Pakistan No, 1 and top seed Aqeel Khan qualified for Semifinals of Subh-e-Nau National Tennis Championship 2016, Sarah Mahboob reached next round  of Ladies Singles in an easy contest against Yasha…

Source: Pakistan No, 1 and top seed Aqeel Khan qualified for Semifinals of Subh-e-Nau National Tennis Championship 2016, Sarah Mahboob reached next round of Ladies Singles in an easy contest against Yasha Atique By-Asghar Ali Mubarak Islamabad- Pakistan No, 1 and top seed Aqeel Khan qualified for Semifinals of Subh-e-Nau National Clay Court Tennis Championship 2016here at PTF Complex Tennis Courts on Thursday. Aqeel Khan won his quarterfinal match against MudassarMurtaza after a healthy competition. Aqeel will take on Arham in semifinal who once again shocked another seeded player Usman Rafique. Arham, who had defeated third seed Yasir in his second round match, this time became victorious against 7th seed player. Arham showed great excitement and skill against experienced opponent. Fourth seed Shehzad Khan avoided scare of defeat against 8th seed M. Muzammil after losing first set in his quarterfinal tourney. Muzammil won first set in a hard fought set, however, could not keep his momentum in next two sets. Shehzad Khan will meet M. Abid in second semifinal of Men’s Singles. Abid defeated HeeraAshiq after a good contest. AmanAtique, Syed NofilKaleem qualified for semifinals of Boys U-18 after winning their respective matches. Top seed Sarah Mahboob reached quarterfinals of Ladies Singles in an easy contest against Yasha Atique. MeheqKhokhar also qualified for semifinal of the category. She won her match against ShahidaBadshah. Quarterfinal matches of Sara Mansoor vs IshaJawad and UshnaSuhail vs Maheen Khan were in progress while reporting of this news. Semifinals of all categories will be played on Friday while finals will be played on Saturday. Results Day four Men’s Singles (Quarterfinals) Aqeel Khan bt, MudassarMurtaza6-4, 6-4, ArhamAtiqbt Usman Rafique6-1, 7-6(4) Shehzad Khan btMuzammilMurtaza6, 7(6), 6-2, 6-4 Muhammad Abid vs HeeraAshiq7-6(1), 7-4 Boys U-18 (Quarterfinals) MuzammilMurtazabtSaquib Umar 6-3, 6-2, AmanAtiquebtAquib Umar 6-2, 6-0, Syed NofilKaleembtYousuf Khan 6-2, 3-6, 6-0 Men’s Doubles (First round) Aqeel Khan/HeeraAshiqbtAbdalHaider Babar Ali Akbar 6-1, 6-4, Yasir Khan/Shehzad Khan btIjaz Khan/Abbas 6-3, 6-4, M. Abid/Usman RafiquebtIrfanullah/Shaheen Mahmood 6-2, 6-2, M. Mudassar/M. Muzammilbt Rasheed Malik/HameedulHaq 6-4, 6-3 Boys U-14 (Quarterfinals) Shoaib Khan bt Abdullah Adnan 4-2, 4-1, Aquib Umar bt M. Abdullah 4-2, 4-2, Sami Zeb bt Ahmed Kamil 1-4, 4-2, 4-1, Hamza bin RehanbtSubhan bin Salik5-3, 4-0 Ladies Singles (First round) Maheen Khan Aman Nadeem 6-4, 6-1, YashaAtiquebtShahida Farooq 3-2(Shahida Retired hurt), ShahidaBadshah w/o NawalImtiza Quarterfinals Sarah MahboobbtYashaAtique 6-0, 6-1, MeheqKhokharbtShahidaBadshah 6-3, 6-0 Boy U-10 (Quarterfinals) Hamza Roman w/o Jamal Shah, Umar Masood btUzair bin Abbas 5-4(4), 5-3, M. Huzaifa Khan bt Muhammad Irtaza 4-0, 4-0, Hameed Israrbt M. Talha Khan 5-4(3), 4-1