October 24, 2007	Wednesday	Shawwal 11, 1428

ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Aqeel Khan is the only Pakistani who has qualified for quarter-finals of the Pakistan Futures International tennis tournament at the PTF Complex on Tuesday.

Aqeel defeated compatriot Tanvir Ashiq 6-1, 6-2, but his younger brother Jalil Khan went down fighting against India’s Ashwin Vijayragavan, who won 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-0.

Besides Aqeel and Ashwin, others who have also qualified for the last-eight are Adam Vejmelka and Harshana Godamanna (Sri Lanka), Bo-Sung Kim and Hyun-Han Lim (South Korea), Bogdan Victor Leonte (Romania) and Alexander Gigitashvili (Russia).

Men’s singles (second round):

Harshana Godamanna (SRI) bt Tanveer Ashiq (PAK) 6-1, 6-2; Adam Vejmelka (CZE) bt Eddy Roy-Balummel (GER) 6-2, 6-4; Aqeel Khan (PAK) bt Asim Shafiq (PAK) 7-5, 6-0; Bo-Sung KIM (KOR) bt Shahzad Khan (PAK) 6-2, 6-3; Hyun-Han Lim (KOR) bt Mohammad Mohazebina (IRI) 6-2, 6-4; Alexander Gigitashvili (RUS) bt Yasir Khan (PAK) 7-5, 6-4; Bogdan Victor Leonte (ROU) bt Andrew Fitzpatrick (GBR) 7-5, 6-4; Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) bt Jalil Khan (PAK) 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-0.

Men’s doubles:

Nomi Qamar (PAK)/Mohammad Shafiq (PAK) bt M. Abid Ali (PAK)/Taimoor Mahmood (PAK) 6-3, 6-4; Aqeel Khan (PAK)/Harshana Godamanna (SRI) bt Mubashir Afridi (PAK)/Syed Zohair Raza (PAK) 6-0, 6-0; Alexander Gigitashvili (RUS)/Vladimir Gigitashvili (RUS) bt Tanveer Ashiq (PAK)/Yasir Khan (PAK) 6-3, 6-3; Jeong-Han Seo (KOR)/Ashwin Vijayragavan (IND) bt Stefan Leonte (ROU)/Maxim Prasolov (RUS) 6-1, 6-2; Shahzad Khan (PAK)/Asim Shafiq (PAK) bt Kamil Filil (MAR)/Jalil Khan (PAK) 6-3, 6-4.—APP