Islamabad – Top seed Aqeel Khan outplayed Hira Ashiq in straight sets 2-0 in the men’s singles fixture of the ongoing Caltex Pakistan Open Tennis Championship here at Pakistan Tennis Complex on Monday.
The score-line was 6-2 and 6-4. As many as 35 matches were decided on the third day in different categories. Nomi Qamar, Yasir Khan and Shahid Afridi moved to the quarter-finals of the championship winning 2-0. Remaining four pre-quarter-finals will be played on Tuesday (today) at same venue.
In the U-18 competitions, Samir Iftikhar, Usman Rafiq, Kadhan ul Haq, Mohammad Abid, Faizan Khurram, Sadan ul Haq, Jibran ul Haq and Heera Ashiq secured their berths in the quarter-finals. Kashanul Haq registered major upset by eliminating 4th seed Malik Abdul Rehman in a well contested three sets match.
Results: Men’s singles (round-1): Aqeel Khan beat Heera Ashiq 6-2, 6-4, Nomi Qamar beat Sadan Ul Haq 6-2, 6-1, Yasir Khan beat Taimoor Mehmood 6-0, 6-3, Shahid Afridi beat M. Waqas Malak 7-5, 6-3.
Ladies singles (round-1): Maryam Habib beat Anila Bibi 6-4, 6-4, Anoosha Aslam beat Irum Amanat 6-0, 6-0, Iman Qureshi beat Saima Rehman 6-0, 6-0, Rida Khalid beat aryal Asfar 6-0, 6-0, Maheen Dada beat Sadia Rafaqat 7-6(3), 6-2, Marium Darakshan beat Raymal Mumtaz 6-2, 6-3.
Boys U-18 singles (round-1): Samir Iftikhar beat Wasil Kaleem 6-3, 6-2, Usman Rafiq beat Nameer Shamsi 6-1, 6-4, Kashan Ul Haq beat Malik Abdul Rehman 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, M Abid beat Ali Muraad 6-1, 6-0, Faizan Khurram beat Hassan Tariq 6-2, 6-3, Sadan Ul Haq beat Arham Atiq Khan 6-2, 6-0, Jibran ul Haq beat Ahmed Ch 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, Heera Ashiq beat Noman Ahmed 6-1, 6-3.
Boys U-14 singles (round-1): M Muzamil w/o M Ahmed, Noman Ahmed w/o M Rathor, Hamza Bin Asif beat Nomayl Zaid 4-2, 2-4, 5-4, M Mudasir beat Talha Bin Asif 4-2, 4-2, Abdal Haider w/o Zeeshan Ahmed, Nofil Kaleem beat Aman Atiq Khan 4-0, 4-2, Talah Zubair beat Mouiz Malik 4-1, 4-1, Afnan Hassan beat Hashim Khan 4-1, 4-1, Marib Malik w/o Mamoon Arshad, Talal Almas beat Ali Talib 4-1, 4-2, Hamza Mazhar beat Hasnain 4-1, 5-4, Arham Atiq Khan beat Usama Waheed 4-2, 4-2, Uzair Abdul Qadir beat M Ali 4-1, 4-2.
Boys U-12 (round-1): M Muzamil beat M Ali 5-4, 4-1, Azhar beat Rustam Qureshi 4-1, 4-1, Aman Atiq beat Moiz 4-0, 5-4, Marib beat Arbab Ali 4-1, 5-4.
