March 22, 2006	Wednesday	Safar 21, 1427

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LAHORE, March 21: Sixteen more matches were decided in the men’s singles event and the winners entered the pre-quarterfinals of the All Pakistan tennis championship at the Bagh-i-Jinnah grass courts on Tuesday. Pakistan top seed Aqeel Khan started the campaign on a winning note thrashing Fayyaz Khan 6-1, 6-1.

Aqeel’s two brother Jalil Khan and Yasir Khan also made the last 16.

Jalil carved out 6-3, 6-0 win against Asif Kamal while Yasir showed no mercy to Mubashar Afridi in 6-0, 6-1 win.

Results:

Men’s singles (2nd round): Tanveer Ashiq bt Arif Feroze 7-5, 6-3; Nomi Qamar bt Qasim Ali 6- 0, 6-0; Tanveer Munir bt Hameed Gul 6-1, 6-2; M Shafiq bt Saeedul Haq 7-5, 6-4; Umar Babar bt Ghulam Rasool 6-1, 6-2; Shahid Afridi bt Inamullah 7-6 (5), 6-3; Ahmad Aslam bt Khurram Nazir 6-3, 6-0; Rashid Malik bt Ali Sheikh 6-2, 6-3; Jalil Khan bt Asif Kamal 6-3, 6-2; Yasir Khan bt Mubashar Afridi 6-0, 6-1; Aqeel Khan bt Fayyaz Khan 6-1, 6-1; Munir Ashiq bt Asghar Sheikh 6-4, 6-4; Asim Shafik bt Asif Feroze 6-3, 6-1; Wasif Cheema bt Abid Ali 6-0, 6-0; Inam Gul bt Ayaz 6-3, 6-1; Mahmood Khan bt Usman 6-2, 6-2.

Boys U-17 (1st round): Yasir Khan bt Mubashar Afridi 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; Waqas Malik bt Muzafar Hussain 6-1, 6-2; Ali Sheikh bt Hassan 6-1, 6-4; Abid Ali bt Shaharyar Hameed 6-0, 6-1; Khurram Nazir bt Sadanul Haq 6-1, 6-2; Danis Ilyas bt Raza Shah 6-0, 6-1; Jabranul Haq bt Yousaf 2- 6, 6-3, 6-1; Heera Ashiq bt Abbas Raza 6-3, 6-4; Usman Ijaz bt Malik Abdul Rehman 6-0, 6-0; Zohair Raza bt Abdul Rehman 6-4, 6-0; Ahmad Aslam bt Sher Afghan 6-1, 6-1; Ibrahim Khalid bt M Bakhat 7-5, 7-5; Tanveer Ashiq bt Ahmad Chaudhary 6-1, 6-1; Umar Babar bt Saad Mubarik 6-2, 6-1.

Boys U-13: Faiz Feroze bt Haider Ali 6-1, 6-2; Ahmed Babar bt Ibrahim Khalid 6-1, 6-2; Faizan Khurram bt Ibrahim Shah 6-1, 6-4; Danish Ilyas bt Akbar Tiwana 6-0, 6-0; Hamza bt Sher Azam Tiwana 6-4, 7-6 (5).