Heera, Khunsha loose on day 4 of Subh-e-Nau Tennis Tournament
Subh-e-Nau Clay Court Tennis Tournament enters the finals' rounds stage with some exciting matches by the young and experienced.
The 4th day ended with some interesting encounters where top seeded Aqeel khan once again made the things easy for himself and cleared his way to the semi-finals in straight sets victory. His winning score against No. 8 seed Usman Rafiq was 6-0 and 6-2. Second seeded M. Abid faced some resistance from 7 seeded Mudassir to won the three set match by 4-6, 6-1 and 6-4.
Third seeded Heera Ashiq lost to 5th seeded Muzamil by 3-6, 6-0 and 6-2 in a hard faught contest. Muzammil Murtaza of Jahanian showed his class and energy against his senior opponent and won first set with losing 3 games. Heera came back strong and clinched the second set without losing a single game, however, decisive set went to Muzammil. The tournament is not over for Heera Ashiq yet as he later managed to win the double's match with his partner Aqeel Khan against Malik Abdul Rehman and Ahmed Babar.
In ladies singles, former national champion Mahvish Chishtie showed glimpses of her brilliant past when she defeated fifth seed Khunsha Babar in a match which lasted for 3 hours. Mahvish won this match by 7-5 and 7-5. She will play against Ushna Suhail in quarterfinal stage who defeated Shahida Badshah in a one sided contest. Top seeded Sara Mansoor defeated her opponent Sana Rauf without dropping a single game win by 6-0 and 6-0.
Scores on the conclusion of day 4 are as below:
| 1. | Aqeel khan [1] | def. | Usman Rafiq [8] | 6-0, 6-2 |
| 2. | Ahmed Chaudhry [6] | def. | Abdul Haider | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 3. | Muzamil [5] | def. | Heera Ashiq [3] | 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 |
| 4. | M. Abid [2] | def. | Mudassir [7] | 4-6. 6-1, 6-4 |
| 1. | Sara Mansoor [1] | def. | Sana Rauf | 6-0, 6-0 |
| 2. | Shimza Tahir [6] | def. | Saman | 6-4, 6-0 |
| 3. | Sarah Mahboob Khan [3] | def. | Sana Khan | 6-1,6-0 |
| 4. | Sarah Kiyani | def. | Bakhtawar Raja [7] | 6-2, 6-0 |
| 5. | Alina Aftab Qureshi [8] | def. | Mahnoor Sohail | 6-1, 6-0 |
| 6. | Esha Jawad [4] | def. | Hina Arooj | 6-0, 6-1 |
| 7. | Mahvish Chishtie | def. | Khunsha Babar [5] | 7-5, 7-5 |
| 8. | Ushna Suhail [2] | def. | Shahida Badshah | 6-4, 6-0 |
| 1. | Yousuf Khan [1] | def. | Ahmed Asjad [5] | 6-2, 6-4 |
| 2. | Muhammad Shoaib [3] | def. | Aqib Umer [6] | 6-4, 6-2 |
| 3. | Hamza bin Rehan [8] | def. | Huzaifa Abdul Rehman | Walkover |
| 4. | Saqib Umar [2] | def. | Sami Zeb | 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1. | Sami Zaib [1] | def. | M. Zaryab Khan | 4-2, 4-1 |
| 2 | M. Talha Khan | def. | Shaeel Tahir | 2-4, 4-2, 4-2 |
| 3 | Zalan Khan [4] | def. | Hasam Khan | 5-3, 2-4, 4-2 |
| 4 | Hamza Roman [7] | def. | Kamran Khan | 4-2, 4-2 |
| 5 | Abdul Samad Areejo [5] | def. | Faiz Ur Rehman | 4-0. 4-0 |
| 6 | Hamid Israr [3] | def. | Muhammad Hamza Asim | 4-0, 4-2 |
| 7 | M. Huzaifa Khan | def. | Kashan Umer [6] | 1-4, 4-1, 4-0 |
| 8 | Uzair Khan | def. | Abdul Hanan [2] | 5-3, 5-3 |
| 1. | Aqeel Khan / Heera Ashiq [1] | def. | Ahmed Babar / Abdul Rehman | 6-4, 6-2 |
| 3. | Muzammil Murtaza / Mudassir Murtaza [3] | def. | Yousaf Khan / Saqib Umer | 6-3, 7-5 |
| 6. | Abdaal Haider / Ahmed Chaudhry [4] | def. | Ejaz / Abbas | 7-6(4), 6-0 |
| 8. | Muhammad Abid / Usman Rafiq [2] | def. | Zaryab Pirzada / Mian Bilal | 6-2, 6-2 |
Semifinals of Men’s Singles, Men’s Doubles and Boys U-18 while quarterfinals of Ladies Singles and Boys U-14 will be played on Thursday 26th October 2017 at the Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad.
