The fast improving Shahzad from Faisalabad, the winner of the two ITF Junior Championships and the National Grasscourt junior title, played an erratic first set before beating unseeded Aasim Javed 3-6, 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals.
Aasim, a student of the Karachi Grammar School, played outstandingly in the first set as he hit a brace of forehand and backhand winners. Shahzad Khan came under pressure and committed unforced mistakes and Aasim won 6-3.
However, Shahzad took control of the proceedings in the second set slamming brilliant crosscourt shots and hit powerful drives down the line to take the second set at 6-0 as Aasim invariably faltered with his strokes. In the third and deciding set Shahzad also showed his total domination with a series of powerful forehand winners to outwit Aasim again for a 6-0 triumph
Shahzad meets fourth seed Akbar Pataudi, who recorded an impressive 6-1, 6-4 victory over Mahir Nisar.
Second seed Inam Gul outplayed Tanveer Ashiq 6-2, 6-1 to qualify for the last four, where he meets seventh seed Muteeb Pasha, who was provided a tough time by Vinod Das before he was home and dry 7-6 (7-2), 6-4.
In the men’s singles, Aurangzeb easily defeated Ather Iltifat 6-0, 6-1.
On Tuesday night third seed Nomi Qamar secured a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Jalil Khan to enter the men’s singles quarterfinals and Hasan Mahmood also reached the last eight with a 6-4, 6-4 victory against Mohammad Manzoor.
Of the seven boys (Under-14) singles pre-quarterfinals, Jahangir A. Rashid dropped the second set before recording a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 triumph over Irfan Yousuf, while promising Amir Ali Khan put up a spirited fight against Abdus Samad, who won 6-3, 7-6 (7-5).
FOLLOWING WERE THE RESULTS:
JUNIOR (UNDER-18) SINGLES:
Quarterfinals: Akbar Pataudi bt Mahir Nisar 6-1, 6-4; Inam Gul bt Tanveer Ashiq 6-2, 6-1; Shahzad Khan bt Aasim Javed 3-6, 6-2, 6-2; Muteeb Pasha bt Vinod Das 7-6 (7-2), 6-2.
MEN’S SINGLES: AURANGZEB BT ATHAR ILTIFT 6-0, 6-1.
WOMEN’S SINGLES (TUESDAY’S REMAINING RESULTS):
First round: Sana Bhagat bt Sahar Abbas 6-2, 6-3; Marium Rahim bt Shahida Chishtie 6-0, 6-0; Nausheen Ehtisham bt Amber 6-0, 6-0; Zarmeen bt Marium Bilwani 6-1, 6-0; Shazia bt Naz Samad 6-0, 6-2; Fatima Hai bt Harmeen 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.
BOYS (UNDER-14) SINGLES (TUESDAY’S REMAINING RESULTS):
Second round: Kumail Hussain bt Ali Ilyas 6-4, 6-4; Yasir Khan bt Ali Hasan 6-0, 6-1; Khurram Nazir bt Zain Saleem 6-0, 6-0; Danish Ahmed bt Rizwan Hussain 6-0, 6-0; Hammad Shoiab bt Ateeq Qasim 6-1, 6-2; Jahangir A. Rashid bt Irfan Yousuf 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; Abdus Samad bt Amir Ali Khan 6-3, 7-6 (7-5).
THURSDAY’S FIXTURES:
Men’s singles quarterfinals at 2.00pm; Juniors singles semifinals at 2.00pm; Women’s singles quarterfinals at 4.00pm; Men’s doubles at 5.00pm; Veterans doubles at 7.00pm.