ISLAMABAD, Oct 14: Former Davis Cup player Hameedul Haq made a impressive winning start in the men’s singles Monday as the Federal Cup Tennis Championship opened at the Islamabad Club.

Hameed scored an easy 6-2, 6-1 victory over Mahmood Khan in the first round to advance to the second stage in the tournament that also features Davis Cup players Asim Shafik and Nomi Qamar.

Nomi, the third seed knocked out Shahzad Samad Khan in straight sets 6-2, 7-6 while Asim was a comfortable 6-0, 6-3 winner against Pervez Khan.

Results:

Men’s singles first round: Ali Hasan Baghat bt Wakeel Khan 2-6, 6-2, 6-4; Wasif Cheema walkover against Irfanullah; Shahzad Khan bt Suleman Bashir 6-1, 6-1; Saeedul Haq bt Zafar Iqbal 6-2, 6-0; Shahid Afridi bt Adnan Khan 7-6, 6-1; Inam Gul walkover against S. Kumail Rizvi; Aurangzeb Khan walkover against Shahid Khan; Aftab Anwar bt Umair Qayyum 6-3, 6- 4; Nomi Qamar bt Shahzad Samad Khan 6-2, 7-6; M. Shafik bt Munir Ashiq 6-4, 6-1; Hameedul Haq bt Mahmood Khan 6-2, 6-1; Asim Shafik bt Pervez Khan 6-0, 6-3; Janan Khan walkover against Javed Iqbal.

Junior Under-18 singles first round: Umer Babar bt Hamza Shahid 6-0, 6-0; Usman Ijaz bt Najeeb Khan 6-2, 6-2; Aftab Anwar bt Danish Ahmed 6-0, 6-1; Azeem Hasan walkover against S. Kumail Rizvi; Adil Murtaza bt Nauman Ahmed 6-3, 6-4; Manzoor Khan bt Basim Ansari 6-0, 6-0.

Boys Under-14 singles first round (short set): Tanveer Ashiq bt Khalid 4-0, 4-1; Adnan Ali walkover against Arslan Wajid; Yousaf Ajam walkover against Zakarullah; Umer Babar bt Salman Shahid 4-0, 4-0; Umer Khalid bt Arslan Asghar 4-0, 4-0; Usman Yousaf bt Shoaibur Rehman 4-0, 4-0; Zain Haider bt Zunair Ansari 4-1, 4-1; Tanveer Khan bt Zain Abbas 4-0, 4-2; Ahsan Asuf bt Hamza Khan 4-0, 4-1; Faique Sohail bt Usama SM 4-1, 4-0; M. Ahmed Aslam bt Tabish Raza 4-2, 4-2; Changez Afridi walkover against Shahbaz Malik; Khurrum Nazir bt Hamza Shahid 4-0, 4-1.

Boys Under-12 first round (short sets): Usama SM bt Khalid Saifullah 1-4, 4-1, 4-0; Ruban Abbasi walkover against M. Ahmed Aslam.

Men’s singles qualifying: Manzoor Khan bt M. Zia 6-3, 6-4; Waheed Anwar bt M, Saeed 6-2, 6-2; Javed Iqbal walkover against Usman Bangash.