BIPIN DANI Shane Warne's funeral will take place in Melbourne, Australia, according to his manager James Ereskine.  The 52-year-old legendary spinner passed (suspected due to the heart-attack) away in Thailand.  Speaking from Sydney, the  manager informs : "Warne along with his four friends went to Thailand (from Melbourne) on Wednesday. He was not on any cricketing assignments but on a holiday. One among the four is there is our office staff".  "The dead-body will be brought to Australia for his final rites. It may take a few more days as the High Commissioner's office is also involved in the process".    With Warne's exit, Muthiah Muralitharan has lost his cricket-partner.  "It (the age of 52) is not the age for any cricketer to leave", Muthiah Muralitharan, speaking exclusively to this reporter, said over the telephone.  "It is very shocking news and very hard to digest. We can't believe it. He was a legendary cricketer. We both played in the same era. The world of cricket fraternity will miss him. It is a big loss to the game. All his fans will miss him", Murali added.  Warne was the second highest Test wicket taker (708) after Murali's 800.  The series between Sri Lanka and Australia is played for the Warne-Muralitharan trophy.  "It is a very black day in international cricket when two great players-Rod Marsh and Warne passed away on the same day.  It will not be surprising if the players of both teams or at least the Sri Lanka's  wear a black armband on the second day of the ongoing Mohali Test on Saturday.   

Abdul Jabbar Faisal RAWALPINDI:-Pakistan have declared their first innings at 476 for 4 with the lion share of Azhar Ali with 185 runs innings at tea at Pindi Cricket Stadium Rawalpindi on Saturday. Australia were 5 without losing any wicket when umpires decided to call off the day-2 game owing to bad light, as 14 overs game wasted of the day. Day-1 First Session: (105 for 1 in 35 overs, Iman-ul-Haq 57 not out & Azhar Ali 0 not out) Second Session: (171 for 1 in 56 overs, Imam-ul-Hq 92 not out & Azhar Ali 30 not out) Third Session (245 for 1 in 90 overs, Imam-ul-Haq 132 not out, Azhar Ali 64 not out, Lyon 1 for 87) Day-2 First Session: 302 for 1 in 115 overs (Imam-ul-Haq154 not out, Azhar Ali 96 not out, Nathin Lyon 1 for 106) Second Session: 394 for 2 in 142 overs (Imam-ul-Haq 157, Azhar Ali 151 not out, Babar Azam 33 not out Third Session: Pakistan 476 for 4 declare (Azhar Ali 185, Rizwan 46 and Babar Azam 36) Pakistan Batting (476 for 4 in 162 overs): Abdullah Shafique (c Cummins b Lyon) 44-105 Imam-ul-Haq (lbw b Cummins) 157-358 Azhar Ali (c Green b Labuschagne) 185-361 Babar Azam (run out-Labuschagne) 36-82 Mohammad Rizwan 29 not out- 46 Iftikhar Ahmed                 13 not out-21 Extras   (b 4, lb 7, No, Balls1)-12 TOTAL: 476/4 in 162 overs            Did not bat: Fawad Alam, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah Fall of wickets: 1-105 (Abdullah Shafique, 33.6 overs), 2-313 (Imam-ul-Haq, 120.5 overs), 3-414 (Babar Azam, 147.1 overs), 4-442 (Azhar Ali, 155.4 overs) Australia Bowling: Nathan Lyon (1 for 161), Pat Cummins (1 for 62), Marnus Labuschagne (1 for 53) Australia Batting: 5 for 0 in 1 over Usman Khawaja (5 not out), David Warner (0 not out) Pakistan Playing XI: Babar Azam (captain), Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Iftikhar Ahmed, Noman Ali, Sajid Sajid Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah Australia Playing XI: Pat Cummins (captain), Usman Kawaja, David Warner, Marnus Laboschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameroon Green, Alex Cary (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Nathin Lyon, Josh Hazlewood Match officials: Aleem Dar and Ahsan Raza (on-field), Asif Yaqoob (third umpire), Rashid Riaz (fourth umpire), Ranjan Madugalle (match referee) Officials Scorers: Shakil Ahmed, Fazal-e-Azeem (field) Adnan Farooq(press gallery).  

