22 matches decided in Federal Cup tennis

ISLAMABAD—Some 22 matches were decided on the opening day of qualifying round of 22nd Federal Cup Tennis Championships at Islamabad Club clay courts on Monday.
The MCB-sponsored event was formally inaugurated by the President Islamabad Tennis Association (ITA) Syed Hasan Iqtidar Shah. The matches of qualifying rounds of Men’s singles, Boys’ Under-17 Singles and Boys’ Under-13 Singles (Main Round) were played on the opening day as national players turned towards Federal Capital on the conclusion of National Grass Court Championships in Lahore. Addressing the opening ceremony, ITA president Syed Hassan Iqtidar Shah said his organization was striving for the success of the tournament. The secretary ITA Muhammad Khalil, Tournament Referee Muhammad Arif Qureshi, Referee and other officials were also present at the opening ceremony. The detail results of the matches are: Men’s Singles Qualifying (1st Round:) Raja Taimour Nadeem bt M.Waqas Shabir 4-0 4-0, Pervaiz Khan bt Taimur Khan 4-0 4-1, Usman Ijaz bt S.Abbas Raza 5-3 4-1, Shahzad (PAF) bt Imran Maqbool 4-0 4-1 (2nd Round) Muteeb Pasha bt Usma Waheed 4-1 4-0, Saeed-ul-Haq bt Malik A.Rahman 4-1 4-2 Abid Ali w/o Faisal Mir, Nouman-ul-Haq bt Raja Taimur Nadeem 4-1 4-0, M.Azeem Khan bt Talha Waheed 4-0 4-1, Heera Ashiq w/o Faheem Siddiqui Pervaiz Khan bt Usman Ijaz 5-3 4-2, Shahzad (PAF) w/o Waheed Anwar Boys’ U-17 Singles Qualifying: Jibran-ul-Haq bt Umair Tajmul 4-0 4-0, Ahmed Abdullah Khan w/o Ahmed Babar Haider Ali w/o Osama Waheed, Malik Abdul Rehman w/o Usama Atizaz, Saad Bin Rehan bt Haris Ashraf 4-0 4-0, Imran Maqbool bt Atif 4-0 4-2, Asif Raja bt Zahid Ajum 4-0 4-1, Boys’ Under-13 Singles Main Draw: Kashan-ul-Haq bt Akber Khan Ghori 4-0 5-3, Asadullah Khan bt Uzair Shahzad 4-0 4-0, Saif Ali Khan bt Umer Saeed 4-0 5-4.—Agencies