Sara Mahboob reaches Subh-e-Nau tennis final

Sara Mahboob reaches Subh-e-Nau tennis final, originally uploaded by www.first-pakistan.blogspot.com.

*Sara Mahboob cruised into the final of the Subh-e-Nau National Hard Court
tennis championship after defeating Sara Mansoor in the semi-final on
Friday.*

Sara Mansoor put up tough resistance against Sara Mahboob, winning the first
set 6-2.

However, Sara Mahboob came back strongly winning the next two sets (6-1,
6-0).

The match between Saba Aziz and Ushna Sohail was one set all when it was
stopped because of bad light. The match will be completed on Saturday.

Meanwhile, top seed Aqeel Khan confirmed a berth in the men’s singles final,
hammering Waqas Malik in the semi-final.

Waqas could not repeat his pre-quarter-final performance in which he had
outclassed Asim Shafik.

Jalil Khan on the other hand joined his brother Aqeel in the final, beating
Tanveer Ashiq 6-3, 6-2.

In the boy’s doubles final, Aqeel Khan and Jalil Khan clinched the trophy by
thrashing the pair of Tanveer Ashiq and Yasir Khan 6-1, 6-4.

In the boys’ U-17 semi-final, Zohair Raza had an upset defeat against fourth
seed Faizan Khurram, who defeated Zohair 6-3, 6-2.

Meanwhile, Heera Ashiq also made his way to the final, beating M. Abid 7-6,
6-0.

Results:

Boys’ singles (semi-finals):

Aqeel Khan bt Waqas Malik 6-2, 6-3; Jalil Khan bt Tanveer Ashiq 6-3, 6-2.

Boys’ doubles (final):

Aqeel Khan/Jalil Khan bt Tanveer Ashiq / Yasir Khan 6-1, 6-4.

Ladies’ singles (semi-finals):

Sara Mahboob bt Sara Mansoor 2-6, 6-1, 6-0; Saba Aziz v Ushna Sohail 5-7,
6-3 (match stopped because of bad light).

Boys’ U-17 (semi-finals):

Faizan Khurram bt Zohair Raza 6-3, 6-2; Heera Ashiq bt M. Abid 7-6, 6-0.
Khurram Gardezi