KARACHI, Nov 17 Top seed Nameer Shamsi made it to the boys' under-15 singles final by getting past fourth seed Sanwal Memon 6-3, 3-1 (retired) in the 19th Talent Hunt Sindh Ranking Tennis championship at the City Sports Complex on Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, Nameer inflicted 6-3, 6-3 defeat on Sanwal's sibling Sarwan Memon whereas Sanwal struggled to beat Faizan Fayyaz 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 in the two quarter-finals.

Nameer will now face the winner of last quarter, Talha Zubair and Saod Shoaib, in the final.

Results

Men's singles quarter-final Syed Zuhair Raza bt Abdul Rehman 6-3, 4-2 (retired).

Boys under-15 quarter-finals Nameer Shamsi bt Sarwan Memon 6-3, 6-3; Sanwal Memon bt Faizan Fayyaz 6-4, 3-6, 7-6.

Semi-finals Nameer Shamsi bt Sanwal Memon 6-3, 3-1 (retired).

Ladies singles round robin league Urooj Iltifat bt Hajra 6-4, 6-7, 6-2; Eman Malik bt Hajra 6-1, 6-0.

Wednesday's fixtures

Men's singles semi-finals 2.00pm; juniors'/boys' events 3.00pm

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