KARACHI, Sept 9: Abdul Rehman overpowered Rahmat Ali Ahsan 7-6, 6-4 to become the first player to reach men’s singles final at the 22nd Sindh Sports Board (SSB) talent hunt ranking tennis championship which resumed after three days break following rains on Sunday.

The organisers were compelled to conduct the matches at two different venues – Union Club and Bath Island Club – in order to cover the backlog of matches as main venue at the PN Physical Training and Sports Centre was still wet and not in a position to hold matches.

Results: Men’s singles: Quarter-final: Fahim Ramzan bt Khaleeq-uz-Zaman 6-3, 6-1.

Semi-final: Abdul Rehman bt Rahmat Ali Ahsan 7-6, 6-4.

Juniors’ under-17 singles: Quarter-final: Hasnain Haider bt Sanwal Memon – walkover.

Semi-final: Hassan Siddiqui bt Hasnain Haider 6-3, 6-3.

Under-15 singles: Quarter-final: Marib Malik bt Hania Naveed 6-2, 6-1.

Under-13 singles: Quarter-finals: Hasan Farooq bt Mustafa Khan 6-0, 6-0; Shabbir Mohammed bt Amin Shafi 6-0, 6-0; Bilal Imran bt Hania Naveed 4-6, 6-3, 13-11.

Semi-final: Bilal Imran bt Shabbir Mohammed 4-6, 6-2, 10-6.

Under-11 singles: Quarter-finals: Amin Shafi bt Mahnoor Jamshed 8-1; Mohammed Dada bt Rayan Javed 8-4.

Satellite Circuit: Zubair Raja bt Bilal Imran 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (7-2); Hania Naveed bt Shabbir Mohammed 6-0, 6-0.

Future League: Ibrahim Iltifat bt Khizer Imran 6-1, 6-3.

Challenge League: Hassan Siddiqui bt Maheen Dada 6-1, 6-4; Maheen Dada bt Hasnain Haider 6-3, 6-4; Hassan Siddiqui bt Neha Khan 6-0, 6-0.