KARACHI, July 12: Davis Cupper and third seed Jalil Khan survived a scare against Hyderabad’s unseeded Saad Baloch on way to making it to the men’s singles last eight in the Subh-e-Nau National Tennis Cup at Modern Club on Saturday.

Baloch who snatched first set from seasoned opponent 6-4 was trailing 5-6 in the second when he abruptly retired due to fatigue of travelling from Hyderabad to the city.

However, Baloch had some consolation when he teamed up with Umer Qazi to beat Ali Hasan and Babar Ali Khan 6-2, 7-6 in the men’s doubles fixture.

Joining Jalil in the last eight were top seed Aqeel Khan, second seed Asim Shafik, fourth seed Nomi Qamar, Tanveer Ashiq, Abid Ali Akber and qualifier Danish Ahmad.

Results:

Men’s singles (Pre quarter-finals): Aqeel Khan bt Heera Ashiq 6-2, 6-1; Tanveer Ashiq bt Taimur Mahmood 6-5, 6-2; Nomi Qamar bt Syed Abbas Raza 6-1, 6-1; Asim Shafik bt Zia Hai 6-2, 6-3; Abid Ali AKbar bt Syed Zohair Raza 6-2, 6-3; Danish Ahmed bt Iftikhar Ahmed 6-1, 6-1; Jalil Khan bt Saad Baloch 4-6, 6-5 (retd).

Men’s doubles (first round): Aqeel Khan/Jalil Khan bt Mubarak Hussain/Akhtar Hussain 6-2, 6-0.

Juniors Under-17 (Pre quarter-finals): Syed Zohair Raza bt Hassan Aziz 6-1, 6-1; Abdul Rehman bt Anas Khan 6-2, 6-1; Hamza Pataudi bt Basit Gabol 6-1, 6-3; Yahya Issa w/o Sunny Williams; Talha Saeed bt Iftikhar 6-0, 6-2;

Faizan Khurram bt Imran 6-4, 6-2; Adil Kohari bt Kashan-ul-Haq 6-0, 6-3; Heera Ashiq bt Umer Usman 6-1, 6-0.

Ladies singles (first round):

Mehak Khokhar bt Urooj Iltifat 6-1, 6-2; Uzma Zakryia bt Aroosa Ahmed 7-5, 6-2; Shahida Farooq bt Maheen Dada 6-3, 6-0.

Boys’ Under-13 singles (second round):

Kashan-ul-Haq bt Hamamad Ali 4-0, 4-0; M. Ibrahim bt Ahsan Ismail 4-1, 4-1; Fraza A Fiaz w/o Jehangir Khan; Murad Khan bt Adil Zulfiqar 4-0, 2-0; Khawaja Hamza bt Yousaf Khan 4-1, 4-0; Aamir Ali bt Adnan Allah Wala 4-2, 5-4; Aqeel Khan bt Umair Tariq 4-0, 5-4.

Sunday’s fixtures: Men’s singles quarter-finals, ladies singles quarter-finals at 8.30am; Boys Under-13 quarter-finals at 9.30am; Juniors Under-17 quarter-finals at 11.00am; men’s doubles at 12.30pm; ladies doubles first round at 2.00pm.—Sports Correspondent