ISLAMABAD, May 28: Davis Cupper Asim Shafiq, Talha Zubair, Raja Shahid, Saif Ali, Abid Ali, Shahid Afridi, Hasnain Manzoor and Taimur Mahmood reached the main round of the Vigo Champ Subh-e-Nau National tennis championship at the Islamabad Club on Monday.

The first round of the men’s singles category will be played on Tuesday with top seeds expected to be seen in action.

In the boys U-18 contest, M. Mudassar started his journey on a winning note by going past Nouman Ahmed in style.

Mudassar thrashed his opponent in straight sets.

Shahroz Rohail, M. Muzammil, Haseeb Yaqoob, Rashid Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Nofil Kaleem, Kashan-ul-Haq, Salman bin Saleem and Nouman Khan also qualified for the second round of this category.

Results: Men’s singles (main qualifying round): Raja Shahid bt Arham Atique 6-4, 6-1; Saif Ali bt Adnan Khan 6-3, 6-2; Abid Ali bt Col Faisal 6-2, 6-2; Shahid Afridi walkover against Ali Abdullah; Hasnain Manzoor bt Haider Syed 6-1, 6-2; Asim Shafique bt Ziauddin 6-1, 6-0; Talha Zubair bt Yaseen Abbasi 1-6, 6-2, 6-2; Taimur Mahmood bt Rizwan Malik 6-2, 6-2.

Boys’ U-18 (first round): M. Mudassar bt Nouman Ahmed 6-2, 6-0; Shahroz Rohail bt Shakirullah 6-1, 6-0; M. Muzammil bt Khalil Afridi 6-3, 6-3; Haseeb Taqoob bt Shah Hussain 6-2, 6-2; Rashid Khan bt Rahim Khan 6-1, 6-2; Iftikhar Ahmed bt Jibranullah 6-1, 6-4; Nofil Kaleem bt Danish Ahmed 6-0, 6-3; Kashan-ul-Haq bt Saif Asad 7-5, 6-4; Salman bin Saleem bt Hamza bin Asif 6-4, 6-3; Nouman Khan bt Qazi Adil 6-3, 6-4.—Agencies