KARACHI, Nov 12: Bilal Imran chalked up an emphatic 6-2, 6-3 victory over Nouman Aftab to cruise into boys under-13 singles final in the Sindh ranking tennis championship at Bath Island Tennis Club courts on Tuesday.

In another interesting match, top seed Hania Naveed survived a scare of being extended by beating former national hard court champion Seher Khawaja 6-1, 7-5 to enter last four in the ladies singles. Seher has appeared after a long layoff.

Meanwhile, sisters Neha Khan and Wania Khan also advanced into the semi-finals. The former carved out 6-3, 7-5 victory over Kainat Zulfiqar while the latter blanked Rania 6-0, 6-0 in the two first round matches played on Monday evening.

Results:

Ladies singles:

Qualifying rounds: Samia bt Amber Khan 6-2, 2-0 (retired).

First round: Hania Naveed bt Seher Khawaja 6-1, 7-5.

Juniors’ under-17 singles:

First round: Mohammad Dada bt Shahan Reki (walkover)

Under-13 singles:

Quarter-finals: Mohammad Dada bt Rayyan Jawwad 6-0, 7-5.

Semi-final: Bilal Imran bt Nouman Aftab 6-2, 6-3.

Under-9 singles:

Round Robin: Rahim Veqaar bt Hamadanul Aziz 8-3.

Monday’s results:

Men’s singles: First round: Vinod Das bt Saad Ahmed 6-1, 6-0; Fahim Ramzan bt Hamza Bukhari (walkover).

Quarter-finals: Bilal Soomro bt Khadim Hussain 6-3, 6-0; Malik Hamza bt Fayyaz Ahmed 6-2, 6-2.

Ladies singles:

First round: Neha Khan bt Kainat Zulfiqar 6-3, 7-5; Wania Khan bt Rania 6-0, 6-0.

Juniors’ under-17 singles:

Quarter-finals: Hasan Farooq bt Ibrahim (walkover); Maheen Dada bt Saad Ahmed 6-0, 6-0.

Under-15 singles:

Semi-final: Zubair Raja bt Osama Khan 6-2, 6-0.Under-9 singles:r

Round Robin:Hamadanul Aziz bt Ali Dada 8-2; Moiz Zulfiqar bt Ali Dada 8-3.—Sports Correspondent