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KARACHI, July 25: Fifth seed Inam Gul and eighth seed Yasir Khan were extended by their opponents before they advanced into the last eight of the men’s singles of Arif Habib Tennis Championship at Karachi Club on Tuesday.
Inam, who hails from Peshawar, dropped the opener 5-7 but recovered to claim the next two sets 6-1, 6-4 against Hasan Mahmood. Similarly, Yasir, youngest of the Khan clan, struggled for over two hours in overcoming Shaheryar Wali 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Top seed Aqeel Khan took little time in disposing off Samad Baloch 6-0, 6-2 while second seed Asim Shafiq beat Adnan Khan 7-5, 6-2.
Joining the above four in quarterfinals were Nomi Qamar, Jalil Khan, Tanveer Muneer and Wasif Cheema. Yasir registered his second victory of the day when he downed Hasan Ahmad 6-2, 6-1 to march into juniors U-17 singles quarterfinals.
In the only match of women’s singles, Lahore Saba Aziz was home 6-2, 6-1 against Aliya Hai.
Results:
Men’s singles (pre-quarterfinals): Tanveer Muneer bt Rafi Darbari 7-6, 7-6; Nomi Qamar bt Mehmood Khan 6-1, 7-6 (5); Wasif Cheema bt Shahid Afridi 6-4, 6-2; Yasir Khan bt Shaheryar Wali 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Jalil Khan bt Muneer Ashiq 6-4, 6-3; Inam Gul bt Hasan Mehmood 5-7, 6-1, 6-4; Aqeel Khan bt Samad Baloch 6-0, 6-2; Asim Shafiq bt Adnan Khan 7-5, 6-2.
Boys U-17 singles (pre-quarterfinals): Syed Abbas Raza bt Nasir Khan 6-1, 6-2; Hira Ashiq bt Sheryar Niazi 6-0, 6-0, Abid Ali bt Sunny Williams 6-1, 6-4; Aziz Usman bt Mustafa Jamali 7-6 (5), 6-2; Shaheryar Wali bt Qurban Ali 6-0, 6-0; Ahmed Aslam bt Hidayatullah 6-4, 6-3; Yasir Khan bt Hasan Ahmad 6-2, 6-1.
Ladies singles (first round): Saba Aziz (Lhr) bt Aliya Hai 6-2, 6-1.
Boys U-13 singles (first round): Syed Zuhair Raza bt Nauman Haroon 6-2, 6-0; Aamir Millwala w/o Abdul Khurshid; Fahad Alvi bt A. Hadi Tabani 0-6, 7-6 (5); 7-5; M. Zubaid Gul bt Sheryar Ahmed 6-1, 6-0; Abdur Rehman bt Taha Bande Ali 6-2, 6-2; Suleman Kamani w/o Farhan Mustafa; Mohesh Bhatia w/o Noorur Rehman; Tayyab Imran bt M. Afzal Ali 6-1, 6-2; Azhar Qureshi bt Syed Noor Sumar 3-6, 6-2, 6-0; Sohail w/o Mustafa Tariq; Shamoon bt Hamid Khurshid 6-0, 6-1; Mustafa Zaidi bt Ahsan Shahid 6-1, 6-0; Arif Khan bt Mohammad Tahir 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Shahrukh Asim w/o Qamar Usman; Qamar Hyder w/o Namir Shamsi; S. Aleem bt Ammar Asif 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Wednesday’s fixtures: Boys U-13 singles (pre quarterfinals) 9.00am; juniors U-17 singles (quarterfinals) 11.00am; men’s doubles (quarterfinals) 2.00pm; juniors doubles (pre-quarter/quarterfinals), ladies singles (first round) 4.00pm; seniors doubles 45 plus (pre quarterfinals) 6.30pm.
