ISLAMABAD, April 29: Sixteen players reached the second round of the Subh-e-Nau Clay Court Tennis Championship at the Islamabad Club on Monday.

Second seeded Usman Ijaz looked in prime form against Faizan Khurram of Lahore and outplayed his opponent to qualify for the second round.

The match between Fahad Masood and Tahirullah was easily the contest of the day. After losing the first set 4-6, Fahad was three points down but came back strongly to stun Tahirullah to win the next two sets and the match.

Top seed Mohammad Abid, M. Rizwan, Usman Rafique, Farrukh, Arham Atique, Mohammad Mudassar, Ahmed Mahmood, Ikramullah, Ahmed Chaudhry, Imad Amir, Raja Shahid and Yousuf Ajam also reached the second round.

Results:

Men’s singles:

First round: Fahad Masood bt Tahirullah 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 M. Mudassar bt Mehboob Khan 6-1, 6-1, Usman Rafique bt Adnan Khan 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, Dr Farrukh bt Taufik Hamzal 6-1, 6-1, Arham Atique bt Fabio De Feo 6-0, 6-2, Ahmed Chaudhry bt Francisco 6-0, 6-2, Raja Shahid bt Abbas Khan 6-4, 6-2, Col Faisal bt Rizwan 6-4, 6-3, Usman Ijaz bt Faizan Khurram 7-5, 6-3.

Boys U-18:

First round: Amir Khan bt Shiraz Ahmed 6-1, 6-0, Hasnain Amjad bt Hameedullah 6-2, 6-4, M. Wamiq bt Ahmed Iftikhar 6-1, 6-3, Shakirullah bt Mikael Naqvi 6-1, 6-1.

Boys U-14:

First round: Abdullah Hasan bt Syed M. Haisam 6-2, 6-3, Maaz Naeem bt Muneeb Sajid 6-2, 6-1, M. Muzammil bt Muhammad Ahmed 6-0, 6-1, Aman Atique bt Umer Habib 6-0, 6-0, Haris Irfan bt Muhammad Mehdi 6-0, 6-1, Huzaifa bt Hamza bin Rehan 6-3, 6-4.—Agencies