Asim in 2nd round

Published December 19, 2005

KARACHI, Dec 18: Second seed Asim Shafiq cruised into the second round of men’s singles event of the inaugural Karachi Club (KC)-Yaqoob Admani memorial tennis championship outclassing Khalid Ali Nazar in straight sets at Karachi Club on Sunday.

Asim took little time brushing aside Khalid 6-1, 6-4.

Results:

Men’s singles (1st round): Asim Shafiq bt Khalid Ali Nazar 6-1, 6-4; Inam Gul bt Omer Babar 6-2, 6-3; Wasif Cheema bt Waqeel Khan 6-1, 6-2; M Babar bt Saqib Hussain 6-3, 6-4; Zahid Noor bt Mubarak Shah 6-3, 2-6, 6-3; Yasir Khan bt Gul Hameed 6-3, 6-3; Usman Ejaz bt Rizwan Shamsi 6-3, 6-3.

Boys U-17 singles (1st round): Nomanul Haq bt Hasan Azad 6-0, 6-0; Hasan Ahmed bt Ahsan Bajwa 6-0, 6-4; Danish Ahmed bt Nasir Mushtaq 6-1, 6-3; Mateen Arif bt F Mehboob Ali 6-0, 6-0; Ahsan Naeem bt Shah Hussain 6-0, 6-4; Malik A Rehman bt Ejaz Khan 6-1, 6-1.—PPI

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