Abdul Jabbar Faisal ISLAMABAD:-Pakistan number one Aqeel Khan overcame Laurynas Grigelis 2-1 in the opening fixture of the Davis Cup Tennis Tie World Group-1 play-off  at the at the gross court of Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) in the premises of Pakistan Sports Complex on Friday. Mohammad Shaoib lost to Ricardas Berankis 1-2 after a well contested three set competition. In the first match of the day, Aqeel Khan defeated Laurynas of Lithuania 2-1 after fighting 1 hour and 47 minutes in the court. Aqeel won the first set on tiebreak, as both players held their serves. Aqeel lost the second set at 3-6, hwoever, he fought back excellently and won the third and final set at 6-3. The match wasted one hour and 47 minutes. Later, in the second single, Mohammad Shoaib displayed excellent skill of the game but could not finish in the favour of Pakistan. His opponent guy did well in the second set to bounce back in the match. Davis Cup Tennis Tie leveled at 1-1. Results: Aqeel Khan (Pakistan) beat Laurynas Grigelis (Lithuania) 2-1 (7-6, 3-6, 6-3) 1 hour & 14 minutes Berankis Ricards (Lithuania) beat Mohammad Shoaib (Pakistan) 2-1 (6-4, 7-6, 6-4) 2 hours & 23 minutes

Sports Bulletin Report LAHORE:-Bilal Asim and Hamid Israr reached in the final of 3rd Tennis Lovers Junior National Tennis Championship continued at Punjab Tennis Academy Bagh-e-Jinnah Lahore on Friday.  Results: Boys U-18 semifinals: Bilal Asim beat Asad Zaman 6-2, 6-2 Hamid Israr beat Ali Jawad 6-1, 6-0 Boys U-14 Quarter Finals: Ahtesham Humayun beat Orhan Sohail 6-0,6-0 Nadir Reza Mirza beat Ameer Mizari 6-4,6-3 Abdur Rehman beat Muhammad Sohaan Noor 6-4,6-3 Boys U-16 Semifinals: Bilal Asim beat Hamid Israr 6-2,6-1 Asad Zaman beat Ahtesham Humayun 6-3,6-1 Boys / Girls U-12 Quarter Finals: Zohaib Afzal Malik beat Taha Asad 4-0,4-0 Omer Jawad beat M.Shayan Afridi 4-1,4-1 Boys / Girls U-10 Musa Dawood Baig beat Sized Siraj 4-2,4-2 Girls U-18 Quarter Finals: Ashtafila Arif beat Laiba Iqbal Khan 6-0,6-3

Ali Ahmed LAHORE:-Pakistan number one lad Murad Ali (KP), defending champion Mohammad Ali Larosh (Wapda) , Muqeet Tahir (Wapda) and Irfan Saeed (Wapda) reached in the semi finals of the men singles event of 59th National Badminton Championship 2022 at DHA Hall Lahore on Friday. Defending champion & ranking no. 1 Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda), Alja Tariq (Balochistan), Palwasha Bashir (Sindh) and Ghazala Siddique (Wapda) qualified for the semi finals of the women singles event. In the women doubles Mahoor Shahzad & Ghazala Siddique (Wapda), Alja Tariq (Balochistan) & Sumiya Tariq (Army), Khizra Rasheed & Mehmoona (Wapda) and Saima Waqas (Wapda) & Palwasha Bashir (Sindh) reached in the semi finals. Results (Day-4): Men’s Singles (Quarter Finals): Murad Ali (KP) beat Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) by 21-10, 20-22, 21-19 Mohammad Ali Larosh (Wapda) beat Anjum Bashir (New Khan) by 18-21, 21-14, 21-18 Muqeet Tahir (Wapda) beat Raja Hasnain (New Khan) 21-13, 21-19 Irfan Saeed (Wapda) beat Raja Zulqarnain (Wapda) by 14-21, 21-19, 21-12 Women’s Single (Quarter Finals): Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda) beat Amal Muneeb (Punjab) by 21-7, 21-8 Alja Tariq (Balochistan) beat Bushra Qayum (Wapda) by 21-13, 8-3 (Retired hurt) Palwasha Bashir (Sindh) beat Ammarah Ishtiaq (Sindh) by 21-11, 21-11 Ghazala Siddique (Wapda) beat Sehra Akram (Wapda) by 19-21, 21-11, 21-10 Women’s Doubles (Quarter Finals): Mahoor Shahzad & Ghazala Siddique (Wapda) beat Aqsa Zikriya (SNGPL) & Sidra Irfan (Wapda) by 21-6, 21-5 Alja Tariq (Balochistan) & Sumiya Tariq (Army) beat Huma Javeed & Sehra Akram (Wapda) by 21-14, 21-14 Khizra Rasheed & Mehmoona (Wapda) beat Ammarah & Rosheen (Sindh) by 21-18, 21-13 Saima Waqas (Wapda) & Palwasha Bashir (Sindh) beat Hadia Ashfaq & Quratulain (HEC) by 22-20, 21-6 Men’s Doubles (Quarter Finals): Yasir Ali & Abuzar Rasheed (HEC) beat Awais Zahid & M Ali Larosh (Wapda) by 21-19, 18-21, 22-20 Azeem Sarwar (Wapad) & Murad Ali (KP) beat Muqeet Tahir (Wapda) & Kashif Sulehri (PB) by 21-9, 19-21, 21-14 Irfan Saeed & Zunain Javed (Wapda) beat Anjum Bashir (New Khan) & Hashir Bashir (Wapda) 21-11, 21-12 Raja Hasnain (New Khan) & Raja Zulqarnain (Wapda) beat Amir Saeed & Atiq Ch. (Wapda) by 21-14, 19-21, 21-15.

