ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Aqeel Khan upstaged Heera Ashiq on the second day of the National Clay Court Tennis championship at the PTF complex on Wednesday.

In the days opening match Aqeel, top seed of the championship faced unexpected resistance from Heera Ashiq in men’s singles category. Aqeel convincingly rout his opponent Heera 7-6, 6-2. In another fixture a confident Asim Shafique, second seed, walloped Abid Mushtaq 6-0, 6-0.

Wakeel Khan, Tanvir Ashiq and Abid Ali also cruised into the next round.

In the boys U-17 category, top seed Heera Ashiq, Talha Saeed and Hamza Pataudi reached the next round. Kashan-ul-Haq got a walk over against Akbar Tawana in the boys U-13 category. Ladies singles matches will start from Thursday.

Results:

Men’s singles (main round)

First round:

Aqeel Khan bt Heera Ashiq 7-6, 6-2; Wakeel Khan bt Asjad Aitezaz 6-4, 6-4; Hameed-ul Haq bt Usman Rafique 6-2, 6-0, Munir Ashiq bt Usman Ejaz-6-3, 7-6; Abid Ali bt Waqas Malik 6-2, 6-2; Aman-ul-Haq walkover Ahmed Aslam; Sajid Ali bt Ahmed Aijaz-6-2, 7-6; Faizan Khurram walkover Barbar Ali; Jahanzeb Khan bt Roman Gul 6-3, 6-3; Inamullah bt Hamza Pataudi 6-1, 6-1; Talha Saeed bt Basit Gabool 6-3, 7-6; Tanveer Ashiq bt Hasan Riaz 6-1, 6-1; Imran Shaukat bt Jibran-ul-Haq, 6-3, 6-2; Sadan-ul-Haq bt Malik Abdl Rehman -6-3, 6-1; Rashid Malik bt Ahmed 6-1, 6-1; Asim Shafique bt Abid Mushtaq 6-0, 6-0.

Boys’ U-17:

Heera Ashiq bt Ismail Khattak 6-0, 6-2; Basit Gabool bt Tallal Almas -6-2, 6-4; Talha Saeed bt Salman bin Saleem 7-5, 6-3; Faizan Khurram bt Akbar Tiwana 6-1, 6-0; Imran Farooq bt Ameer Shuja 6-2, 6-1; Sajid Ali bt Nameer Shamsi 6-1, 6-2; Jibran-ul-Haq bt Amulnul Haq Anwar 6-3, 6-3; Abid Mushtaq bt Abdil 6-0, 6-0; Asjad Aitezaz bt Haseeb Yaqoob 6-0, 6-4; Saad bin Saleem bt Umer Sheikh 6-0, 6-0; Hamza Patudi bt M. Saad Zafar 6-1, 6-1; Usman Rafique bt Bilal 6-2, 6-1; Imran Khan Safi bt Ghufran Bajwa 6-2, 6-2.

Boys’ U-13:

Kashan-ul Haq walkover Akbar Tiwana; Tallal Almas bt M. Saad 4-0, 4-0; Abrar Qazi bt Hamza bin Asif 4-2, 5-3; Salman bin Saleem walkover Abdil.