May 02, 2007	Wednesday	Rabi-us-Sani 14, 1428

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LAHORE, May 1: More seeded players entered the last-16 stage of the Pakistan Open tennis for Nazim Cup at the Royal Palm Club here on Tuesday.

Second seed Asim Shafik, outclassed M Tahir 6-0, 6-1. Fourth seed Nomi Qamar powered past Ahmed Hamid 6-1, 6-1 in another one-sided match.

Similarly, seventh seed Tanveer Ashiq ousted Jalil Afridi 6-3, 6-3.

Even, ageing former national champion Rashid Malik, 44, had no problem in disposing of Haris Syed 6-2, 6-2.

Ninth seed Omer Babar proved too good against Hassan Riaz 6-0, 6-1. Mahmood Khan, Hidayatullah, Hameed Gul and Asif Feroz were the other easy winners.

In the boys’ under-14 Mohammad Abid, Ahmed Chaudhry, Haider Ali and Hamza Pataudi moved into the quarter-finals.

In the boys’ under-17, S. Abbas Raza booked his place in the quarter-finals.

First round matches in the ladies' singles were scheduled to start in the evening session. Results:

Men's singles:

Second round: Tanveer Ashiq bt Jalil Afridi 6-3, 6-3; Omar Babar bt Hassan Riaz 6-0, 6-1; Asif Feroz bt M. Ghufran 6-0, 6-0; Nomi Qamar bt Ahmed Hamid 6-1, 6-1; Rashid Malik bt Haris Syed 6-2, 6-2; Hameed Gul bt Captain Salman 6-1,6-2; Mahmood Khan bt Ghulam Muhammad 6-0, 6-1; Hidayatullah bt Mustafa Asif 6-2, 6-2; Asim Shafik bt Millan Tahir 6-0, 6-1.

Boys’ under-17 singles:First round: Abbas Raza bt Amanwal Anwar 6-2, 6-2

Boys’ under-14 singles:First round: M. Abid bt Zaid Mujahid 6-2, 6-4; Ahmed Chaudhry bt Talal 6-0, 6-0; Haider Ali bt Farid Manika 7-6 (7-5), 6-2; Hamza Pataudi bt Usman Allah Rakha 6-0, 6-0.