ISALMABAD: Top-ranked Aqeel Khan led a flurry of seeded players into the second round of the Fauji Fertilzer Company Open National Ranking Tennis Championship on Tuesday.

On the second day of the championship, being played simultaneously Pakistan Sports Complex and PTF Tennis Complex, a total of 46 matches were played in three categories.

Aqeel led the way in the men’s singles event, cruising past Wakeel Khan 6-3, 6-2.

There was an upset in the boys’ under-18 category, though, when top seed Barkatullah was toppled in 6-4, 6-4 by Yousaf Khan.

Results:

Men’s singles:

First round: Aqeel Khan bt Wakeel Khan 6-3, 6-2; Shahzad bt Ibrahim Iltifat 6-1, 6-1; Malid Abdul Rehman bt Rashid Khan 6-2, 6-3; Usman Rafiq bt Arham Atiq 6-2, 6-3; Kashan-ul-Haq bt Saqib Umar 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; Babar Ali Akbar bt Abdal Haider 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Imran Shaukat bt Asjad Etizaz 6-0, 6-3; Umair Qayyum bt Talha bin Asif 7-5, 6-4; Tibran-ul-Haq bt Hamza Bin Asif 6-2, 6-2; Yasir Khan bt Hafiz Arbab Ali 6-1, 6-0; M. Mudasir bt Sikandar Hayat 6-1, 6-3; Shaheen Mehmood bt Asadullah 6-2, 6-4; Shahid Afridi bt Zeeshan Ashraf 7-6 (10-8), 6-3; M. Abid bt Ahmed Chaudhry 6-3, 6-1.

Boys’ U-18 singles:

First round: Yousaf Khan beat Barkatullah 6-4, 6-4; Mohammad Said bt Musa Chaudhry 6-0, 6-1; Hafiz Arbab Ali bt Zoraiz 6-0, 6-1; Shoaib Khan bt Ibrahim Ahmed 6-0, 6-0; Huzaifa Abdul Rehman bt Aqib Umer 6-1, 6-1; Saqib Umar bt Zayn Ali 7-5, 6-4; Talha bin Asif bt Saifullah Khalid 6-2, 7-6 (7-3); Ibrahim Iltifat bt Abdullah 6-0, 6-0; Saad Abjad bt Muneeb Sajid—walkover; Azhar Iftikhar bt M. Wamiq 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2); Asadullah bt Shehryar Khan 6-2, 6-4; Aman Atiq bt Mujahid Zaib Khan 6-0, 6-0; Ali Khalid bt Ahmed Ibrahim—walkover; Ilham Khan bt Humbal 6-1, 6-2; Hamza bin Asif bt Umair Hasan 6-3, 6-3.

Boys U-14 singles:

First round: Huzaifa Abdul Rehman bt Syed Muhammad Ahmed 4-0, 4-0; Waleed Jamshed 4-1, 4-2; Mustafa Khan bt Abdullah—walkover; Hamza Roman bt Wajahat Ali Khan—walkover; Hamza Bin Rehan bt Muneeb Sajid—walkover; Rehan Yousaf bt Muhammad Sohaib—walkover; Hamidullah Yaqoob bt Ibrahim Ahmed—walkover; Abdullah Adnan bt Mohammad Abdullah 4-0, 4-1; Sami Zaib bt Shayan Shamraiz 4-0, 4-0; Abdul Hanan Khan bt Ahmed Rahim Khan 4-1, 4-1; Hamid Israr bt M. Talha Khan 4-1, 4-0; Aqiq Umer bt Humbal—walkover; Izhar Iftikhar bt Kashan Umar 4-1, 4-0; Jasir Manzoor bt M. Huzaifa Khan 4-5, 4-2, 4-1; Muhammad Said bt Rahat Ali Khan—walkover; Shoaib Khan bt Dawood Khatak—walkover.

Published in Dawn, September 1st, 2015

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