Master Paints Black and Diamond Paints/Newage won the opening matches of the International Steels National Open Polo Championship for Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup 2019 played here at Lahore Polo Club ground on Wednesday. In the first match of the day, Master Paints Black trounced BBJ Pipes by 10-2. Matias Vial Parez emerged as hero of the day from the winning side with his fabulous five-goal haul while Ahmed Ali Tiwana hammered a hat-trick and Raja Temur Nadeem contributed with a brace. From the losing side, Mumtaz Abbas Niazi and Nicolas Corti scored one goal apiece.

Master Paints Black were off to flying start as they dominated the match and finished 10-2.

In the second match of the day, Diamond Paints/Newage came from behind to win the match by a close margin of 8-7 against Barry's. Salvador Ulloa and Hissam Ali Hyder emerged as joint heroes for Diamond Paints/Newage as they fired in fantastic four goals each to guide their team to victory while from the losing side, Bautista Bayuger hammered double hat-trick and Raja Samiullah contributed one but their efforts were futile in the end when their side lost the match by just one-goal margin of 7-8.

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