ABL’s newly crowned national grasscourt champion Asim Shafik, also a Federal Cup winner, thrashed Khalid Ali Nazar in straight sets after a first round bye in the 64-man draw.
Second seeded Davis Cupper Asim Shafik played skillfully to hit a brace of forehand winners for an impressive 6-1, 6-2 victory against Khalid Ali Nazar of Karachi.
Fourth seeded Davis Cupper Tahir Iftikhar inflicted a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Eyhab Burki in the first round and seventh seeded 42-year-old former Davis Cupper Rashid Malik eliminated Saeed Shahab 6-1, 6-0 to reach the second round.
Asad Ali Baghat came from behind to beat former national hard court champion and ex-Davis Cupper Altaf Hussain to move into the second round with 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory.
In a closely-fought encounter, a set down Muteeb Pasha staged a brilliant comeback for a 3-6, 7-5, 4-1 triumph against Munir Ashiq who threw in the towel in the last set in the junior (under-18) singles second round.
Tanvir Ashiq survived against Danish Ahmed before recording a 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 success.
RESULTS
Men’s singles (first round):
Aurangzeb bt Faisal Anwar 6-0, 6-0, Jalil Khan bt Yasir Khan 6-4, 6-4, Muneer Ashiq w/o Mohammad Syed, Akbar Pataudi bt Badar Saif 6-0, 6-1, Nomi Qamar w/o Kalim
Ghanchi, Shahid Khan w/o Sohail Raza, Waqeel Khan bt Farhan Bandukta 6-2, 6-0, Taimour Iftikhar bt M.Z. Khattak 6-1, 6-4, Khalid Ali Nazar bt Vinod Das 6-2, 6-3, Rashid Malik bt Saeed Shahab 6-1, 6-0, Asad Ali Bahagat bt Altaf Hussain 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, Tahir Iftikhar bt Eyhab Burki 6-3, 6-2, Shahzad Fazal bt Naveed Khan 6-2, 6-3 bt Ahmed Hussain bt Sakib Husain 6-2, 6-0, Adnan Khan w/o Aqeel Hussain, Amir Khan w/o Imran Ahmed, Ali Hasan Baghat w/o Haroon Ali, Inamullah bt Muteeb Pasha 7-6 (11-9), 6-1, Inam Gul bt Abdul Majeed 6-1, 6-1, Hasan Mahmood bt Fahad Anwar 6-2, 6-2, Mahir Waqar Nissar bt Sajid Husain 6-2, 6-2, M.Essa Jee bt Najam Hasan 7-5, 6-4, Mohammad Manzar w/o Mohammad Nadeem.
Second round: Shahid Khan bt Wakeel Khan 6-0, 6-1, Asim Shafik bt Khalid Ali Nazar 6-1, 6-2.
Junior (under-18) singles (second round): Shahzad Khan bt Najmul Hasan 6-1, 6-4, Mahir Nasir w/o Mohammad Khalid, Vinod Das bt Fahad Anwar 6-2, 7-6 (7-4), Inam Gul bt Naresh Das 6-1, 6-0, Muteeb Pasha bt Munir Ashiq 3-6, 7-5, 4-1 (retired).
Tuesday’s fixtures: Boys (under-14) singles (second round) at 2pm, men’s singles (third round) at 3pm, women’s singles (first round) at 5pm, men’s doubles (first round) at 5 pm.