ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s tennis ace Aqeel Khan got off to a winning start in NBP SN National Tennis which commenced here on Tuesday at the PTF Complex. Davis Cupper and top seed Aqeel defeated his opponent Ikramullah in straight sets in the first round match of the men’s singles.

In the other match, Heera Ashiq had to work hard to overcome his opponent Hasnain Manzoor.

Results:

Men’s singles (first round): Aqeel Khan bt Ikramullah 6-1, 6-2, Wakeel Khan bt Syed Nofil Kaleem 6-3, (Nofil retired hurt), Arham Atiq bt Kashanulhaq 6-2, 6-0, Ahmed Ch bt Jibran-ul-Haq 6-1, 6-0, Heera Ashiq bt Hasnain Manzoor 6-3, 6-2, Irfanullah bt Zakirullah 6-2, 6-2, Talha Zubair bt Inamullah 6-3, 6-4, Sanaullah Khan bt Asad Khan 6-2, 6-2, Imran Shaukat bt M. Mudassir 6-1, 6-1, Zain Nawab bt Hassan Riaz 6-1, 6-3, Mohd Muzammil bt Ayaz Khalil 6-3, 6-2, Shahzad Khan bt Shaheen Mahmood 6-3, 6-3, Usman Rafiq bt Malik Hamza 6-3, 6-1, Shahid Afridi bt Fahad Khan 6-0, 6-0, Faizan Khurram bt Syed Zohair Raza 6-1, 6-2, M. Abid w/o Raja Shahid.

Boys juniors U-18 singles (first round): Mohd Hasnain w/o Syed Nofil Kalim, Aman Atiq bt Amir Khan 6-1, 6-0, Talha Zubair bt Raja Shafaqat 6-2, 6-3, Kashanul Haq bt Ilham Khan 6-1, 6-4, Farhanullah bt Shakirullah 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, Muhammad bin Azhar bt Asad Khan 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, Rehmat Ali bt Waqas Bassar 6-0, 6-3, Barkatullah bt Abdul Rehman 6-0, 6-0, Saqib Umar bt Abdullah PSB 6-3, 6-1, Muhammad Muzammil bt Ahmed Ibrahim 6-0, 6-4, Yousuf Khan bt Mir Shahzeb 7-6(5), 6-1, Hasnain Manzoor bt Ahsan Wali 6-0, 6-1, Arham Atiq bt Malik Hamza 6-2, 6-1, Taimur Mujeeb bt Hamza Roman 6-1, 6-1, Mudassir Murtaza bt Haris Irfanulhaq 6-2, 6-0, Saifullah Khalid bt Ali Haider 6-3, 6-4.

Published in Dawn, October 22nd, 2014