Aqeel, Nomi, Asim and Jalil move into the quarterfinals
Subh-e-Nau National Bank National Clay Court Tennis Championship 2007

ISLAMABAD, November 29: Besides, top seed Aqeel Khan, Nomi Qamar, Asim Shafiq, Jalil Khan, Tenveer Ashiq, Inam Gul and Yasir Khan moved into the quarterfinals of men’s single event of the Sube-e- Nau-National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) National Clay Court Tournament here at Islamabad on Thursday.
Top seed Aqeel Khan ousted Hassan Saeed in straight sets 2-1 in a single sided affair while second seed Nomi Qamar outplayed Taimoor Mahmood 2-0 in the same style at 6-4 and 6-1. The match between Asim Skafik and Hamid ul Haq saw a close contest, as an injury enforced former Davice Cupper Hamaid Ul Haq to leave the court. The match was leveled 1-1 sets and third set score was also leveled at 5-5. The final score-line was 6-7, 7-6 and 5-5.
However, in the ladies single fixtures, Sara Mansoor had to work hard to overcome Mehvish Chjshtie after two sets tough encounter to jump into the semi-final of women’s single event. The first set in ended at tie break at 7-5. Both players displayed quality game and played some powerful strokes from the base-line. The second set went up 3-3 each but at this stage Sara did well and finished the match in style by holding her two games and breaking one of her opponent.
The quarterfinals of the men’s single event and semi-finals of women’s singles, Boys’ Under-17 and Under-13 will be played on Friday (today) at the same venue.

Results Day – 4
Men’s Singles (Pre-Quarter Finals)
Aqeel Khan beat Hassan Saeed-6-1, 6-0
Tanveer Ashiq beat M.Usman Ejaz-6-1, 6-4
Nomi Qamar beat Taimoor Mahmood- 6-4, 6-1
M.Shafik beat Saeed-ul-Haq 6-1, 6-3
Inam Gul beat Hidayatullah-6-1, 6-1
Asim Shafik beat Hamid-ul-Haq-6-7, 7-6, 5-5 (Hamid Retired)
Yasir Khan beat Shahzad PAF-6-7(3), 6-1, 6-2
Jalil Khan beat Jehanzeb Khan - 6-1, 6-4
Men’s doubles (Quarter Finals):
Aqeel Khan & Jalil Khan beat Irfanullah & Hidayatullah- 6-2, 6-1
Inam Gul & Shahzad PAF beat Munir Ashiq & Ahmed Aslam-6-3, 6-4
Nomi Qamar & M.Shafik beat Taimoor Mehmood & Abid Ali-6-4, 6-4
Asim Shafik & Jibran Muhammadi beat Yasir Khan & Tanveer Ashiq -6-2,6-4
Boys’ Junior Under-17 (Quarter Finals):
M. Ahmed Aslam beat Hamza Pataudi- 6-0, 6-1
M.Waqas Malik beat Sadan-ul-Haq-6-3, 5-7,6-2
Fahad Ali beat Faizan Khurram-6-2, 7-5
Abid Ali beat Saad Mobarik 6-3, 6-1
Boys’ Under- 13 (Quarter Final)
Kashan-ul-Haq beat Hassan Ahmad-4-0, 4-0
Salman Bin Saleem beat Jamal Khan-5-3, 5-3
Nameer Shamsi beat Malik Shamsher-4-0, 4-0
Adil Kohari beat Noafil Kaleem 4-2, 4-2
Ladies singles (Quarter Finals):
Ushna Sohail beat Shahida Kauser-6-1, 6-0
Anosha Aslam beat Saba Aziz-6-1, 7-5
Qurrat-ul-Ain beat Mehak Khokhar-7-5, 6-4
Sara Mansoor beat Mahvish Chishtie-7-5, 6-3