ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: Top seed Aqeel Khan, Asim Shafik, Jalil Khan and Mohammad Shafik reached into the semi-finals of the men’s single event of the Subh-e-Nau National Clay Court Tennis Championship by beating Tanveer Ashiq, Inam Gul, Yasir Khan and Nomi Qamar respectively on Saturday here at Islamabad Club.

The semi-finals and final will be played on Sunday (today) at the same venue.

On Saturday, in the first quarterfinal top seed Aqeel Khan outplayed Tanveer Ashiq in straight games 2-0 by playing some powerful strokes.

Mohammad Shafik toppled 4th seed Nomi Qamar 2-0 to register an upset victory in the second quarterfinal.

In the third quarterfinal of the men’s singles Asim Shafik ousted Inam Gul 2-0.

Jalil Khan, who is the younger brother of Aqeel Khan, thrashed Yasir Khan 2-0 in the 4 th quarterfinal of the Subh-e-Nau National Clay Court Championship. It is pertinent to mention that Yasir Khan is also younger brother of winner Jalil Khan. The score-line was 6-4 and 6-3. Aqeel Khan will take on Mohammad Shafik and Jalil Khan will clash with Asim Shafik in the semi-finals on Sunday (today) at the same place.

The ladies single fixture saw a major upset of the championship when 4th seed Ushna Sohail toppled top seed Sara Mansoor in straight games 2-0.

Results:

Men’s singles (Quarterfinals): Aqeel Khan beat Tanveer Ashiq 6-3, 6-2; Mohammad Shafik beat Nomi Qamar 6-3, 6-4; Asim Shafik beat Inam Gul 6-1, 6-1; Jalil Khan beat Yasir Khan 6-4, 6-3

Men’s doubles (semi-finals): Asim Shafik & Jibran Muhammadi beat Aqeel Khan Ahmad & Jalil Khan 2-6, 6-4 (10-7); Nomi Qamar & Mohammad Shafik beat Inam Gul & Shehzad PAF 5-7, 6-4 (10-4)

Boys’ Under-17 (semi-finals): Muhammad Ahmad Aslam beat Waqas Malik 3-6, 6-3, 7-5; Fahad Ali got walk over against Asif Ahmad.

Boys’ Under- 13 (semi-finals): Kashanul Haq beat Adil Kohari 3-5, 5-3, 4-2; Nameer Shamsi beat Salman Bin Saleem 4-2, 4-1.

Ladies singles (semi-finals): Ushna Sohail beat Sara Mansoor 6-1, 7-5; Anoosha Aslam beat Quratulain 3-6, 6-1, 7-5

Men’s Double (Final): Asim Shafik & Jibran Muhammadi beat Nomi Qamar & Muhammad Shafik-6-0, 6-2.—Agencies