Muddasar upsets Heera in quarterfinal of Nayza National Tennis Championship
No. 6 seeded Muddasir Murtaza defeated No.3 Heera Ashiq of Lahore in the quarterfinal of Nayza All Pakistan National Open Tennis Championship at PLTA Tennis Courts on another rain hit day.
Top seeded Aqeel Khan and 2nd seeded Muhammad Abid also won their matches to move into the top 4 stage of Men’s Singles event of the tournament but the match between No.3 seeded Heera Ashiq and No. 6 seeded Muddasar was the match of the day where Muddasar from Jahania outclassed Heera in a hard contested 3 sets match by 3-6, 7-6, 6-3.
Heera won the 1st set bit easily with 6-3 but in the second set Mudassar show resistance and won the set on tie break by 7-6. In the 3rd set Muddasar displayed good show and knocked Heera out by 6-3 and moved to the semifinal stage.
Saqib Umer of Peshawar beat Nouman Aftab of Karachi in the straight sets by 7-6, 6-1 in the 1st quarterfinal of Boys U-18 category. In Under-14 pre-quarterfinals Nalain Abbas beat Shahzeb in straight sets while Farman Shakeel took three sets to beat Hamaza Jawad by 4-0, 2-4, 4-2. Mahatir also defeated Ahmed in a 3 set match by 4-1, 1-4, 4-1. Hamaza Roman beat Shaeel Tahir and Haseeb beats Faizan in straight sets and qualifies for quarterfinals.
The matches were continued but rain washed out the game and other matches were rescheduled by the tournament referee.
Following are the results:
Men's Singles - Quarterfinal
| 1 | Aqeel Khan | def. | Abdal Haider | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 2 | Muddasir Murtaza | def. | Heera Ashiq | 3-6, 7-6, 6-3 |
| 3 | Muhammad Abid | def. | Usman Rafiqe | 6-2, 6-3 |
Boys Under 18 - Quarterfinal
| 1 | Saqib Umer | def. | Nouman Aftab | 7-6, 6-1 |
Boys Under 14 - Pre-quarterfinal
| 1 | Nalain Abbas | def. | Shahzeb | 4-0, 4-1 |
| 2 | Farman Shakeel | def. | Hamaza Jawad | 4-0, 2-4, 4-2 |
| 3 | Mahatir Muhammad | def. | Ahmed | 4-1, 1-4, 4-1 |
| 4 | Hamaza Roman | def. | Shaeel Tahir | 4-2, 5-3 |
| 5 | Haseeb Ullah | def. | Faizan | 4-1, 5-3 |
