ISLAMABAD, June 25 Heera Ashiq, Sadan-ul-Haq, Faizan Khurram and Zohair Raza cruised into the semi-finals of the Subh-e-Nau Juniors' National Tennis Championship at the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Tennis Complex here on Thursday.

Heera experienced unexpected resistance from opponent Jibran-ul-Haq. However, he finished with a 6-4, 7-5 victory.

Mohammad Abid was defeated by Sadan-ul-Haq after a crucial 6-4, 7-6 (3) encounter.

In the ladies singles event, Mehaq Khokhar was lucky enough to get a walkover against Mahvish Chishtie in the first round matches.

General Shahida Badshah went down to Mahreen Azhar by 6-0 and 6-0.

Day two results

Boys U-17 juniors (second round) Zohair Raza bt Aizazuddin 6-2, 6-0; Malik Abdul Rehman bt Fahad Nazir 6-0, 6-0; Faizan Khurram bt Sajid Ali 6-1, 6-1; Ahmed Chaudhry bt Kashan-ul-Haq 6-4, 7-5; M. Abid Ali bt Durrab Babar 6-0, 6-1; Sadan-ul-Haq bt Fahad Ali Raja 6-0, 6-2; Jibran-ul-Haq bt Ameer Hamza 6-4, 6-0; Heera Ashiq bt Usman Rafiq 6-1, 6-1.

Boys U-17 juniors (quarter-final round) Zohair Raza bt Malik Abdul Rehman 6-1, 6-2; Faizan Khurram w/o Ahmed Ch Sadan-ul-Haq bt M. Abid Ali 6-4, 7-6 (3); Heera Ashiq bt Jibran-ul-Haq 6-4, 7-5.

Ladies singles first round matches Mehaq Khokhar w/o Mahwish Chishtie bt Mahreen Azhar w/o Shahida Badshah 6-0, 6-0.

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