LAHORE, Aug 9: Unseeded Fahad Ali upset the fifth seed Talal Khan to enter the quarterfinals of the All Punjab Independence Day junior tennis tournament Under-14 event Friday.

Fahad ousted his superior rival Talal with a convincing score of 6-1, 6-1.

The matches could be held only in the morning in which the schedules of Under-14 and Under-12 sections were completed. The entire evening session has been washed out due to heavy rain in the afternoon.

Top seed Shehryar Niazi made short work of Jehangir Haider 6-1, 6-1 and made the last eight.

The second seed Khurram Nazir toppled Rohail Rafi 6-0, 6-1.

The third seed Tanvir Ashiq did not drop any game before beating Haseeb 6-0, 6-0.

Six matches in the second round of boys U-12 singles were also decided.

RESULTS:

BOYS SINGLES

U-14 (pre-quarterfinals): Shehryar Niazi bt Jehangir Haider 6-1, 6-1; Fahad Ali bt Talal Khan 6-1, 6-1; Patras Masih bt Salman Hasan 6-0, 6-0; Tanzan Shafqat bt Hammad Malik 6-3, 7-6; Tanvir Ashiq bt Haseeb 6-0, 6- 0; Ahmad Aslam bt Ali Malik 6-1, 6-1; Omar Babar bt Tanvir Munir 6-2, 6-1; Khurram Nazir bt Rohail Rafi 6-0, 6-1.

U-12 (pre-quarterfinals): Usman Sikandar bt Ahmad Raza 6-0, 6-0; Ahmad Aslam bt Heera Ashiq 6-0, 6-1; Fahad Ali bt Nauraz 6-0, 6-; Shehryar Niazi bt Hamza Ibrahim 6-1, 6-1; Haider Zaidi bt Rohail Rafi 6-3, 6-0; Khurram Nazir bt Salman Hassan 6-2, 6-0.