Hameed, the No 10 seed, needed just 30 minutes to complete the rout of his rival at the Islamabad Club on a day when Rashid Malik, another top player of yesteryear, also had it easy. He blanked Muhammad Saeed 6-0, 6-0 to make the quarters where he will now take on 9th seed Mahmood Khan who eliminated fifth seed Muhammad Shafik 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.
Asim Shafik barely faced any problems in his match against Shahzad Khan and walked off a 6-0, 6-1 victor.
Unseeded Younis Khan knocked out 8th seed Shahid Khan 6-2, 0- 6, 6-4 and will now be up against Nomi Qamar, a 6-1, 6-3 winner over Inam Gul.
The fourth quarterfinal will see Saeedul Haq facing off Kamran Khalil after Saeed ousted Shahzad 6-3, 6-1 and Kamran beat Pervaiz Khan 6-1, 7-5.
Following are the results:
Men’s singles (pre-quarter finals): Asim Shafik bt Shahzad Khan 6-1, 6-0; Hameedul Haq bt M. Nadeem 6-0, 6-0; Nomi Qamar bt Inam Gul 6-1, 6-3; Younis Khan bt Shahid Khan 6-2, 0-6, 6-4; Saeedul Haq bt Shahzad 6-3, 6-1; Kamran Khalil b t Pervaiz Khan 6-1, 7-5; Mahmood Khan bt M. Shafik 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; Rashid Malik 6-0, 6-0.
Junior under-18 singles: (pre-quarter finals) Shahzad Khan bt Sohail Khan 6-0, 6-1; Wasif Cheema bt Salman Bashir 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-2; Ashiq Munir bt Ashfaq 6-1, 6-2; Gulzeb Niazi bt Kumail Rizvi 7-5, 6-1; Shahzad bt Ashiq Rasool 3-6, 6-2, 6-0; Babar Ali bt M. Nadeem 6-2, 6-2; Mahir Nisar bt Majid Riaz 6-0, 6-3; Inam Gul bt Mustaf 6-3, 6-3.
Women’s singles (pre-quarter finals): Mariam Rahim bt Sara Rahman 6-1, 6-0; Suhair Khan bt Sara Khan 6- 3, 6-2; Nadia Rahim bt Nitasha Afridi 6-2, 6-2; Maira Rahim bt Saman Shahid 6-4, 6-4; Nosheen Ehtisham bt Ayesha Mansoor 6-0, 6- 0; Zara Omer bt Sara Mansoor 6-0, 6-0; Mahvish Chishtie bt Aifa Asghar 6-0, 6-0; Huma Ajam v Malika Zafar 6-1, 2-2 (unfinished). Boys under-14 singles (pre-quarter-finals, pro set) Shehryar Niazi bt Yousaf Ajam 6-2; Mustafa Syed b t Abid Ali 6-4; Noumanul Haq bt Waqar Hassan 6-4; M. Ali Khalid bt Omer Sheikh 6- 2; Imran Khan bt Nishat Khan 6-4; S. Kumail Rizvi bt Ahsan 6-2.
Boys under-12 singles, pro set: Abid Ali bt Arslan Asghar 6-2; Musa Hassan w/o Omer Ahmed; Shan Sardar bt Zahir Jaffer 6-2; Zahid Ajam bt Fizanul Haq 6-0; Zain Abbas b t Salman Shahid 6-0; Saad Hassan w/o Mustafa Zafar; Sajid Khan bt Zarar 6-2; Shayan Ahmed bt Arslan Malik 6-2; Tabish Habib bt Munaj Ahmed 6-2; Ahsan Ausaf bt Aoun Ikram 6-0; Jabranul Jaq bt Omer Sheikh 6-2; Musa Mufti bt Behram 6-2; Changez Afridi w/o Taimur; Tabish Raza bt Sadanul Haq 6-1; Yousaf Ajam bt Adan Ikram 6-0; Waqar Hassan bt Sohail 7-6.
Men’s doubles (pre-quarter finals): Younis Khan-Kamran Khan bt M. Saeed-Nadeem Khalil 6-0, 6-0; Lt. Col Akhtar Nawaz-Maj Shahid w/o Maj Javed & partner; Waqar Durrani-Nauman Durrani w/o Maj Adnan-Maj Ijaz; Group Capt Razi- Dr. Ehtisham w/o Capt Hasnat-Maj Jalil; Waqar Nisar-Waheed Anwar vs Maj Salman-Col Asif Dar 4-6, 7-5 (unfinished).
Men’s doubles (second round): Asim Shafik-Rashid Malik bt Maj Pervaiz-Samin Jan Babar 6-1, 6-1; Saeedul Haq-Aurangzeb bt Muteen-S. Kaleem Imam 6-3, 6-3; M. Shafik-Ikramul Haq bt Younis Khan-Kamran Khan 6-1, 6-1; Hameedul Haq-Mushaf Zia bt Waqar Durrani-Nauman Durrani 6-2, 6-2; Mahmood Khan-Kamran Khalil bt Amir Malik-Col Shahid 6-4, 7-5; Nomi Qamar- Shahid Khan w/o Col Akhtar Nawaz-Maj Javed; Pervaiz Khan-Ali Akbar vs Group Capt Razi-Dr. Ehtisham 6-4, 5-7, 2-4 (unfinished).