ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Top seed Asim Shafik made his intentions clear as he began his bid to win the Federal Cup blanking Aiman Khan 6-0, 6-0 on an eventful second day of the championship at the Islamabad Club tennis courts.
While Asim battered his rival into submission in his second round match, 6th seed Aurangzeb Khan was sent packing by Saeed-ul-Haq 6-3, 6-3 in what was the first upset of the tournament.
Younis Khan eliminated 15th seed Sharukh Niazi in straight sets 6-1, 6-2 while PAF’s Shahzad ousted 16th seed Ikramul Haq 6- 2, 6-2 in another upset of the day.
Former Davis Cup players Rashid Malik and Hameedul Haq also warmed up with comfortable second round victories. Hameed, Pakistan’s most capped Davis Cup player, showed Ashiq Rasool the door winning 6-1, 6-0 while Rashid routed Gulzeb Niazi 6-0, 6-0.
Meanwhile second seed Tahir Iftikhar did not report for his match Tuesday and was fined Rs 2000 with a point suspension by tournament referee Arif Qureshi.
Qureshi said that Iftikhar had not turned up although his entry had been confirmed by Khalid Rehmani, Joint Secretary of the Pakistan Tennis Federation.
The following are the results:
Men’s singles first round:
Younis Khan bt Nadeem Khalil 6-1, 6-2; Aftab Anwar bt A. Khan 6- 2, 6-1; Asim Shamshad bt Hassan 6-3, 6-3; Wasif Cheema w/o M. Essa Jee; Asif Abbasi w/o M.Z. Khattak; Saeedul Haq w/o Raja Asif
Men’s singles second round:
Asim Shafik bt Aiman Khan 6-0, 6-0; Shahzad Khan bt Wasif Cheema 6-4, 6-0; Hameedul Haq bt Ashiq Rasool 6-1, 6-0; Muhammad Nadeem bt Salman Bashir 6-3, 6-4; Nomi Qamar bt Aftab ANwar 6-3, 6-2; Inam Gul bt Asif Abbasi 6-3, 6-2; Younis Khan bt Shahrukh Niazi 6-4, 6-4; Shahid Khan bt Umair Qayyum 6-3, 6-2; Saeedul Haq bt Aurangzeb Khan 6-3, 6-3; Shahzad bt Ikramul Haq 6-2, 6-2; Pervaiz Khan bt Ashiq Munir 6-1, 6-1; Kamran Khalil bt Babar Ali 6-0, 6- 0; M. Shafik bt Dr. Ehtisham 6-4, 6-2; Mahmood Khan bt Asim Shamshad 6-0, 6-0; Rashid Malik bt Gulzeb Niazi 6-0, 6-0; M. Saeed Sahbi w/o Tahir Iftikhar.
Junior Under-18 singles (first round):
Sohail Khan bt Aiman Khan 6-2, 6-3; Salman Bashir bt Abid Ali 6- 0, 6-0; Ashiq Munir bt Ghulam Sajid 6-0, 6-1; Zain Ashfaq bt Tahir 6-2, 6-3; Kumail Rizvi w/o Sarosh Kyani; Gulzeb Niazi bt Sajid Riaz 6-1, 6-2; Shahzad bt Shahrukh Niazi 7-6 (3), 6-1; Ashiq Rasool bt Imran Khan 6-7(3), 6-4, 7-6(1); Babar Ali bt Adil Murtaza 6-1, 6-1; M. Nadeem bt Aftab Anwar 5-7, 6-1, 6-2; Mahir Nisar bt Shaheryar Niazi 6-1, 6-1; Majid Riaz bt Usman 6-3, 6-1; Mustafa Syed w/o Khurram Nazir; Inam Gul bt Umair Qayyum 6- 3, 6-3.
Women’s singles (first round) Sara Rahman bt Fatiman Masood 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Malika Zafar bt Ayna Raza 6-1, 3-6, 6-2; Zahra Khan bt Zooma Akram 6-0, 6-0; Maira Rahim w/o Jehana Sheikh; Saman Shahid bt Fatima Mansoor 6- 1, 6-2; Ayesah Mansoor bt Muneezah Shahid 6-0, 6-2; Zara Omer bt Zainab Khan 6-1, 6-0; Saira Mansoor w/o Saira Khan; Aifa Asghar w/o Nabila.
Boys under-14 (second round, pro set) Imran Rasool bt Shayan Ahmed 6-2; Zain Abbas bt Saad Ahmed Khan 7-5, M. Najeeb Khan bt Omer 6-2; Sajid Riaz bt Arslan Malik 6-0; Shaheryar Niazi bt Zarar Mustafa 6-1; Yousaf Ajam bt Adnan Ikram 6-0; Mustafa Syed b t Musa Hassan 6-0; Abid ALi bt Zahir Jaffer 6-3; Noumanul Haq bt Tabish Habib 6-3; Waqar Hassan bt Zahid Ajam 6-1; Ali Khalid bt M. Malik 6-2; Omer Sheikh w/o Khurrum Nazir; Nishat Khan bt Arslan Asghar 6-2; Imran Khan bt Auon Ikram 6-0; Ahsan bt Waqas Pervaiz 6-2; Kumail Riazi bt Zain 6-3.