LAHORE, Nov 23: Top seed Aqeel Khan continued his winning streak beating Roman Gul 6-2, 6-2 to cruise into the pre-quarterfinals of the National grass court tennis championship at Bagh-i-Jinnah on Wednesday.

Nomi Qamar also entered the next round outpointing Shahzad 6-2, 6-2. Jalil Khan started on a wrong foot against Fahad Ali but soon recovered to win 7-6 (4), 6-1. Rashid Malik showed prowess in beating Lt Umar 6-0, 6-0 in 30 minutes.

Results:

Men’s singles: Aqeel Khan bt Roman Gul 6-2, 6-2; Jehanzeb Khan bt Imran Shaukat 7-5, 6-2; Tanvir Ashiq bt Inamullah 6-1, 6-1; Mehmood Khan bt Saif Noor Samar 6-1, 6-2; M Shafique bt Arif Feroze 6-1, 6-2; Wasif Cheema bt Yasir Khan 6-3, 6-2; Umer Babar bt Kunail Hassan 6-1, 6-2; Shahzad Khan bt Mubashar Afridi 6-2, 6-2; Jalil Khan bt Fahad Ali 7-6, 6-1; Humayun Pervaiz bt Shahid Khan 6-4, 6-4; Inam Gul bt Ahmed Aslam 7-5, 6-4; Munir Ashiq bt Ahmed Hamad 6-0, 6-0; Khurram Nazir bt Usman Ijaz 6-4, 6-4; Nomi Qamar bt Shahzad 6-0, 6-2; Shahid Afridi bt Fayyaz Khan 6-4, 6-4; Rashid Malik bt Lt Umar 6-0, 6-0.

Ladies’ singles (1st round): Anosha Aslambt Zainab Khan 6-1, 6-3; Natasha Afridi bt Sher Bano Khan 6-0, 6-0; Sara Mansoor bt Shehla Nazir 6-2, 6-1; Nazira Feroze bt Quratul Ain 6-1, 6-3; Maira Raheem bt Rozina Saher 6-0, 6-2.

Boys U-18: Abid Ali bt Jabranul Haq 6-1, 6-1; Yousuf Anjum bt Faiz Feroze 6-0, 6-2; Waqas Malik bt Sadanul Haq 6-0, 6-1.