Aqeel triumphs in straight sets

Published November 20, 2007

ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Aqeel Khan outclassed Heera Ashiq in straight sets on the second day of the 24th Federal Cup National Ranking tennis championships at PTF Complex’s clay courts on Monday.

The scores were 6-1, 6-0.

In a one-sided under-13 boys’ first-round match, Sangeen Khan defeated Shahzada Aman Tariq 4-1, 4-2.

Results:

Men’s singles (first round):

Aqeel Khan bt Heera Ashiq 6-1, 6-0; Jalil Khan bt Akbar Pataudi 6-2, 6-2; Asim Shafik bt Umair Qayyun 7-6, 6-3; Nomi Qamar bt Jehanzeb Khan 6-1, 6-1; Mohammad Shafik bt M. Ahmed Aslam 6-3, 6-3; Yasir Khan bt Shahzad 4-6, 6-0, 6-3; Inam Gul bt Sadan-ul-Haq 6-4, 6-2; Nouman-ul-Haq bt Syed Zohair Raza 6-0, 6-3; Noman Yahya bt Mubashar Afridi 6-1, 6-4; Hassan Saeed bt Hadayatullah 7-5, 6-3; M. Abid Ali Khan bt Jibran-ul-Haq 6-2, 6-3; Munir Ashiq bt Abbas Raza 6-3, 6-3; Jibran Mohammadi bt Inamullah 6-4, 6-2; Taimur Mahmood bt Gul Hamid 6-2, 6-3; Tanveer Ashiq bt M. Usman Ijaz 7-5 6-2.

Boy’s U-13 singles:

First round:

Raja Shahid bt Zahid Mujahid 4-2, 4-2; Saad Kama walk over Qamar Khan; Sangeen Khan bt Shahzada Aman Tariq 4-1, 4-2; Rayan Soban bt Malik Shamsher Aslam 4-1, 5-3;

Second round:

Kashan-ul-Haq bt Jamal Khan 4-1, 0-4, 4-1; Salman Bin Saleem bt M. Abdullah Khan 5-4, 4-1; Farhan Shahid bt Fahad Zafar 4-0, 4-1; Nameer Shamsi bt Hamza Elahi 4-0, 4-0.—APP

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