ISLAMABAD, Oct 15: Asian veteran champion Hameedul Haq sprang the biggest surprise on the second day of the Federal Cup Tennis Championship Tuesday overcoming the challenge of 6th seed Muhammad Shafiq at the Islamabad Club.
Hameed, a former Davis Cup player, dropped the first set 5-7 but came roaring back to win the next two 6-3, 6-1, a victory that earned him a place in the quarter-finals of the prestigious tournament.
Also advancing to the quarters were Nomi Qamar, Aurangzeb Khan and Inam Gul, all three scoring straight-set victories over their rivals.
Unseeded Umer Babar upset 7th seed Suleman Bashir 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the boys under-18 competition.
It was indeed a creditable achievement by Umer, a member of the Pakistan under-14 team that toured Sri Lanka, and was up against a more experienced player.
Results:
Men’s singles first round: Babar Ali Khan bt Waheed Anwar 6-1, 6- 2
Men’s singles second round: Inam Gul bt Shahid Afridi 6-3, 6-3, Aurangzeb Khan bt Janan Khan 6-2, 6-3, Nomi Qamar bt Aftab Anwar 6-2, 6-2, Hameedul Haq bt Muhammad Shafiq 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
Men’s doubles first round: Pervez Khan-Waheed Anwar bt Masud-Amir Malik 6-1, 6-4; Inam Gul-Mehmood Khan bt Shahid AHmed-Omair Qayyum 6-2, 6-2; Shahzad Samad Khan-Asim Shafik bt Kamran Khan- Zafar Iqbal Khan 6-0, 6-0; Nomi Qamar-Aurangzeb Khan walkover against Altaf Rana-Nadeem Ahmed; Hameedul Haq-Dilawar Abbas bt Kaleem Imam-Tariq Murtaza 7-5, 6-4.
Ladies singles first round: Anoosha Aslam walkover against Nabiha Haq; Omer Zahra Khan bt Saman Shahid 6-0, 6-0; Shahla Nazir bt Fatima Mansoor 6-2, 6-2; Ayesha Mansoor bt Madiha Ansari 6-2, 6- 2; Samina Mehboob bt Sara Mehboob 7-5, 5-7, 6-2; Sara Mansoor bt Zara Khan 6-2, 6-2.
Girls under-14 first round: Anoosha Aslam bt Luzha Shehryar 4-0, 4-1
Boys under-18 first round: Hassan Hamid bt S Ali Akhtar 4-6, 6-4, 7-6. Boys under-18 second round: Umer Babar bt Suleman Bashir 4-6, 6- 3, 6-4; Aftab Anwar bt Adnan Khan 6-4, 7-6; Tanveer Ashiq bt Khurrum Nazir 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; Amir Ali Khan bt Hassan hamid 7-6, 6-4.
Boys under-14 pre quarterfinals: Tanveer Ashiq bt Nehram Wahid 4- 0, 4-0; Adnan Ali bt Yousuf Ajam 4-2, 4-2; Umer babar bt Umer Khalid 4-0, 4-0; Usman Ijaz bt Zain Haider 4-1, 5-3; Ahsan Ausaf bt M. Khan 4-1, 4-0; Amir Ali Khan bt Faqiue Sohail 4-2, 5-3; M. Ahmed Aslam bt Abid Ali 4-1, 5-4; Khrrum Nazir bt Changez Afridi 4-1, 4-2; Tabish Raza bt Ruban Abbasi 4-0, 4-0; Farhan Shahid bt Shoaibur Rehman 4-0, 4-0; Salman Shahid walkover against Noman Mehmood; Arslan Asghar bt Shaffan Naeem 4-1, 5-3; Zahid Ajam walkover against Waqar Ahmed; Zain Haider bt Zarak Pasha 4-1, 4- 0; Osama Chaudhry bt Hamza Jaffar 4-1, 4-0; Ahsan Ausaf walkover against M. Osaid.
Boys under-12 pre quarterfinals: Faique Sohail bt Sangeen Khan 4- 2, 4-1; Zahir Jaffer walkover against Waleed Tahir; Ibrahim Umer bt Mustafa Haider 4-2, 4-2; Zain Abbas bt Osama SM 4-0, 4-0; Yousaf Ajam walkover against Uzair Shaukat; Umer Khalid bt Roshan Khan 4-1, 4-2; Hamza Pataudi bt Mustafa Tariq 4-0, 4-1; Abid Ali walkover against Haider Shahzad.