Ex Davis Cupper Hamid dumps Shehzad in National Clay Court tennis
By Ashgar Ali Mubarak

ISLAMABAD—Retired Davis Cupper Hamidul Haq showed his inherent strength when he knocked out fifth seed youngster Shehzad Khan in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 as 30 matches were decided on the second day of Arif Habib Subh-e-Nau National Clay Court Tennis Championships at Islamabad Club on Tuesday.
Besides Hamid, the other upset of the day was pulled off by Omer Baber who beat sixth seed Inam Gul of Peshawar 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. The formal opening ceremony was performed on Tuesday with President Pakistan Tennis Federation, Sen. Syed Dilawar Abbas, and Ms. Jacquie Collins of Canadian Embassy being the guests of honour on this occasion.
Following are the second day results:-Men’s Singles Main draw first round matches:Shahid Khan beat Abid Ali 6-3,4-6,6-1 Shahid Afridi beat SulemanJunaid 4-6,6-0,6-4
M. Shafiq beat Taimor Mehmood 7-6(4),6-2 Ikran ul Haq beat Fahad Ali 3-6,6-4,7-6(5) Rashid Malik beat Nouman ul Haq 6-0,6-1 Umair Qayum beat Hira Ashiq 6-4,6-4
Jalil Khan beat Nouman Yahya 6-1,6-4
Men’s Singles Main draw Pre-Quarter finals Hamid ul Haq beat Shahzad Khan 6-2,6-4 Omer Babar beat Inam Gul 2-6,6-4,6-4 Asim Shafik w/o Wasif Cheema Men’s Doubles first round matches Omer Babar/Khurram Nazir beat Nouman Yahya/Umair Qayum 6-3,7-6(9) Hamid ul Haq/Rashid Malik beat Inam Gul/Mehmood Khan 6-3,6-4 Ikram ul Haq/Asi Raja beat Khursheed Zaman/Imran Sajjid 6-0,6-0 Wakeel Khan/Mubashir Afridi w/o Wasif Cheema/Shahid Khan Yasir Khan/Tanveer Ashiq beat Muhammad Shafiq/Nomi Qamar 3-6,6-3,6-2 Suleman Junaid/Taimor Mehmood beat Shahid Afridi/Shahzad PAF 4-6,7-5,6-1
Boys U-17 singles Pre-Quarter finals: Tanveer Ashiq beat Khursheed Abbasi 6-4,6-4 M. Ahmed Aslam beat M. Omer Waqas 6-0,6-0 Fahad Ali beat Khurram Nazir 7-5,6-4 Abbas Raza beat Usama Itazaz 6-3,6-2 Abid Ali beat Ahmed Ch. 6-2,6-2 Yasir Khan beat Sadan ul Haq 6-2,6-1 S. Zohair Raza beat Hamza Pataudi 6-1,6-2 Omer Babar beat Taimor Ali Khan 6-2,6-1
Boys U-13 Singles first round matches:- Aqil Khan beat Zahid Ajam 8-5 Kashan ul Haq w/o Ali Omer Hayat Umair Saeed beat Shahzaid 8-1 Hamza Pataudi beat Salaar Ahmed 8-0 Faizan Khurram beat Ahmed Ch. 8-3 Sajjid Khan beat Farhan Shahid 9-8(6)
The matches of Men’s Singles pre-quarter finals will be played at 9.30 a.m. Wednesday. Ladies first round will start at 10:30. a.m. Men’s doubles will be held at 12. 30 p.m. while Girls U-17 will start at 2.30 p.m.and boys U-13 at 3.15 p.m.