August 27, 2008	Wednesday	Sha'aban 24, 1429

ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: Mohammad Abid Ali Khan (Pakistan), Ariez El yaas (Malaysia), Shantanu Rajput (India), Ankesh Bhargava (India), S. Prithiv (India), Vaidik Munshaw (India), Michael Siyaguna (Australia) and S. V. Abhishek (India) moved into the quarter-finals by winning their respective matches in the third ITF Pakistan International Junior Tennis Championship played at PTF complex on Tuesday.

Third seed Shantanu Rajput of India won his encounter against Iftikhar Samir of Pakistan in a well contested three-set match. Shantanu clinched the match 1-6, 6-2,6-4

Abid Ali Khan of Pakistan defeated Heera Ashiq by playing serve volley game in straight sets winning it 6-1,6-3 .

Second seed S. V. Abhishek (India) and eighth seed Ankesh Bhargava (India) were in good form. They both won their matches without conceding a single game in both sets.

Nilaya Tarimela (India), Shalaka Manjunath (India), Carol Augustine-Benito (Spain), Sarah Mahboob Khan (Pakistan), Natasha Afridi (Pakistan), Luksika Kumkhum (Thailand), Peeraya Charoensirisutthikul (Thailand) and Shweta Rana (India) moved into the quarter-finals by defeating their respective opponents. Sarah Mahboob Khan of Pakistan beat Saadgi Rajani of India in straight sets 6-2,6-3 while Natasha Afridi of Pakistan hammered compatriot Meheq Khokhar in straight sets 6-1,6-3.

Boys’ singles pre-quarterfinals matches

Mohammad Abid Ali Khan (Pakistan) bt Heera Ashiq (Pakistan) 6-1,6-3; Ariez Elyaas Deen (Malaysia) bt Shikhar Kapur (India) 6-1,6-4;

Shantanu Rajput (India) bt Samir Iftikhar (Pakistan) 1-6,6-2,6-4; Ankesh Bhargava (India) bt S. Zohair Raza (Pakistan) 6-0,6-0

Prithiv Sivasubramaniam (India) bt Revel Yehezkia (India) 7-5,6-1; Vaidik Munshaw (India) bt Yousaf Ajam (Pakistan) 6-0,6-2; Michael Siyaguna (Australia) bt Christian Lee (Malaysia) 6-2,6-2; S. V. Abhishek (India) bt Punn Bodhidatta (Thailand) 6-0,6-0.

Girls’ singles pre-quarterfinals

Nilaya Tarimela (India) bt Shilpa Naruka (India) 6-2,6-0; Shalaka Manjunath (India) bt El Harazy Dina (Egypt) 7-6(4),6-2; Carol Augustine-Benito (Spain) bt Benvadee Wangtrakuldee(Thailand) 6-1,6-4 ; Sarah Mahboob Khan (Pakistan) bt Saadgi Rajani (India) 6-2,6-4; Natasha Afridi (Pakistan) bt Meheq Khokhar (Pakistan) 6-1,6-3; Luksika Kumkhum (Thailand) bt Aarti Dethan (India) 6-0,6-0; Peeraya Charoensirisutthikul (Thailand) bt Riddhi Hegde (India) 6-2,6-1; Shweta Rana (India) bt Maya Mametguliyeva (Turkmenistan) 6-1,6-3.

Boys doubles first round

M. Waqas Malak / Sadan-ul-Haq (Pakistan) bt Maninder Singh / Gautam Sriram (India) 6-0,6-3; Kapur Shikhar / Kunal Anand (India) bt Jibran--ul Haq / M. Abid Mushtaq (Pakistan) 7-5,6-3; Yousaf Ajam / S. Zohair Raza (Pakistan) bt M. Ali Zubair (Pakistan) / Jason Michael Lee (Malaysia) 6-3,6-1; Samir Iftikhar / Faizan Khurram (Pakistan) bt Punn Bodhidatta (Thailand) / Revel Yehezkia (India) 3-6,6-1,6-3; Ariez Deen / Christain Lee (Malaysia) bt M. Abid Ali Khan / Heera Ashiq (Pakistan) 6-4,1-6,7-6(5); Shantanu Rajput S. Prithiv (India) bt Ankesh Bhargava / Gurmohit Janjua (India) 7-6(4),5-7,7-5.