ISLAMABAD, Oct 15 An emerging young player Sara Mansoor created a stir in the Subh-e-Nau National Clay Court Tennis Championship defeating second seed Ushna Sohail in the semi-finals played at the PTF courts on Thursday.

Sara put up strong resistance against Ushna who clinched the first set 6-2.

However, Sara contained Ushna's move by playing some good down the line winners.

A confident looking Sara did not give any space to a troubled Ushna and made a good comeback in the second set winning it 6-1.

Sara continued with her winning streak by playing with consistency and clinched the decider in style winning it 6-4.

Meanwhile, Saba Aziz created another upset of the tournament stunning Sara Mahboob with a shocking defeat 2-1. Saba continued her brilliant performance during the event and won the contest after a battle of nerves beating the top national player 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(6).

In the men's category top seed Aqeel Khan qualified for the quarter-final.

Aqeel walloped Usman Ijaz in his pre-quarter-final contest 6-1, 6-3.

Veteran player Hameed-ul-Haq was hammered by young Heera Ashiq after a tough contest 7-5, 7-5.

Asim Shafik, Jalil Khan and Yasir Khan also confirmed their seats among the quarter-finalists.

In the boys junior U-17, Adil Kohari from Karachi was defeated by his city mate Zohair Raza in a close fight.

Zohair won the first set 6-3, however was down by 6-7 in second set.

In the third set Adil fought well however, he was defeated by 7-6 in decider set.

Other players who reached the quarterfinal included Heera Ashiq, Jibran-ul-Haq, Sadan-ul-Haq and Ahmed Chowdhry.

Results

Ladies singles semi-finals

Saba Aziz bt Sara Mahboob 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(6); Sara Mansoor bt Ushna Sohail 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Men's singles pre-quarter-finals Aqeel Khan bt Usman Ejaz 6-1, 6-3; Rashid Malik bt Malik Abdul Rehman 6-2, 6-0; Khurram Nazir bt Omar Babar 7-5, 6-4; Asim Shafique bt Jahnazeb 6-2, 6-2; Muneer Ashiq bt Waqas Malik 6-2, 7-6(4); Heera Ashiq bt Hameed-ul-Haq 7-5, 7-5; Yasir Khan bt Asjad Aitezaza 6-0, 6-1; Jalil Khan bt Danish Ahmed 6-4, 6-3.

Boys U- 17 pre-quarter-finals

Samir Iftikhar bt Ali Murad 6-1, 6-0; Malik Abdul Rehman bt Ahmed Babar 6-4, 7-6(4); Jibran-ul-Haq bt Usman Rafique 6-3, 6-4; Saadan-ul-Haq bt Asjad Aitezaz 6-1, 6-2; Heera Ashiq bt Kashan-ul-Haq 6-2, 6-4; M. Abid bt Amanwel Anwar 6-3, 6-3; Ahmed Chudhary bt Sajid Ali 7-5, 6-4; Zohair Raza bt Adil Kohari 6-3, 7-6, 7-6.