October 23, 2007	Tuesday	Shawwal 10, 1428

ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: Shahzad Khan of Pakistan outclassed eighth seed United States’ George Barth in straight sets (6-4, 7-5) on the opening day of the Pakistan Futures International tennis tournament at the PTF Tennis Complex’s clay court on Monday.

Top-seed Adam Vejmelka (CZE) defeated Abbass Raza without conceding a single game.

Second round matches will start at 10am on Tuesday and the first round of doubles will start at 3pm.

Results (men’s singles first round):

Harshana Godamanna (SRI) bt Jeong-Han Seo (KOR) 6-1, 6-2; Eddy Roy-

Balummel (GER) bt Jibran Mohammi (CAN) 6-0, 6-2; Tanveer Ashiq (PAK) bt Syed Zohair Raza (PAK) 6-0, 6-0; Adam Vejmelka (CZE) bt Syed Abbas Raza (PAK) 6-0, 6-0; Aqeel Khan (PAK) bt Mohammad Shafiq (PAK) 7-6(1), 6-4; Shahzad Khan (PAK) bt George Barth (USA) 6-4, 7-5; Bo-Sung KIM (KOR) bt Mubashir Afridi (PAK) 6-0, 6-0; Asim Shafiq (PAK) bt Stefan Leonte (ROU) 6-1, 6-0; Mohammad Mohazebina (IRI) bt Suleman Subhani (PAK) 6-1, 6-4; Hyun-Han Lim (KOR) bt Nomi Qamar (PAK) 6-0, 6-2; Alexander Gigitashvili (RUS) bt Taimoor Mahmood (PAK) 6-1, 6-2; Yasir Khan (PAK) bt Vladmir Gigitashvili (RUS) 6-4, 6-4; BogdanVictor Leonte (ROU) bt Kamil FilAli (MOR) 4-6, 6-1, 6-0; Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) bt Ahmed Aslem (PAK) 6-1, 6-4; Jalil Khan (PAK) bt M. Abid Ali Khan Akbar (PAK) 6-3, 6-0; Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR) bt Artem ISaev (RUS) 3-6, 6-1, 6-0.—APP