October 13, 2008	Monday	Shawwal 13, 1429

ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Pakistan’s M. Abid Ali Khan thrashed Korea’s Xhung Hyo Woo 6-1, 7-5 on the first day of the qualifying round of the ITF Pakistan Futures International tennis championship at the PTF Tennis Complex on Sunday.

Aftab Anwar and Usman Ejaz were the other Pakistan players who advanced to the next round by winning their matches.

Meanwhile, Indian players B. Bikram Reddy and Deepinder Bains outclassed Pakistan’s Syed Zohair Raza and Usama Jamshed with similar margins (6-0, 6-0) in their respective matches.

Results:

Issam Jellali (Tunsia) bt Wajid Khan (Pakistan) 6-0, 6-0; Fariz Mohammad (India) bt Mandeep Yadav (India) 7-5, 6-1; B. Bikram Reddy (India) bt Syed Zohair Raza (Pakistan) 6-0, 6-0; Aftab Anwar (Pakistan) bt Syed Abbas Raza (Pakistan) 6-0, 6-0; Deepinder Bains (India) bt Usama Jamshed (Pakistan) 6-0, 6-0; M. Abid Ali Khan (Pakistan) bt Xhung Hyo Woo (Korea) 6-1, 7-5; Sang-Gyun Kim (Korea) bt Vikas Chauhan (India) 6-3, 7-5; Pulkit Mishra (India) bt Rutger Cramer (the Netherlands) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1; Usman Ejaz (Pakistan) bt Taimoor Mahmood (Pakistan) 6-4, 7-5.