ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Sara Mahboob on Sunday cruised into the semi-finals of the ninth Subh-e-Nau National tennis championship at the Pakistan Tennis Federation Complex. The winner did not face any resistance from her opponent Shahid Kausar and claimed the victory in straight sets.

Mehak Khokhar, Sara Mansoor and Saba Aziz also reached girls’ last-four stage.

In boys’ U-18 category, Faizan Khurram, Usman Rafique, Mohammad Abid and Heera Ashiq reached the semi-finals stage.  Heera defeated Sajid Ali 6-0, 6-0.

Mohammad Mudassir, Azhar Qadir, Nofil Kaleem and Hamza bin Asif completed semi-finals line-up for boys’ U-14 category. Results: Boys’ U-18:

Second round: Zohair Raza bt Arham Atique 6-1, 6-0; Ahmed Chaudhry bt Saad Zafar 6-2, 6-3; Sajid Ali bt Amanwal Anwar 6-1, 6-4; Faizan Khurram bt Haseeb Yaqoob 6-1, 6-1; Mohammad Abid bt Mohammad Umer 6-0, 6-0; Kashan-ul-Haq bt Asad Abdul Shakoor 5-7, 6-4. 7-6(3); Heera Ashiq bt Hassan Tariq 6-1, 6-0; Usman Rafique bt Asjad Aitezaz 6-1, 6-4.

Quarter-finals: Faizan Khurram bt Kashan-ul-Haq 6-0, 6-4; Usman Rafique bt Ahmed Ch 6-1, 6-3; Mohammad Abid bt S. Zohair Raza 6-2, 6-3; Heera Ashiq bt Sajid Ali 6-0, 6-0.

Boys’ U-14 Quarter-finals: M. Mudassir bt M. Muzammil 6-2, 6-3; Azhar Qadir bt Talha bin Asif 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; Hamza bin Asif bt Afnan Hassan 6-1, 6-3.

Ladies singles:

First round: Sara Mahboob bt Ayesha Laghari 6-0, 6-0; Humera Gul Saeed bt Sacha Qasim 2-6, 6-2, 6-1; Saba Aziz bt Shagufta Mahboob 6-0, 6-0; Sara Mansoor bt Shahida Badshah 6-0, 6-0.

Quarter-finals: Sara Mahboob bt Shahid Kausar 6-0, 6-0; Saba Aziz bt Humera Gul 6-0, 6-0; Mehak Khokhar bt Ayesha Khan 6-0, 6-1.