December 28, 2005	Wednesday	Ziqa’ad 25, 1426

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ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: Second seed Asim Shafik on Tuesday pulled out of the 2nd Quaid-i-Azam Islamabad Open tennis championship because of illness, tournament officials said. Asim who was to play Zulfiqar Ahmed in the men’s singles event Tuesday had not been well since appearing in the semifinals of a tournament in Karachi recently.

Aqeel Khan, the top seed meanwhile, was due to arrive from Karachi to play his opening match against Yasin Abbasi on Wednesday.

In the men’s singles competitions taking place at the Islamabad Tennis Complex, it was smooth sailing for the seeded players.

In other categories there were no upsets but third seed Gulfraz Ahmed in the under-17 category had to fight hard to overcome Adil Mujhaid 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.

In the under-15s, Jibarnul Haq appeared in trouble against Farhad Ali Raja before scoring a 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 victory.

Jibran was 5-2 down in the final set yet recovered and saved two match points to achieve victory.

Results: Men’s singles first round: Lt. Taimur Mehmood bt Shabbir Ahmed 6-1, 6-1, Adil Mujhaid bt Omer Nazir 6-4, 6-3, Enan Khan bt Raffa Rashid Khan 6-4, 6-4, Zulfiqar Ahmed bt Usman Khalil 6-0, 7-5.

Men’s singles second round: Jahanzeb Khan bt Hassan Mujtaba 6-4, 6-1, Wasif Cheema bt Adil Mujhaid 6-0, 6-0, Ikramul Haq bt Enan Khan 6-1, 6-0, Zulfiqar Ahmed w/o Asim Shafiq, Noumanul Haq bt Mukhtar Raja 6-0, 6-2

Boys under-17 first round: Irtaza Javed bt Faizan Munir 6-1, 6-4, Muhammad Atif bt Shayan Ahmed 6-2, 6-1, Adil Mujhaid bt Omer Nazir 6-2, 6-3, Nouman bt Amir Sohail 6-1, 6-1, Saad bin Rehan bt Enan Khan 6-2, 6-2

Boys’ under-17 second round: Noumanul Haq bt Ali Habib 6-4, 6-2, Talha Asif Dar bt Saad bin Rehan 6-4, 6-1, Tabish Raza bt Fahad Ali Raja 6-1, 6-4, Syed Zain Abbas bt Muhammad Atif 6-2, 6-0, Khursheed Abbasi bt Irtaza Javed 6-0, 6-4, Gulfraz Ahmed bt Adil Mujhaid 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, Sadanul Haq bt Nouman 6-1, 6-1, Zulfiqar Ahmed bt Badarul Islam 6-4, 6-2,

Boys’ under-15 second round: Shayan Ahmed bt Hassan 5-7, 6-0, 6- 4, Salman Khalil bt Shahzeb Iftikhar 6-0, 6-1, Jibranul Haq bt Farhad Ali Raja 6-4, 1-6, 7-5.

Boys’ under-13 first round: Hassan bt Ahad Amir 6-2, 6-2, Talal Asif Dar bt Abdul Raffa 6-1, 7-5, Salman Khalil bt M. Attaur Rehman 6-0, 6-1

Boys’ under-13 second round: Kashanul Haq bt Salman Khalil 6-1, 7-5, Talal Asif Dar bt Muaaz Bhatti 6-1, 6-1.

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