Subh-e-Nau National Ladies Tennis Tournament contiue in full swing
Sarah Mahboob and Sara Mansoor registered their first victories on first day of Subh-e-Nau National Ladies Tennis Tournament which kicked off at PSB Tennis Courts Islamabad.
On the first day, Seeded duo Sarah Mahboob and Sara Mansoor registered victories in the Subh-e-Nau National Ladies Tennis Tournament which kicked off at PSB Tennis Courts Islamabad. After receiving byes in first round of Ladies Singles, both Saras defeated their opponents in straight sets. Sara Mansoor won her match against Sheeza without conceding a single game.
Sarah Mahboob also had an easy outing against Marium Mirza as she won her match without any noted resistance from her opponent with the final score line of 6-1, 6-0. Esha Jawad also registered easy victory over Anum in her second round match. Earlier, Shahida Badshah and Shahida Kausar won their first round matches. Remaining second round matches will be played on today(Monday).
Zainab Ali won her first round match of Girls U-14 category against Sadia Qazi after some resistance from her opponent. Zainab won first set by 6-4 but Sadia could not continue her game in second set due to injury. Fatima Ali Raja had to work hard to overcome scare of defeat at the hands of Yafia in second match of the category.
Meanwhile, organizers had to scrap the category of Girls U-18 due to low number of entries. Tournament Director Mahvish Chishtie said that we had only received 4 entries for this category, so we were forced to scrap this category.
Day 1 Results:
Ladies Singles
(First round):
| Shahida Badshah | def | Bakhtawar Haider | 6-1, 6-4 |
| Shahida Kausar | def | Fatima |
Ladies Singles (Second round):
| Sara Mansoor | def | Sheeza Sajid | 6-0, 6-0 |
| Esha Jawad | def | Anum | 6-0, 6-1 |
| Sarah Mahboob | def | Marium Mirza | 6-1, 6-0 |
Girls U-14 (First round):
| Zainab Ali | def | Sadia Qazi | 6-4, (Retired) |
| Fatima Ali | def | Yafia | 7-5, 6-3
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| Mahrukh Farooqui | def | Yumnah Siddiqui | 6-4, 6-0 |
