November 06, 2007	Tuesday	Shawwal 24, 1428

LAHORE, Nov 5: Two Pakistanis Asim Shafik and Jalil Khan entered the second round of the ITF Pakistan Circuit3 tennis championship on the first day of the main round at Cosmopolitan Club, in Bagh-i-Jinnah on Monday.

More first round matches will be decided on Tuesday in which Pakistan top seed Aqeel Khan will also start the campaign.

Asim defeated Vaja Uzakov of Uzbekistan in an one-sided match with the score being 6-3, 6-3. Jalil Khan accounted for Chang Huai En (Taiwan) after facing some fight in the first set as the score was 7-6 (1), 6-1.

In the doubles, Aqeel pairing with Sunil Kumar of India lost the match to Shokeen Vivier and Ashutosh 7-5, 6-4. But Tanvir Ashiq with Yasir Khan entered the next round after defeating Alexander- Vladmir Gigitashuill 1-6, 7-5 (10-4). The pair of Nomi Qamar and M Shafiq also lost the battle to Isaev Artem-Daniel Danilovic 6-4, 3-6.

Results:

Singles: Sunil Kumar (India) bt Isaev Artem (Russia) 6-2, 6-3; Asim Shafik bt Uzakov Vaja (Uzbekistan) 6-3, 6-3; Harshana Godamanna (Sri Lanka) bt Seo Jeong Han (Korea) 6-4, 6-4; Sharan Divij (India) bt Ashiq Tanvir (Pakistan) 7-6 (4), 6-1; Lee Hsin Han (Taiwain) bt Yu Nai Zheng (China) 6-1, 6-2; Jalil Khan (Pak) bt Chang Huai En (Taiwan) 7-6 (1), 6-1; Howe Gregory (Great Britain) bt Bart George (USA) 4-1 retired hurt; Leon Bogdan Victor bt M Shafiq (Pakistan) 6-4, 6-4.

Doubles: Shokeen Viver-Ashutosh bt Aqeel Khan-Sunil Kumar 7-5, 6-4; Alekseenko Gleb-Vadim Alekseenk bt Kyle Brassington-Andrew 6-4, 5-7, (10-6); Chang Huai en-Lee Hsin Han bt Lou Heng Yuan-Mohammad Jibran 6-1, 6-3; Rupesh Roy-Sharon Divij bt Mohammed Mohazebnia-Asim Shafik 6-1, 6-4; Igor Shelyakin Igor bt Uzakou Vaja bt Jalil Khan-Alx Platevoet 7-6 (4), 7-5; Daniel Danilovic bt Isaev Artesh bt Nomi Qamar-M Shafiq 6-4, 3-6 (10-6); Tanvir Ashiq-Yasir Khan bt Alexander-Vladmir Gigitashuk 1-6, 7-5 (10-4); Victor Bogdam-Adam Vejmelka bt Harshana Godamanna -Bart Govaerts 7-6 (4), 7-5.