KARACHI, July 14 Defending champion and top seed Aqeel Khan made a brisk start registering a crushing 6-1, 6-1 victory over local player Robin Das to propel into pre quarter-finals of the Pakistan Open Tennis Championship at Creek Club on Tuesday.

Aqeel, who returned from Manila in the morning where Pakistan suffered a 2-3 loss at the hands of the Philippines in Davis Cup Group two tie, had got a bye in the first round.

He is slated to meet the winner of Anas Khan and Vinod Das in the next encounter.

Meanwhile, eighth seed Faizan Khurram of Lahore who is rated among top juniors of the country became the first major casualty going down straight to unseeded Zia Hai in men's singles second round.

Hai caught the eye for creating an upset with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over his opponent.

Lahore's top seed Ushna Sohail became the first player to reach the ladies singles final beating Aneeta Pasha 6-1, 6-2. She faces the winner of last year's runner-up and second seed Saba Aziz and Islamabad's Sara Mansoor for the title clash.

Results

Men's singles first round Anas Khan (Hyderabad bt Abid Aslam 6-1, 6-2; Mustafa Zaidi bt Ahsan Zuberi 6-0, 6-1; Sadanul Haq bt Umer Shahid 6-4, 6-4; Danish Ahmed walkover Akber Hayat Khan; Zaid Noor Soomar bt Faisal Mehmood 6-1, 6-3; Yasir Khan bt Mohammad Jalal 6-3, 6-4.

Second round Zia Hai bt Faizan Khurram (Lahore) 6-3, 6-4; Malik Abdul Rehman (Lahore) bt Basit Gabol 6-2, 6-0; Danish Ahmed bt Samad Khan 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; Aqeel Khan bt Robin Das 6-1, 6-1; Mohammad Abid Ali Akbar (Islamabad) bt Rafi Darbari (Hyderabad) 7-5, 6-1.

Juniors' under-17 singles first round Wilson walkover Nabeel Naseer; Nabeel Ahmed bt Aman Ashraf 6-3, 6-2; Nameer Shamsi bt Yahya Essa 6-4 (retired); Abdul Rehman bt Murtazain 6-2, 6-0; Anas Khan walkover Sufyan; Mustafa Zaidi bt Saad Noor Soomar 6-0, 6-1; Faizan Khurram bt Ahsan Mehmood 6-0, 6-1; Kashanul Haq walkover Nabeel; Hussain Aziz bt Govinda Kumar 6-0, 6-1; Farhan Mustafa bt Hassan Siddiq 6-4, 6-2.Ladies singles quarter-finals Saba Aziz (Lahore) bt Hareem Fatima 6-0, 6-1; Aneeta Pasha bt Sara Ahmed 7-5, 6-2.

Semi-final Ushna Sohail (Lahore) bt Aneeta Pasha 6-1, 6-2.

Wednesday's fixtures

Men's singles and juniors' under-17 singles 9.00am; men's doubles 12.00 noon; boys' under-15 singles 1.00pm; boys' under-11 singles 3.00pm.