in the second to level the score 1-1. In the third set Honey was leading 2-0 when Aswin opted to concede the match due to cramp.

In the girls’ event, only five matches were played while 11 players got byes.

Four Pakistanis Sarah Mahboob, Sara Mansoor, Nida Rahim and Saba Aziz qualified for the second round.

But at the end of the day, Sarah Mehboob, who got a bye in the first round, failed to reach the quarterfinals after she was beaten by Neha Rana (India) in the second round 6-4, 6-3.

Two girls from Thailand also moved to the last eight. Satajporn Mahajaroenkul outplayed India’s Anushka Kapoor 6-0, 6-1.

Khunpak Issara was declared winner when Tejaswini Dalta retired hurt in the first set at 4-2 down.

Results:

Boys’ (1st round): Sunit Prakash Gupta (India) bt Danish Ahmed (Pak) 6-0, 6-2; Talal Khan (Pak) bt M Waqas Malik (Pak) 6-4, 6-2; Tanveer Ashiq (Pak) bt Syed M Abbas Raza (Pak) 6-1, 6-0; Gursher Harika (India) bt Siddharth Hande (India) 6-1, 6-0; Mubashir Afridi (Pak) bt Neil Rajpal (Canada) 4-2 (retired hurt); Rahul Belwal (India) bt Nauman-ul-Haq (Pak) 6-1, 6-0; Chandril Sood (India) bt Ghulam Abbas Panju (Pak) 6-4, 6-1; Yasir Khan (Pak) bt Nasir Mushtaq (Pak) 6-1, 6-1; Honey Rana (India) bt Aswin Vijayaragavan 5-7, 7- 6 (3), 2-0 (retd); M Umar Babar (Pak) bt Rubal Shandilya (India) 6-3, 7-5; Khunpul Issara (Thailand) bt Shaan Bukhari (USA) 6-0, 6-0; B Vikram Reddy (India) bt Usman Ijaz (Pak) 7-6 (7), 6-3; Khurram Nazir (Pak) bt Ahmad Aslam 6-0, 7-5; Lakshit Sood (India) bt Mishra Pulkit (India) 6-2, 6-0; Kinshuk Sharma (India) bt Mishra Pulkit (India) 6-2, 6-0; Ashuman Dutta (India) bt Kaushik Das (India) 6-2, 6-2.

Girls’ (1st round): Karina Ahuja (India) bye; Mythri Prerna Appineni (India) bt Natasha Afridi (Japan) 6-2, 6-2; Sarah Mahboob (Pak) bye; Neha Rana (India) bye; Jawairiah Noordin (Malaysia) bye; Sara Mansoor (Pak) bt Maira Rahim 6-1, 6-3; Anushka Kapoor (India) bye; Satjaporn Mahajaroenkul (Thailand) bye; Prariyawat Ratanakrong (India) bye; Sanjana Kapur (India) bt Anoosha Aslam (Pak) 6-3, 6- 1; Saba Aziz (Pak) bt Quratul-ain Rai (Pak) 6-1, 6-0; Inayat Khosla (India) bye; Vishkha Sheroan (India) bye; Nida Rahim (Pak) bt Zainab Khan (India) 6-1, 6-0; Khunpak Issara (Thailand) bye; Datla Tejashwini bye.

Second round: Neha Rana (India) bt Sarah Mahboob (Pak) 6-4, 6-3; Satjaporn Mahajaroenkul (Thailand) bt Anushka Kapoor (India) 6-0, 6-1; Khunpak Issara (Thailand) bt Tejaswini Dalta 4-2 (retired).

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