{"id":21113,"date":"2017-02-03T12:53:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T12:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/?p=21113"},"modified":"2017-02-03T12:53:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T12:53:53","slug":"aisam-aqeel-won-mens-single-at-davis-cup-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/2017\/02\/aisam-aqeel-won-mens-single-at-davis-cup-tie\/","title":{"rendered":"Aisam, Aqeel won men\u2019s single at Davis Cup tie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 696px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-21113-1\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/x-flv\" src=\"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Davis-Cup-matches-03-02-2017.flv?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Davis-Cup-matches-03-02-2017.flv\">http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Davis-Cup-matches-03-02-2017.flv<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>ISLAMABAD, Feb 3 (APP): After twelve years long wait Pakistan hosts the first round of \u201cDavis Cup\u201d Asia Oceania Group 2 at Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad.<br \/>\nPakistani seed players Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Aqeel Khan on Friday overwhelmed Iranian players in men single at first round of Asia Oceania Group 2 matches, leading the round with 2-0.<br \/>\nTwo matches were played today on the Hard outdoor surface in which Aqeel Khan won all sets with 7-6,6-4,6-2 against Shahin Khaledan and Aisam-ul-Haq clinched victory against Anoosha Shahgholi with\u00a0 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.<br \/>\nAqeel Khan Struggled in the first set against Shahin Khaledan when scoreboard leveled by 6-6, it seems to be the only chance Shahin had but Aqeel Khan finished aggressively by 7-6 points.<br \/>\nShahin couldn\u2019t handle the next two sets and stand lost with 7-6, 6-4, and 6-2.<br \/>\nIn second rubber, Pakistani top player Aisam-ul-Haq thrashed Anoosha Shahgoli in all three sets. Shahgoli looked nervous from the start only managed 4 against Aisam\u2019s 6 (6-4) in the first set.<br \/>\nShahgoli couldn\u2019t handle Aisam\u2019s strokes; he had no way to tackle Aisam\u2019s tricky strikes.<br \/>\nMen\u2019s double will be played tomorrow, Pakistani players Muhammad Abid and Muhammad Abid Ali Khan Akbar will play against Alborz Akhavan and Hamid Reza Nadaf from Iran.<br \/>\nInternational Tennis Federation (ITF) officials including referee Stephane Apostolou, chair umpire Shahzad Akhtar Alvi, Chair Umpire Ali L.J. Al-Mutair, officials from Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF), officials from Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) and people from all walks of life were present on the occasion.<br \/>\nAPP\/Ahsan\/anm\/VNS Islamabad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Feb 3 (APP): After twelve years long wait Pakistan hosts the first round of \u201cDavis Cup\u201d Asia Oceania Group 2 at Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad. Pakistani seed players Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Aqeel Khan on Friday overwhelmed Iranian players in men single at first round of Asia Oceania Group 2 matches, leading the round with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"post_format-post-format-video"},"video_url":["http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Davis-Cup-matches-03-02-2017.flv"],"featured_media_src_url":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1jpg-17-1024x576.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21116,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21113\/revisions\/21116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}