ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: There were no upsets in the first round of the Federal Cup tennis with all the top players advancing easily at the Islamabad Club on Tuesday.

The tournament’s top seed Aqeel Khan dispatched Pervaiz Khan 6-2, 6-3 while Nomi Qamar defeated Jehanzeb Khan 7-5, 6-3.

Among the other winners were Hameedul Haq, Omer Babar and Jalil Khan, all scoring straight set victories.

Former Davis Cup player Hameed knocked out Azeem Khan 6-0, 6-3 and Omer beat Shahzad 6-4, 6-3. Jalil, younger brother of Aqeel, scored a 6-2, 7-6 (5) win over Yasir Khan.

Results:

Men’s singles (first round): Aqeel Khan bt Pervaiz Khan 6-2, 6-3; Omer Babar bt Shahzad 6-4, 6-3; Tanvir Munir bt Shahid Afridi 4-6, 6-4, 6-1; Shahzad Khan bt Heera Ashiq 6-2, 6-0; Nomi Qamar bt Jehanzeb Khan 7-5, 6-3; Hameedul Haq bt M Azeem Khan 6-0, 6-3; Aftab Anwar bt Nomanul Haq 6-2, 2-6, 6-3; Inam Gul bt Khurrum Nazir 6-3, 6-2; Muhammad Shafiq bt Roman Gul 6-1, 6-0; Abid Ali w/o Shahid Khan; Munir Ashiq bt Tanvir Ashiq 6-2, 6-2; Jalil Khan bt Yasir Khan 6-2, 7-6 (5); Mahmood Khan bt M Babar 6-0, 6-1; Saeedul Haq bt Ahmed M Aslam 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, Wasim Cheema bt Fahad Ali 6-0, 6-0; Asim Shafik bt Muteeb Pasha 6-0, 6-4.

Boys U-17 singles (first round): Tanvir Ashiq w/o Faizan Khurrum, Khurshid Abbasi bt Syed Zain Abbas 6-4, 6-2; Abid Ali bt Saad bin Rehan 6-1, 6-2; Noumanul Haq bt Haider Ali 6-1, 6-1; Yasir Khan w/o Muhammad Ch; Heera Ashiq bt Imran Maqbool 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Imran Shaukat bt Sadanul Haq 6-0, 6-1; Ahmed M Aslam bt Ahmed Abdullah 6-0, 6-1; Fahad Ali bt Salman Shahid 6-1, 6-2; Usman Ijaz w/o Salman Abbas; Zulfiqar Ahmed bt Malik Abdul Rehman 6-3, 6-3; Omer Babar bt Jibranul Haq 6-1, 6-1; Tanveer Munir bt Asif Raja 6-0, 6-2; Mubashir Afridi bt Syed Abbad Raza 6-2, 6-2; Yousuf Ajam bt Iftikhar 6-3, 6-2; Khurrum Nazir bt Waheed 6-1, 6-2.

Boys’ U-13 singles (pre-quarterfinals): Syed Zohair Raza bt Jamal Khan 4-0, 4-0; Ahmed Ch bt Aqil Khan 4-1, 4-0; Kashanul Haq w/o Faizan Khurrum; Zahid Ajam w/o Ali Omer Hayyat; Sadanul Haq bt Ali Ahsan 4-0, 4-0; Jibranul Haq bt Junaid Sheikh 4-0, 4-1; Yousuf Ajam bt Saif Ali Khan 4-1, 4-1.