July 12, 2008	Saturday	Rajab 8, 1429

KARACHI, July 11: The main round of Subh-e-Nau National Tennis Cup commenced at the Modern Club courts on Friday with seeded players advancing to the next round.

Aqeel, who the other day retained men’s singles title in the national hard court tennis championship moved ahead by virtue of a walkover against qualifier Abdul Majid of Hyderabad.

Second seed Asim Shafik, third seed Jalil Khan and fourth seed Nomi Qamar notched up straight victories over their respective opponents.

Asim overcame Faizan Khurram 7-5, 6-1 while while Jalil inflicted 6-0, 6-2 defeat on Hyderabad’s Rafi Darbari. Nomi who went down to Aqeel in the final of national hard court tennis championship, got the better of Aamir Ali Khan 6-2, 6-2.

Earlier eight players — Abdul Saeed, Danish Ahmed, Zia Hai, Abdul Majid (Hyderabad), Israr Gul (Peshawar), M. Naseem, Zaid Noor and Iftikhar Ahmed (Peshawar) qualified for the main round.

The ladies singles event begins from Saturday.

The event which is second under the aegis of NGO after national hard court tennis championship concludes on July 15.

Results:

Men’s singles (first round):

Tanveer Ashiq bt M. Naeem 6-3, 6-3; Syed Abbas Raza bt Akbar Hayat Khan 6-1, 6-1; Nomi Qamar bt Aamir Ali Khan 6-2, 6-2; Saad Baloch (Hyderabad) bt Israr Gul (Peshawar) 6-2, 6-3; Heera Ashiq bt Abdul Saeed 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Taimur Mahmood bt Robin Das 7-6, 6-3; Yasir Khan bt Tahir Iftikhar 6-1 (retd); Iftikhar Ahmed (Peshawar) bt Naeem 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; Syed Zohair Raza w/o Asfand Rauf; Zia Hai bt Zaid Noor Samar 6-0, 6-2; Asim Shafik bt Faizan Khurram 7-5, 6-1; Abid Ali Akbar bt Munawar Haq 6-4, 5-7, 6-2; Danish Ahmed bt Usman Ejaz (Quetta) 6-0, 6-2; Aqeel Khan w/o Abdul Majid (Hyderabad); Jalil Khan bt Rafi Darbari 6-0, 6-2.

Juniors Under-17 singles (first round):

Syed Zohair Raza w/o Faraz Ashraf; Hussain Aziz w/o Hassan Amjad; Anas Khan bt Wasif Raza 6-4, 6-3; Abdul Rehman bt Jehanzir Khan 6-1, 6-1; Hamza Pataudi bt Sarim Javed 6-1, 6-0; Basit Gabool w/o Asif Bashri; Yahya Issa w/o Uzair Abdul Qadir; Sunny Williams bt Zain Fateh 6-1, 6-1;

Iftikhar bt Azhar Quraishi, 6-1, 7-5; Talha Saeed bt Kumail Ally, 6-1, 6-1; Imran w/o Saeed Mir Soomro; Faizan Khurram bt Shah Hussain 6-0, 6-0.

Saturday’s fixtures:

Juniors Under-17 singles 8.15am; ladies singles 9.30am; Boys’ Under-13 singles 10.45am; men’s singles 11.30am; men’s doubles 2.00pm.