LAHORE, March 20: Pakistan Junior number one Yasir Khan recovered to beat Heera Aashiq in three sets to move into the second round of the All Pakistan tennis championship at the Bagh-i-Jinnah grass courts on Monday.
Yasir lost the first set but recovered to win the next two to win 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Heera has an easy sailing in the first set as Yasir made several unforced errors.
Jalil Khan, a probable of the Davis Cup training camp and also the younger brother of Aqeel cruised past Yousaf Anjum 6-0, 6-4.
Another Davis Cupper’s probable Aasim Shafik completed an impressive win against little-known Shahryar Hameed 6-0, 6-0.
International Nomi Qamar blasted Saad Mubarik 6-0, 6-0. Rashid Malik brushed aside Malik Abdul Rehman 6-0, 6-0.
More first round matches will be played on Tuesday when the ladies competition will also start.
Results:
Fayyaz Khan bt Mustafa Asif 6-0, 6-4; Tanveer Ashiq bt Sher Afghan 6-1, 6-3; Yasir Khan bt Heera Ashiq 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Mubashar Afridi bt Ataul Farooqi 6-0, 6-0; Nomi Qamar bt Saad Mubarik 6-0, 6-0; Abid Ali bt Jehanzaiab 7-6, 6-3; Saeedul Haq bt Arshad Hussain 6-0, 6-0; Asghar Sheikh bt Gohar Riaz 6-2, 6-1; Ghulam Rasool bt Ahmad Hamad 6-2, 6-4; Rasheed Malik bt Malik Abdul Rehman 6-0, 6-0; Inamullah Khan bt Noumanul Haq 6-3, 6-1; Asim Shafique bt Shehryar Hameed 6-0, 6-0; Ahmad Aslam bt Abbas Raza 6-1, 6-0; Jalil Khan bt Yousaf Anjum 6-0, 6-4; Arif Feroze bt Asad Chaudhary 6-0, 6-3; Khurram Nazir bt M Khalid 4-6, 5-5 (retd).
