KARACHI, July 7: Top seed Aqeel Khan and Asim Shafik overpowered their opponents to qualify for singles quarter-finals of the Subh-e-Nau National Hard Court tennis tournament at the Modern Club here on Monday.

Aqeel found Zia Hai an easy opponent to zap and recorded a 6-2, 6-3 victory. While Asim thrashed 17-year-old Zuhair Raza 6-3, 6-0.

Zuhair Raza thrashed Noorul Rehman 6-1, 6-0 and entered the quarters of boys’ singles event.

In Ladies singles, Saba Aziz ousted Shahida Kausar 6-0, 6-1 while Natasha Afridi recorded an immaculate 6-0, 6-0 triumph over Mehreen Dada in the first round of the event.

Finals of the tournament will be played on Thursday, which will be followed by another National Tennis Tournament.

Results:

Men’s singles second round:

Aqeel Khan bt Zia Hai 6-2, 6-3; Faizan Khurram bt Usman Ijaz 7-5, 6-2; Jalil Khan bt M. Naseem 6-1, 6-0; Abid Ali Akbar bt Amir Ali Khan 6-2, 6-3; Tanveer Ashiq bt M. Naeem 6-2, 6-1; Nomi Qamar bt Taimur Mehmood 6-4, 6-2; Yasir Khan bt Danish Ahmed 6-4, 7-5; Asim Shafik bt S. Zuhair Raza 6-3, 6-0.

Boys singles second round:

S. Zohair Raza bt Noorul Rehman 6-1, 6-0; Adil Kohari bt Yahya Isa 6-4, 6-1; Faizan Khurram bt Rehmat Ali 6-3, 6-1; Abdul Rehman bt Zubair Gul 6-1, 6-3; Omer Shahid bt Farhan Ashraf 6-1, 6-2; Faraz Ashraf bt M. Hamza 6-0, 6-0; Talha Saeed bt Sunny William 1-6, 6-4, 6-3; Heera Ashiq bt Salman Ahmed 6-3, 6-2.

Ladies singles first round:

Saba Aziz bt Shahida Kauser 6-0, 6-1; Uzma Ansari bt Aroosa Ahmed 6-2, 4-6, 6-0; Natasha Afridi bt Mehraeen Dada 6-0, 6-0; Mehak Khokhar bt Rija Sani 6-1, 6-0.

Men’s doubles first round:

Saad Balooch / Rafi Darbari bt Abdul Majid / Robin Das 6-3, 6-2; Nomi Qamar / Asad Ali Bhaghat bt Mohammad Naseem / Abdul Saeed 6-3, 6-2.—PPI