ISLAMABAD: On the opening day of men’s singles main draw, two unseeded players Abdul Haider and Jibran-ul-Haq made upsets while defeating top seeded players at the Pakistan Tennis Federation Tennis Complex here on Friday.

In the main draw of Subh-e-Nau Earth Day National Clay Court Tennis Championship, Abdul Haider beat eighth seed Shahzad of PAF 6-4, 6-1 while Jibran outclassed fourth seed Yasir Khan 7-5, 6-7.

Both unseeded players played aggressive game and didn’t allow their experienced opponents show their skills. Top seed Aqeel Khan also registered victory be eliminating Nofil Kaleem in straight sets.

In U-18 tournament, all seeded players except Mohammad Muzamil won their respective matches.

Muzamil had to face defeat at the hands of his brother Mohammad Mudasir. The senior Mohammad outclassed his brother 6-7(8), 6-4, 6-3.

In U-14 matches, Huzaifa defeated Haseeb 4-1, 4-1 while Zian Asghar was given walkover against Bhadur.

Results:

Men’s singles: Aqeel Khan bt Nofil khan 6-1, 6-1; Rashid Khan bt Ikram Ullah 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Zaid Mujahid bt Talah bin Asif 6-3, 5-7, 6-1; Imran Shaukat bt Farhad Ali 6-4, 6-0; Jibran ul Haq bt Yasir Khan 7-5, 6-7(3), 7-6(3); Kashan Ul haq bt Mabarak Shah 6-4, 5-7, 6-3; Zeeshan bt Inam Ullah 6-4, 6-3; Usman Rafiq bt Shahid Afridi 6-2, 6-3; Heera Ashiq bt Sikandar 6-1, 6-2; Irfan Ullah bt Saqib Umar 6-3, 6-3; Ahmed Baber bt Abdul Rahman 7-5, 7-6(4); Shahzad Khan bt Raja Shahid 6-2, 6-2; Abdul Haider bt Shahzad 6-4, 6-1; Mohammad Mudasir bt Mohammad Muzammil 6-7(8), 6-4, 6-3; Shaheen Mehmood bt Ijaz Khan 6-4, 6-4; Mohammad Abid bt Hamza Bin Asif 6-0, 6-1.

Boys’ U-18: Syed Nofil bt Ibrahim Nazir 6-0, 6-0; Huzaifa bt Farhan Ullah 6-0, 6-0; Rafiq bt Hameed Israr 6-2, 7-5; Aman Atiq bt Shoaib Khan 6-0, 6-1; Zaid Mujahid bt Abdal Haider 6-4, 7-6(4); Haris Irfan bt Mujahid Zaib 6-4, 6-2; Hamza bt Hafiz Abrar w/o; Hamza bin Asif bt Mohammad Abdullah 6-1, 6-0; Barkat Ullah bt Saad Abjad 6-1, 6-1; Muneeb bt Talha Saqib 6-0, 7-6(4), Talha bin Asif bt Aqab Umer 6-1, 6-0; Ilham Khan bt Zain Rohail 6-3, 6-1; M. Wamiq bt Kashan Umar 6-0, 6-2; Musa Chaudhry bt Waleed Anwar w/o; M. Muzammil bt M. Huzaifa 6-1, 6-2.

Boys’ U-14: Huzaifa bt Haseeb 4-1, 4-1; Zain Asghar bt Bahdoor w/o, Hamid Ullah bt Aarij Ullah 4-2, 4-1; Hamza bin Rehman bt Danish Abbasi 4-0, 4-0.

Published in Dawn, April 25th, 2015

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