Arif Habib Subh-e-Nau National Clay Court Tennis
Championship 2006
November 2, 2006
Press Release
Aqeel Khan, Tanveer Ashiq, Jalil Khan and Asim Shafik
moved into the semi finals by beating their respective opponents in
the Arif Habib Subh-e-Nau National Clay Court Tennis Championships 2006
at Islamabad Club – Islamabad .
Top Aqeel Khan proved to good for M. Shafiq and eliminated him in straight
set 6-3,6-1. Tanveer Ashiq a upcoming player out played Davis Cup captain
Rashid Malik in a well contested three set match. Jalil Khan beat former
Davis Cupper Hamid ul Haq in a three set match 3-6,6-0,6-1. 2nd seed
Asim Shfik was in excellent form and won his encounter against Omer
Babar without conceding a single game in both sets 6-0,6-0.
Tanveer Ashiq and Yasir Khan advanced into the Boys U17 finals by winning
their respective matches.
Aqeel Khan / Jalil Khan will face Asim Shafik / Shahzad Khan in the
men’s doubles semifinals when they eliminated their respective
opponents in straights set in the semifinals.
Sarah Mahboob and Aamena Hamid qualified for the girls U-17 finals.
Both the players struggled hard to win their semifinals in a well contested
two set matches.
Sarah Mahboob, Aamena Hamid, Anoosha Aslam and Natasha Afridi also booked
their position in the semifinals in the Ladies singles semifinals by
winning their quarterfinals in straight sets.
In the boys U-13 category S. Zohair Raza and Jibran ul Haq advanced
into the final.
Following are the results:-
Men’s Singles Main draw Quarterfinals:
Aqeel Khan beat M. Shafiq 6-3,6-1 Tanveer Ashiq beat Rashid Malik 6-4,1-6,6-3
Jalil Khan beat Hamid ul Haq 3-6,6-0,6-1 Asim Shafik beat Omer Babar
6-0,6-0
Men’s Doubles semifinal:
Aqeel Khan / Jalil Khan beat Hamid ul Haq / Rashid Malik 6-1,6-0
Asim Shafik / Shahzad Khan beat Yasir Khan / Tanveer Ashiq 6-2,6-0
Ladies Singles Quarter finals:
Sarah Mahboob beat Ushna Sohail 6-0,6-1 Aamena Hamid beat Saba Aziz
6-4,6-1
Anoosha Aslam beat Zahra Omer 6-1,6-0 Natasha Afridi beat Meheq Khokhar
6-0,6-1
Boys U-17 singles Semifinals:
Tanveer Ashiq beat Fahad Ali 7-5,6-4 Yasir Khan beat Omer Babar 5-7,6-4,6-4
Girls U-17 singles semifinals:-
Sarah Mahboob beat Natasha Afridi 6-4,7-6(6) Aamena Hamid beat Anoosha
Aslam 6-3,7-5
Boys U-13 Singles semifinals:-
S. Zohair Raza beat Kashan ul Haq 5-4,4-1 Jibran ul Haq beat
Hamza Pataudi 1-4,4-1,4-2
Mixed Doubles Semifinals:
Nomi Qamar / Qurat ul Ain beat Muhammad Shafiq / Saba Aziz
6-4
The matches of Men’s Singles semifinals, Ladies Singles semifinals
will be played tomorrow at 9:30 . while Boys U-17 final, Men’s
doubles final, Girls U-17 final and boys U-13 final will be played at
3:00 pm .
Shahzad Akhtar Alvi
Tournament Referee