Abdullah Asjad ISLAMABAD:- Mohammad Ashab Irfan, Mohammad Hanif , Nouman Khan and Mehmood Mehboob have won their matches in the Under-19 Event of the PSF National Junior Squash Circuit-1 Tournament at Mushaf Squash Complex Islamabad on Friday. Results: Boys’ Under-11: Huzaifa Shahid (Sindh) bt Sohail Adnan (Pb) 3-0, Harmas Raja (Pb) bt Haseeb Ali (Pb) 3-0, Syed M Hussain (Pb) bt Malik Mohammad (PAF) 3-1, Qasim Yar (Pb) bt Umar Afzal (Pb) 3-1, Mamoon (PAF) bt Haseeb Khan (Sindh) 3-0, M Faizan (Pb) bt Syed Zain Ali (Pb) 3-0, Hassan Muhammad (Pb) bt M Mustafa Khan (Pb) 3-1 and M Fawad (KP) bt Syed Yoza Ahmed (Sindh) 3-0. Boys’ Under-13 Nouman Khan (PAF) bt Haris Khalil (Sindh) 3-0, Arslan Farman (KP) bt Danish Sikandar (KP) 3-1, Shahzeb (PAF) bt Syed Savi (Sindh) 3-0, Ahmed Khalil (PAF) bt Saifullah Bahadur (PAF) 3-0, Abdullah Zaman (PAF) bt Sufyan Shahid (Pb) 3-0, Amir Adnan (Pb) bt Ayan Mansoor (Pb) 3-0, Ali Bakhshish (KP) bt Rayan Banadur (PAF) 3-0 and Rehan Alamgir (PAF) bt Abdul Ahad (Sindh) 3-2. Boys’ Under-15: Abdul Basit (Sindh) bt Rana Zohaib (Pb) 3-0, Mustafa Irfan (PAF) bt Hassan Fahim (PAF) 3-0, Ubaid Ullah (KP) bt Abdullah Arslan (Pb) 3-0, Azaan Ali (Army) bt Raja Sikandar (Pb) 3-0, Umair Arif (KP) bt Mohammad Raza (KP) 3-0, Mubeen Khan (PAF) bt Zohaib Khan (Sindh) 3-0, Ibrahim Zeb (PAF) bt Rayan Mohib (Army) 3-2 and Usman Tahir (Pb) bt M Hamza Khan (PAF) 3-0. Boys’ Under-17: Yasin Khaattak (KP) bt Zuraiz Naeem (Pb) 3-0, Abdullah Nawaz (PAF) bt Kaleem Ullah (Pb) 3-0, Moeen Ud Din (Pb) bt Talha Bin Zubair (Pb) 3-2, Mohammad Zaman (SNGPL) bt Shehryar Saleem (Pb) 3-0, Zain Anwar (Pb) bt Ibrahim Mohib (Army) 3-0, Yashwa Yousaf (Pb) bt Kumail Tariq (Pb) 3-1, Abdullah Nadeem (Pb) bt Umar Arshad (Pb) 3-0 and Huraira Khan (PAF) bt M Azaan Khalil (PAF) 3-0. Boys’ Under-19: Mohammad Ashab Irfan (Pb) bt M Arslan (Pb) 3-0, Mohammad Hanif (KP) bt Khaqan Malik (Pb) 3-2, Nouman Khan (KP) bt M Shoaib (KP) 3-0, Mehmood Mehboob (Pb) bt Fahad Sharif (KP) 3-1, Usman Nadeem Butt (Pb) bt Talha Saeed (Sindh) 3-0, Syed Anas Bukhari (Pb) bt Asher Butt (Pb) 3-0, Fawad Hussain (KP) bt Ahad Shaukat (Pb) 3-0 and Mohammad Ammad (PAF) bt Anas Khan (Navy) 3-0. Girls’ Under-19: Hafsa Yousaf (KP) got Walk Over against Hira Aqeel, Mariam Malik (Sindh) bt Mahnoor Ali (KP) 3-0, Aina Sheikh (Sindh) bt Zarlish Safdar (KP) 1-0 (Retd), Maira Hussain (KP) bt Sehrish Ali (KP) 3-0, Minahil Aqeel (KP) bt Luiza Aftab (PAF) 3-0, Mehwish Ali (KP) bt Husna Khan (KP) 3-0, Wajeeha Altaf (KP) bt Sunzil Safdar (KP) 3-1 and Sana Bahadur (KP) bt Amna Malik (Sindh) 3-2.

