Master Paints qualify for Century Ventures National Open Polo semifinals.

LAHORE -- Master Paints qualified for the semifinals of the Century Ventures National Open Polo Championship for Quaid-e- Azam Gold Cup 2023 here at the Lahore Polo Club. The fourth semifinalist will be deAcided on penalty shootouts among the three teams today (Thursday).

In the first match of the day, Master Paints defeated HN Polo by 12-6. From the winning side, Manuel CreAspo smashed superb six goals while Pelayo Berrazadi hamAmered a hat-trick, Sufi M Haroon scored a brace and Agha Musa Ali Khan hit one goal. For HN Polo, Raja Mikael Sami thrashed in three goals, Santiago Loza struck two and Haider Naseem hit one.

Master Paints started the match in great style as they converted a field goal to take a 1-0 lead. HN Polo made a strong comeback with three back-to-back goals to gain a 3-1 lead. Master Paints scored the only goal of the second chukker to make it 2-3 and then hamAmered a hat-trick in the third chukker to get back a 5-3 lead.

In the fourth chukker, HN Polo bounced back in style and thrashed in three goals against one by Master Paints to level the score at 6-6. The fifth and decisive chukker saw total dominance of MasAter Paints, who smashed in superb six goals to win the match by 12-6 and also qualiAfied for the...