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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.

 
Muzammil, who is 5th in national ranking, defeated his senior opponent in a well fought match. M. Abid, who has been a seasoned campaigner for last few years and has played number of national tournaments’ finals, looked shaky against Muzammil and could not play his natural game.

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.

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