ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Mainel Baines (Great Britain) eliminated Pakistan’s only hope, fourth seed Aqeel Khan, by defeating him 6-3, 7-5 in the ITF Pakistan Futures International tennis championship at the PTF Tennis Complex here on Wednesday.
Adrian Sikora of Slovakia also created an upset of the championship, hammering second seed Sunil Kumar Sipaeya of India in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals.
Bogdan Leonte (Romania), Hsin-Han Lee (China), Mikhail Vasiliev (Russia), James Feaver (Great Britain), Alexei Filenkov (Russia) and Vadim Alekseenko (Russia) were the other players who succeeded in qualifying for the last-eight round by winning their respective matches.
In the doubles event’s quarter-final, Chinese pair of Chen I-Ta and Lee Hsin-Han outclassed Pakistan’s Jibran Mohammadi and Asim Shafik 6-1, 6-2.
Results:
Men’s singles pre-quarter-finals:
Mainel Baines (Great Britain) bt Aqeel Khan (Pakistan) 6-3, 7-5; Bogdan Leonte (Romania) bt Syrym Abdukhalikov (Kazakhstan) 6-4, 6-4; Hsin-Han Lee (China) bt Rohan Gide (India) 6-3, 6-2; Mikhail Vasiliev (Russia) bt Patrick Taubert (Germany) 6-2, 6-0; James Feaver (Great Britain) bt Sang-Gyun Kim (Korea) 6-3, 6-2; Alexei Filenkov (Russia) bt Andrew Fitzpatrick (Great Britain) 6-3, 6-2; Vadim Alekseenko (Russia) bt Mohammed Mohazebnia (Ireland) 6-0, 6-0; Adrian Sikora (Slovakia) bt Sunil Sipaeya (India) 6-3, 6-3.
Men’s doubles:
Quarter-final:
Chen I-Ta / Lee Hsin-Han bt Jibran Mohammadi / Asim Shafik 6-1, 6-2.
First round:
Bogdan Leonte (Romania) / Filenkow Alexel (Romania) bt Ashiq Tanveer (Pakistan) / Yasir Khan (Pakistan) 6-2, 6-2; Gide Rohan (India) / Roy Rupesh (India) bt Kim sand Gyun (Korea) / Lim Hyun Soo (Korea) 6-0, 6-4; Alekseenko Glen (Ukraine) / Alekseenko Vadim (Ukraine) bt Sributowin Kirtai (Thailand) / Sributowon Peerakit (Thailand) 6-3, 6-2; Sikora Adrian (Slovakia) / Tauber Patrick (Germany) bt Mohammed Fariz (India) / Reddy B. Vikram (India) 6-3, 6-4; Mohammadi Jibran / Asim Shafik bt Cramer Rutger (the Netherlands) / Ejaz Usman (Pakistan) 6-1, 6-4; Chen I-Ta / Lee Hsin–Han bt Aqeel Khan / Sunil Kumar Sipaeya 6-1, 6-3; Abbdukhalikov S. (Kazakhstan) / Vasiliev Mikhail (Russia) bt Mainel Baines / Feaver James (Great Britain) 6-3, 6-4.