Abdul Jabbar Faisal RAWALPINDI:-Left-handed open batter, Imam-ul-Haq played a composed innings of 132 runs that helped Green Shirts to end the day-1 game with full command against Australia at 245 for 1 in 90 overs at Pindi Cricket Stadium Rawalpindi on Friday. Skipper Babar Azam decided to bat first after winning the toss, as Pakistani batter show excellent batting skills against an experienced bowling attack. Imam hit 15 fours during in 271 balls innings was the most valuable contribution in the Pakistan’s total. Australian captain Pat Cummins used his eight bowler to break the partnership of the second wicket in which Imam and Azhar aggregated 140 runs. Pakistan will resume their first inning on Saturday morning at the same venue. Imam 132 and Azhar 64 were not out at the close of play day-1.   Summarized Score Card (day-1): Pakistan Batting: 145 for 1 in 90 overs Iman-ul-Haq 132 not out (271 balls, 4X15, 6X2), Azhar Ali 64 not out (165 balls, 4X4, 6X1)), Abdullah Shafiq 44 runs (105 balls, 4X3, 6X1) Australia Bowling: Natin Lyon (31-4-87-1) Pakistan Playing XI: Babar Azam (captain), Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Iftikhar Ahmed, Noman Ali, Sajid Sajid Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah Australia Playing XI: Pat Cummins (captain), Usman Kawaja, David Warner, Marnus Laboschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameroon Green, Alex Cary (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Nathin Lyon, Josh Hazlewood Match officials: Aleem Dar and Ahsan Raza (on-field), Asif Yaqoob (third umpire), Rashid Riaz (fourth umpire), Ranjan Madugalle (match referee) Day-1 First Session: (105 for 1 in 35 overs, Iman-ul-Haq 57 not out & Azhar Ali 0 not out) Second Session: (171 for 1 in 56 overs, Imam-ul-Hq 92 not out & Azhar Ali 30 not out) Third Session (245 for 1 in 90 overs, Imam-ul-Haq 132 not out, Azhar Ali 64 not out, Lyon 1 for 87).

Bipin Dani Former Windies opener Gordon Greenidge has advised Virat Kohli to take away his mind from his landmark Test (100th) and instead, focus more on every delivery that he would face against Sri Lankan bowlers in the first Mohali Test beginning on Friday.  Sir Gordon Greenidge is one among the nine players (Colin Cowdrey, Javed Miandad, Alec Stewart, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, Joe Root and Ricky Ponting, Ponting has done so in both the innings) who have registered a hundred in their 100th Test match.  Wishing Kohli (through this Reporter over the telephone from Barbados) to score a hundred in his 100th Test match, he said, "I would like to offer my best wishes to Virat on this special moment and most excellent opportunity for this great game. Getting to that special moment should be no more than the other centuries in the past". "My advice to you is just bat and it will come. Just focus on staying in the middle and that special moment will come. I am confident you can do this. Should your dream challenge your mind just take a moment after every ball and refocus on the next delivery. Best of luck to you". Sri Lanka's former captain Arjuna Ranatunga has also wished Kohli for this historic Test and at the same time has recommended Sri Lankan bowlers to be more committed rather than spoiling Kohli's party. "Kohli is a phenomenal player. He has lot to offer. My advice to the bowlers is to concentrate more on line and length, the wickets would come", he said.

