Mark-sheet overturned by the brillience of Tennis performers at Subh-e-Nau
5th seeded Muzammil Murtaza continued his brilliant form in semifinal of Men’s Singles in Subh-e-Nau National Clay Court Tennis being played at PTF Complex as he defeated second seed M. Abid after a nervy clash. M. Muzammil played excellent and thrashed his Abid by 7-6(6) and 7-5.
Muzamil to play national champion Aqeel Khan who had to play exceptionally well to beat Ahmed Ch in semifinal outing. Aqeel Khan won this match by 7-6(6) and 6-2.
Men’s Final will be played on Friday because of Aqeel Khan’s departure for Turkey to represent Pakistan in exhibition matches.
Scores of the day 5 are as below:
MEN'S SINGLES (Semifinals)
| 1 | Aqeel Khan [1] | def | Ahmed Ch [6] | 7-6(6), 6-2 |
| 2 | Muzammil Murtaza [5] | def | M. Abid [2] | 7-6(5), 7-5 |
All top seeded played through to semifinals in Ladies Singles event without any noted resistance from their respective opponents. Sara Mansoor, Sara Mahboob, Alina Aftab and Ushna Suhail won their matches and qualified for semifinals.
Ladies Singles (Quarterfinals)
| 1 | Sara Mansoor [1] | def | Shimza Tahir [6] | 6-0, 6-0 |
| 2 | Sara Mahboob Khan [3] | def | Sara Kiani | 6-1, 6-1 |
| 3 | Alina Aftab Qureshi [8] | def | Esha Jawad [4] | 6-0, 6-0 |
| 4 | Ushna Suhail [2] | def | Mahvish Chishtie | 6-0, 6-2 |
Aqeel Khan pairing with Heera Ashiq defeated Muzammil Murtaza and Mudassar Murtaza to reach final of Men’s Doubles where they will play M. Abid and Usman Rafiq. Abid and Usman won their match against Ahemd Ch and Abdal Haider. Men’s Doubles final will be played on Friday.
Men’s Doubles (Semifinals)
| 1 | Aqeel Khan / Heera Ashiq [1] | def | Muzammil Murtaza / Mudassir Murtaza [3] | 6-2, 4-6 (10-7) |
| 2 | Muhammad Abid / Usman Rafiq [2] | def | Abdaal Haider / Ahmed Chaudhry [4] | 6-7(4), 6-1(10-1) |
M. Shoaib played well to defeat in Yousuf Khan in first semifinal of the Boys U-18 despite losing first set. His winning score remained 4-6, 6-4 and 6-4.
Boys U-18 final will be played on Friday.
Boys U-18 (Semifinals)
| 1 | Muhammad Shoaib [3] | def | Yousuf Khan [1] | 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 2 | Saqib Umar [2] | def | Huzaifa Abdul Rehman | 6-3, 7-6(1) |
Sami Zeb, Zalan Khan, Hameed Israr and confirmed their seats for semifinals of Boys Junior U-14 which will be played on Friday while final will be on Saturday.
U-14 (Quarterfinals)
| 1 | Sami Zaib [1] | def | M. Talha Khan | 4-2, 4-2 |
| 2 | Zalan Khan [4] | def | Hamza Roman [7] | 2-4, 5-4(5) |
| 3 | Hamid Israr [3] | def | Abdul Samad Areejo [5] | 4-2, 4-2 |
| 4 | Uzair Khan | def | M. Huzaifa Khan | 5-4(3), 5-4(6) |
U-10 (Quarterfinals)
| 1 | Jamal Shah | def | Zara Khan | 4-0, 4-2 |
| 2 | Abdullah Azhar | def | M. Moeez | 4-1, 4-0 |
| 3 | Hammad Shah | def | Sameer Maqsood | 5-4(4), 4-0 |
| 4 | Ihtesham Younus | def | Abdul Hannan | Walkover |
Men's final will be played tomorrow at Subh-e-Nau National Clay Court Tennis between Aqeel Khan and Muzammil Murtaza.
