Subh-e-Nau Hard Court Tennis: Aqeel, Asim reached quarters
Natasha, Saba, Mehak qualify for next round

Karachi- July 7, 2008: Natasha Afridi, Saba Aziz and Mehak Khokhar reached next round of Ladies’ Singles of Subh-e-Nau National Hard Court Tennis Tournament. All top female stars shown great enthusiasm to qualify for next round in matches played on late Sunday here at Modern Club Tennis Courts. Aroosa Ahmed gave tough time to her opponent Uzma Ansari before losing the thriller.

Aqeel Khan, Asim Shafique, Nomi Qamar, Jalil khan, Yasir Khan and Tanvir Ashiq registered comprehensive victories against their opponents to reach quarterfinals of men’s singles category on Monday. Usman Ejaz was unlucky against Faizan Khurram, besides his attractive strokes.

On the other hand, S. Zohair Raza, AdilKohari, Faizan Khurram, Abdul Rehman, Omer Shahid, Faraz Ashraf and Heera Ashiq were the lucky ones to move to quarterfinals of Boys’ Singles category. Talha Saeed came back strongly against Sunny Williams after losing first set. He was victorious by 2-1.

Nomi Qamar defeated his opponents along with his partner Asad Ali Bhaghat in men’s doubles’ category comprehensively. The other pair who reached next round of the said category was Saad Baloach and Raffi Darbari.

Quarterfinals are scheduled to play on Tuesday, while finals will be played on Thursday followed by another National Tennis Tournament.
Results (Late Sunday)
Ladies Singles
First round
Saba Aziz beat Shahida Kauser 6-0, 6-1
Uzma Ansari beat Aroosa Ahmed, 6-2, 4-6, 6-0
Natasha Afridi beat Mehraeen Dada 6-0, 6-0
Mehak Khokhar beat Rija Sani 6-1, 6-0

(Monday)
Men’s singles
Second Round Matches.
Aqeel Khan beat Zia Hai 6-2,6-3
Faizan Khurram beat Usman Ijaz 7-5,6-2
Jalil Khan beat M. Naseem 6-1,6-0
Abid Ali Akbar beat Amir Ali Khan 6-2,6-3
Tanveer Ashiq beat M. Naeem 6-2,6-1
Nomi Qamar beat Taimur Mehmood 6-4,6-2
Yasir Khan beat Danish Ahmed 6-4, 7-5
Asim Shafik beat S. Zohair Raza 6-3,6-0

Boys Singles
2nd round matches
S. Zohair Raza beat Noor Ul Rehman 6-1,6-0
Adil Kohari beat Yahya Isa 6-4,6-1
Faizan Khurram beat Rehmat Ali 6-3,6-1
Abdul Rehman beat Zubair Gul 6-1,6-3
Omer Shahid beat Farhan Ashraf 6-1,6-2
Faraz Ashraf beat M. Hamza 6-0,6-0
Talha Saeed beat Sunny William 1-6,6-4,6-3
Heera Ashiq beat Salman Ahmed 6-3,6-2

Men’s Doubles
First round
Saad Balooch / Rafi Darbari beta Abdul Majid / Robin Das 6-3,6-2
Nomi Qamar / Asad Ali Bhaghat beat Muhammad Naseem / Abdul Saeed 6-3,6-2