Abdullah Asjad ISLAMABAD:-National Junior Squash Tournament started at Mushaf Squash Complex under the banner of Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) at Islamabad. Boys’ U-11, 13, 15, 17 & U-19 along with Girls U-19 age categories competitions are the part of tournament. Results: Boys’ Under-11: Huzaifa Shahid (Sindh) got Bye, Sohail Adnan (Pb) bt Tauseef Ahmed (Pb) 3-0, Haseeb Ali (Pb) bt Abdullah Anique (PAF) 3-0, Harmas Raja (Pb) bt Ahmed Naz (KP) 3-0,  Malik Mohammad (PAF) bt Ahmed Safwan (KP) 3-1, Syed M Hussain (Pb) bt Abdul Kabeer (PAF) 3-1, Qasim Yar (Pb) bt Sampaul Victor (KP) 3-0, Umer Afzal (Pb) got Bye, Haseeb Khan (Sindh) got Bye, Mamoon (PAF) got Walk Over against Daniyal Owais (PAF), M Faizan (Pb) bt Salman Tahir (Pb) 3-0, Syed Zain Ali (Pb) bt Mohammad Essam (KP) 3-1, Mustafa Khan (Pb) bt Abdullah Khan (KP) 3-0, Hassan Muhammad (Pb) bt Ali Naz (KP) 3-1,Syed Yoza Ahmed (Sindh) bt Atif Naz (KP) 3-1 and M Fawad (KP) bot Bye.              Boys’ Under-13: Nouman Khan (PAF) got Bye, Haris Khalil (Sindh) bt Mohammad Bin Atif (Pb) 3-0, Danish Sikandar (KP) bt Kamran Khan (Pb) 3-0, Arslan Farman (KP) bt Ahmed Ali (Pb) 3-0, Shahzeb (KP) bt Abdul Mujeeb (Pb) 3-0, Syed Savi (Sindh) bt Rana Ayan (Pb) 3-0, Ahmed Khalil (KP) bt Faseeh Ur Rehman (Pb) 3-1, Saifullah Bahadur (KP) bt Mohammad Rehan (Pb) 3-1, Abdullah Zaman (PAF) bt M Ahmed Javed (Pb) 3-0, Sufyan Shahid (Pb) got Walk Over against Abdul Ahad Khan (KP), Ayan Mansoor (Pb) bt Shahnawaz Butt (Pb) 3-1, Amir Adnan (Pb) bt M Owais Jan (KP) 3-0, Rayan Bahadur (PAF) bt Ali Amir Raja (Pb) 3-0, Rehan Alamgir PAF) bt Umar Farooq Butt (Pb) 3-0 and Abdul Ahad (Sindh) got Bye. Boys’ Under-15: Abdul Basit (Sindh) bt Mohammad (KP) 3-0, Rana Zohaib (Pb) bt Haris Sheraz (Sindh) 3-0, Hassan Fahim (PAF) bt Abdullah Shahid (Sindh) 3-0, Mustafa Irfan (PAF) bt Furqan (PAF) 3-1, Ubaid Ullah (KP) bt Yashwa Yousaf (Pb) 3-0, Abdullah Arslan (Pb) bt Mohammad Arslan (Pb) 3-0, Raja Sikandar (Pb) bt Malik Asim (KP) 3-0, Azaan Ali (Army) got Walk Over against Mohammad Hammad Khan (KP), Umair Arif (KP) bt M Ali Raza (KP) 3-0, Muhammad Raza (KP) bt Arman Shah (KP) 3-0, Zohaib Khan (Sindh) bt Ibrahim Mansoor (Pb) 3-2, Mubeen Khan (PAF) bt Daniyal (Sindh) 3-0, Ibrahim Zeb (PAF) bt Hassan Ramzan (Pb) 3-0, Rayan Mohib (Army) bt Arslan Ali (Pb) 3-0, Usman Tahir (Pb) bt Hassan Fareed (KP) 3-0 and M Hamza Khan (PAF) bt Raheel (KP) 3-0. Boys’ Under-17:  Yasin Khattak (KP) bt M Babar (Pb) 3-0, Zuraiz Naeem (Pb) bt Luqman Hussain (KP) 3-0, Abdullah Nawaz (PAF) bt Hikmat Yar Khan (Pb) 3-0, Kaleem Ullah (Pb) Hassan Zahid (PAF) 3-1,Moeen Uddin (Pb) bt Ahmad Kamran (Pb) 3-0, Talha Bin Zubair (Pb) bt Hamza Shaukat (Pb) 3-0,  Shehryar Saleem (Pb) bt Mohammad