All seeds cruise to men's quarterfinals of Subh-e-Nau tennis tournament
On the third day of Subh-e-Nau National Clay Court Tennis Tournament 2017, top seeds Aqeel Khan advances to the quarterfinal stage of event. The matches were played at PTF Complex, Islamabad.
Tournament favorite Aqeel Khan easily defeated Malik A. Rehman in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 to setup quaterfinal with the 8th seeded Usman Rafiq. In another thriller, Heera Ashiq avoided scare of defeat at the hands of un-seeded Barkatullah in second round match of Men’s Singles of Subh-e-Nau National Clay Court Tennis Championship being played here at PTF Complex.
All the seeds players progressed to the quaterfinals with the exception of Abdul Haider who got walk-over against the 4 seeded Shahzad khan in Men's Singles category.
In the Boys Singles under-18 category, talented 5th seeded Ahmed Asjad dropped just one game against Abdul Samad to reach the quaterfinal where he will face the top seeded Yousaf Khan from Peshawar. It was a delight to watch the talented Boys in Under-14 & Under-18 category matches with players participating from all over Pakistan.
Scores on the conclusion of day 3 are as below:
| 1. | Aqeel khan [1] | def. | Malik A. Rehman | 6-3, 6-1 |
| 2. | Usman Rafiq [8] | def. | Jibran ul haq | 6-3, 7-5 |
| 3. | Abdul Haider | def. | Shahzad Khan [4] | Walkover |
| 4. | Ahmed Chaudhry [6] | def. | Aman Tariq | 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 |
| 5. | Muzamil [5] | def. | Mian Bilal | 6-3, 6-1 |
| 6. | Heera Ashiq [3] | def. | Barkat Ullah | 6-0, 2-6, 6-3 |
| 7. | Mudassir [7] | def. | Waqas Malik | 6-3, 6-3 |
| 8. | M. Abid [2] | def. | Asad Ullah | 6-4, 6-3 |
| 1. | Sara Mansoor [1] | def. | Nayab Kaleem | 6-0,6-0 |
| 2. | Sana Rauf | def. | Arooj Shafiq | 6-4, 6-3 |
| 3. | Saman | def. | Saniya Junaid | Walkover |
| 4. | Shimza Tahir [6] | def. | Nimra Jahangir | 6-0,6-0 |
| 5. | Sarah Mahboob Khan [3] | def. | Komal Ali | 6-0,6-0 |
| 6. | Sana Khan | def. | Irsa Bibi | 6-0,6-1 |
| 7. | Sarah Kiyani | def. | Kulsoom Akhtar | 6-0,6-0 |
| 8. | Bakhtawar Raja [7] | def. | Sara Tariq | Walkover |
| 9. | Alina Aftab Qureshi [8] | def. | Iraj Azam | 6-0,6-0 |
| 10. | Mahnoor Sohail | def. | Mahin Azam | 6-0,6-0 |
| 11. | Hina Arooj | def. | Shazia | 6-0,6-1 |
| 12. | Esha Jawad [4] | def. | Kinza Phool | 6-0,6-1 |
| 13. | Khunsha Babar [5] | def. | Sheeza Sajid | 6-0,6-0 |
| 14. | Mahvish Chishtie | def. | Iqra Nawab | 6-0,6-0 |
| 15. | Shahida Badshah | def. | Basmina | 6-0,6-0 |
| 16. | Ushna Suhail [2] | def. | Alina Sheikh | 6-0,6-0 |
| 1. | Yousuf Khan [1] | def. | Abdullah Hasan | 6-2, 6-2 | |
| 2. | Ahmed Asjad [5] | def. | Abdul Samad Areejo | 6-0, 6-1 | |
| 3. | Muhammad Shoaib [3] | def. | Subhan bin Salik | 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 | |
| 4. | Aqib Umer [6] | def. | Ilham Khan | 6-2, 6-0 | |
| 5. | Hamza bin Rehan [8] | def. | Abdul Rehman | 6-0, 6-1 | |
| 6. | Huzaifa Abdul Rehman | def. | Hafiz Arbab Ali [4] | 6-2, 6-0 | |
| 7. | Saqib Umar [2] | def. | Zeeshan Khan | 6-3, 6-2 | |
| 8. | Sami Zeb | def. | Zalan Khan | 7-5, 6-4 | |
| 1 | Sami Zaib [1] | def. | BYE | |
| 2 | M. Zaryab Khan | def. | Hamid Ullah Yaqub | 4-0,3-5,4-0 |
| 3 | M. Talha Khan | def. | Huzaima Abdul Rehman | 4-2,4-2 |
| 4 | Shaeel Tahir | def. | Hamza Jawad [8] | 5-3, 4-2 |
| 5 | Zalan Khan [4] | def. | BYE | |
| 6 | Hasam Khan | def. | Azan Sajid | 4-0, 4-1 |
| 7 | Kamran Khan | def. | Ahmed Nael | 4-2,4-0 |
| 8 | Hamza Roman [7] | def. | Adnan Khan | 5-3, 5-4(2) |
| 9 | Abdul Samad Areejo [5] | def. | BYE | |
| 10 | Faiz Ur Rehman | def. | Shayan Sheikh | Walkover |
| 11 | Muhammad Hamza Asim | def. | Umair Masood | 4-1, 4-0 |
| 12 | Hamid Israr [3] | def. | BYE | |
| 13 | Kashan Umer [6] | def. | BYE | |
| 14 | M. Huzaifa Khan | def. | Umer Masood | 4-0,4-0 |
| 15 | Uzair Khan | def. | Yahya Musa Luni | 5-3, 5-4(5) |
| 16 | Abdul Hanan [2] | def. | BYE | |
| 1. | Aqeel Khan / Heera Ashiq [1] | def. | BYE | |
| 2. | Ahmed Babar / Abdul Rehman | def. | Barkatullah / Asadullah | 7-6(2), 7-5 |
| 3. | Muzammil Murtaza / Mudassir Murtaza [3] | def. | BYE | |
| 4. | Yousaf Khan / Saqib Umer | def. | BYE | |
| 5. | Ejaz / Abbas | def. | BYE | |
| 6. | Abdaal Haider / Ahmed Chaudhry [4] | def. | BYE | |
| 7. | Zaryab Pirzada / Mian Bilal | def. | Ikramullah Khan / Tahirullah | 6-2, 7-6(2) |
| 8. | Muhammad Abid / Usman Rafiq [2] | def. | BYE | |
Matches are played at Pakistan Tennis Federation Complex, Islamabad. Matches start at 9am.
