ISLAMABAD, Oct 14 Waqas Malik created an upset, upstaging Tanveer Ashiq on the second day of the Sub-e-Nau National Clay Court Tennis Championship played at the PTF courts, on Wednesday.

Tanveer, put up some resistance against the young player in both sets however it was not enough and Waqas won the contest 6-3, 6-4.

Top seed Aqeel Khan moved into the next round after getting a walk over against Nouman-ul-Haq.

Other players who reached the next round include Jalil Khan, Yasir Khan, Rashid Mali, Hameedulhaq and Muneer Ashiq.

In the boys junior U-17, hard court championship Heera Ashiq defeated Saad Aijaz 6-1 and 6-1. Saadan-ul-Haq, Malik Abdul Rehman and Jibran-ul-Haq were also among others to qualify for next round.

Results

Boys U-17

Second round Samir Iftikhar bt Imad Amir 6-0, 6-0; Malik Abdul Rehman bt Ahmed Durrani 6-1, 6-1; Jibran-ul-Haq bt Shehryar Ahmed 6-2, 6-3; Usman Rafique bt Umair Khan 6-0, 6-1; Ahmed Babar bt Asad Mahmood 6-1, 6-1; Asjad Aitezaz bt Khyber Shah 6-3, 6-2; Sadan-ul-Haq bt Aqil Khan 6-2, 6-4; Heera Ashiq bt Saad Aijaz 6-1, 6-1; Sajid Ali bt Shaffan Naeem 6-0, 6-1.

Mens' singles

Second round Aqeel Khan w/o Nouman-ul-Haq; Usman Ejaz bt Abbas Raza 6-3, 6-3; Rashid Malik bt Kamran Khalil 6-2, 6-4; Khurram Nazir bt Basit Gabol 6-3, 6-3; Omar Babar bt Zohair Raza 7-5, 6-1; Jahnazeb bt Hasan Riaz 6-3, 6-3; Asim Shafique bt Samir Iftikhar 6-1, 6-2; Waqas Malik bt Tanveer Ashiq 6-3, 6-4; Muneer Ashiq bt Zain Abbas 6-4, 6-0; Heera Ashiq bt Haseeb Yaqoob 6-1, 6-1; Hameed-ul-Haq bt Sadan-ul-Haq 6-4, 7-5; Asjad Aitezaza bt Fahad Masood 7-5, 6-3; Yasir Khan bt Umair Khan 6-4, 6-4; Danish Ahmed bt M. Abid 6-2, 4-6, 6-2; Jalil Khan bt Adil Kohari 6-1, 6-1.

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