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LAHORE, Aug 24: Four Pakistanis, out of a total seven included in the main draw, could qualify for the pre-quarterfinals of the ITF Pakistan Circuit Satellite tennis tournament (third leg) on Tuesday.
Top seed Aqeel Khan notched up a three-set win against Kamil Felali of Morocco. He recovered to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Nomi Qamar ousted compatriot Wasif Cheema after a colourless match 6-2, 6-3.
Asim Shafik and wildcard Shahzad Khan were the other two who won their matches. Asim defeated N. Jeevan (India) 6-3, 6-4 while Shahzad outclassed another Indian Vikas Punna 6-3, 6-2.
The winner of second leg Sakai Toshiaki of Japan when he defeated Dmity Manov of Uzbekistan 6-0, 6-3. The men's doubles event also started.
FOLLOWING ARE THE RESULTS:
MEN'S SINGLES: Aqeel Khan (Pak) bt Kamil Filali (Morocco) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Yassir Bouyahya (Morocco) bt Mohammed Shafiq (Pak) 6-2, 6-3; Vishal Punna (India) bt Jaco Mathew (India) 6-3, 6-0; Mirko Pehar (USA)bt Jalil Khan 6-2, 6-2; Nomi Qamar (Pak) bt Wasif Cheema (Pak) 6-2, 6-3; Vijay Kannan (India) bt Mutinur Rehman Pasha (Pak) 6-1, 6-1; Dane Fernandez (Austria) bt Siddrath Gulati (India) 6-3, 6-2; Vivek Shokeen (India) bt Varun Walia (India) 6-3, 6-0; Cheong-Eui Kim (South Korea) bt Atsutumi Yushikawa (Japan) 6-4, 6-2; Shahzad Khan (Pak) bt Vikas Punna (India) 6-3, 6-2; Gurmahar Singh (India) bt Rahil Saeed (India) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; Enrico Wellenfeld (Italy) bt Tommaso Sanna (Italy) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3; Asim Shafik (Pak) bt N Jeevan (India) 6-3, 6-4; Tommaso Caferata (Italy) bt Sandeep Kumar (India) 6-2, 6-2; Ashutosh Singh (India) bt Adrian Ventury (Austria) 3-6, 6-0, 6- 3. Sakai Toshiaki (Japan) bt Dmity Ivanov (Uzbekistan) 6-0, 6-3.
DOUBLES: Mirko Pehar (USA)-Sakai Toshiaki (Japan) bt Dane Fernandez-Adrian Venturi (Aus) 7-6(2), 7-6 (1); N Jeevan-Vivek Shokeen (India) bt Wasif Cheema-Shahzad Khan (Pak) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Yassir Bouyahya-Kamil Filali (Morocco) bt Siddharth Gulati-Neloro Yannick (India) 6-4, 7-6 (3); Nomi Qamar-Muhammed Shafiq (Pak) got walk over against Rahil Syed- Varun (India) on medical grounds; Ashutosh Singh-Gurmehar Singh (India) bt Jalil Khan-Asim Shafik (Pak) 6-2, 6-2; Vijay Kannan (India)-Aqeel Khan (Pak) bt Arindam Datta (India)- Enrico Willenfeld (Italy) 6-2, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2); Jaco Mathew (India)- Atsufumi Yushikawa (Japan) bt Adnan Khan- Mutinur Rehman Pasha (Pak) 6-3, 6-1; Vikas Punna-Vishal Punna (India) bt Tomasso Cafferata-Tomasso Sanna (Italy) on medical ground after the score being 6-7 (3), 7- 6 (4).