Idrees (KP) 3-0, Mohammad Zaman (SNGPL) bt Adnan Zaman (Sindh) 3-0, , Zain Anwar (Pb) bt Arslan Shariq (Pb) 3-1, Ibrahim Mohib (Army) bt Saim Asif (Pb) 3-0, Kumail Tariq (Pb) bt M Huzaifa Adeel (KP) 3-0,Yashwa Yousaf (Pb) bt Talha Khan (PAF) 3-2, Umar Arshad (Pb) bt Mufariq Ali (KP) 3-0, Abdullah Nadeem (Pb) Ehsaan Ali (KP) 3-1, Huraira Khan (PAF) bt Labeeb Butt (Sindh) 3-0 and M Azaan Khalil (PAF) bt Shahzad (KP) 3-0. Boys’ Under-19: Mohammad Ashab Irfan (Pb) bt Abdullah Rasheed (Pb) 3-0, M Arslan (Pb) bt Varun Asif (Pb) 3-2, Khaqan Malik (Pb) bt Abubakar (KP) 3-0, Mohammad Hanif (KP) bt Mubashir Khan (Pb) 3-0, Nouman Khan (KP) bt Abdul Haseeb (KP) 3-0, M Shoaib (KP) bt Noor Zaman Orakzai (KP) 3-0, Fahad Sharif (KP) bt Sheraz Akbar (KP) 3-0, Mehmood Mehboob (Pb) bt Mustafa (Pb) 3-0, Usman Nadeem (Pb) bt Mutahir Ali (KP) 3-2, Talha Saeed (Sindh) bt Rohan Amjad (Sindh) 3-0, Asher Butt (Pb) bt Majid Ahmed (KP) 3-0, Fawad Hussain (KP) bt Afaq Khan (KP) 3-0, Anas Ali Shah (Pb) bt M Ahmad (Pb) 3-0, Ahad Shaukat (Pb) bt Hamza Zahid (KP) 3-2, Anas Khan (Navy) bt Jawad Ali (KP) 3-0 and Muhammad Ammad (KP) bt Hassan Paracha (Sindh) 3-0. Girls’ Under-19: Hira Aqeel (KP) got Bye, Hafsa Yousaf (KP) bt Rania Qazi (KP) 3-2, Mariam Malik (Sindh) bt Saliha Rasheed (Sindh) 3-0, Mahnoor Ali (KP) got Bye, Zarlish Safdar (KP) got Bye, Aina  Sheikh (Sindh) bt Maliha Shah (KP) 3-0, Sehrish Ali (KP) bt Ronaq Saleem (KP) 3-0, Maira Hussain (KP) got Bye, Mihanil Aqeel (KP) got Bye, Luiza Aftab (PAF) bt Iqra Shah (KP) 3-0, Husna Khan (KP) bt Syeda Sara (Sindh) 3-0, Sunzil Safdar (KP) bt Naheed Faiz (KP) 3-0, Wajeehan Altaf (KP) bt Mahnoor Fazal Kareem (KP) 3-0, Amna Malik (Sindh) bt Sameera Shahid (Sindh) 3-0 and Sana Bahadur (KP) got Bye.

Abdul Jabbar Faisal ISLAMABAD:-Pakistan number one Aqeel Khan will take on Laurynas Grigelis in the opening fixture of the Davis Cup Tennis Tie fixture, which is going to kick off from Friday between hosts Pakistan and Lithuania at the gross court of Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) in the premises of Pakistan Sports Complex. Mohammad Shaoib will meet Ricardas Berankis in the second single of the tie. However, Doubles’ event will be taken place on Saturday at the same venue. Ace tennis player Aisam-ul-Haq qureshi pairing with Mohammad Abid will play the match against visitor pair Laurynas Grigelis and Ricardas Berankis. It is important to mention that the matches will start at 1:00 pm instead of 11:00 am duo to wet surface, as there was a heavy rain spell in the twin cities Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Thursday.  Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) has finalizes all the arrangements to stage the Davis Cup Tennis Tie.