August 28, 2008	Thursday	Sha'aban 25, 1429

ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Pakistan’s M. Abid Ali Khan fell against Ariez Elyaas Deen of Malaysia in the quarter-final of the ITF Pakistan Junior tennis tournament at the PTF Complex on Wednesday.

Fifth seed Michael Siyaguna of Australia made the major up set when he defeated second seed S.V. Abhishek of India in the quarter-final.

Ariez Elyaas Deen (Malaysia), Shantanu Rajput (India) and Vaidik Munshaw (India) also advanced to the semi-finals.

In the girls’ singles event, India’s Nilaya Tarimela beat her compatriot Shalaka Manjunath in straight sets.

Results:

Boys singles quarter-finals:

Ariez Elyaas Deen (MAS) bt M. Abid Ali Khan (PAK) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Shantanu Rajput (IND) bt Ankesh Bhargava (IND) 3-6, 6-3, 6-0; Vaidik Munshaw (IND) bt Prithiv Sivasubramaniam (IND) 6-1, 6-0; Michael Siyaguna (AUS) bt S. V. Abhishek (IND) 6-4, 6-2.

Girls singles quarter-finals:

Nilaya Tarimela (IND) bt Shalaka Manjunath (IND) 6-3, 6-2; Carol Augustine-Benito (ESP) bt Sarah Mahboob Khan (PAK) 6-1, 6-2; Luksika Kumkhum (THA) bt Natasha Afridi (PAK) 6-0, 6-0; Shweta Rana (IND) bt Peeraya Charoensirisutthikul (THA) 6-2, 6-2.

Boys’ doubles quarter-finals:

Shantanu Rajput / S. Prithiv (IND) bt Waqas Malak / Sadan ul Haq (PAK) 6-2, 6-0; Kapur Shikhar / Kunal Anand (IND) bt Yousaf Ajam / S. Zohair Raza (PAK) 6-2, 6-2; Michael Siyaguna (AUS) / Nasir Mushtaq (PAK) bt Samir Iftikhar / Faizan Khurram (PAK) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; S. V. Abhishek / Vaidik Munshaw (IND) bt Ariez Deen / Christain Lee (MAS) 6-3, 6-3.

Girls’ doubles pre quarter-finals:

Baljinder Kaur / Aarti Dethan (IND) bt Mehreen Izhar (PAK) / Maya Mametguliyeva (TKM) 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-1;Yamini Reddy (IND) / Wangtrakuldee (THA) bt Riddhi Hegde (IND) / El Harazy Dina (EGY) 6-3, 6-3.