KARACHI, March 1: Top seed Saif Noor Sumar together with unseeded Talha Zubair Surmawala moved into the men’s singles semi-finals of the second Subh-e-Nau tennis series at the City Sports Complex on Tuesday.

Saif, who made exit in the SSB development series tennis following a 6-4, 6-4 drubbing at the hands of Nasir Mushtaq in the pre-final on Friday, sent Mustafa Ali packing 7-5, 6-0.

Talha, on the other hand, accounted for Saad Noor Sumar 6-4, 6-4.

Seeded on top in juniors’ under-17, Talha, had another success in the day by getting the better of Azhar Abdul Qadir 6-2, 7-5. Second seed Saad Noor Sumar also surged after he got a walkover against Saod Shoaib.

Surprisingly, there was a walkover galore in ladies singles as Sara Ahmed and Aroosa Ahmed were through without playing their matches. The former got a walkover against Naila while the latter moved up after her opponent Ayesha Mir failed to turn up. Results: Men’s singles:

First round; Talha Zubair Surmawala bt Hamza Pataudi (walkover); Saad Noor Sumar bt M. Abdul Saeed (walkover); Mustafa Ali bt Sikander Hayat (walkover).

Second round: Talha Zubair Surmawala bt Saad Noor Sumar 6-4, 6-4; Saif Noor Sumar bt Mustafa Ali 7-5, 6-0.

Juniors’ under-17 singles:

Second round: Talha Zubair Surmawala bt Azhar Abdul Qadir 6-2, 7-5; Mohammad Saad Noor Sumar bt Saod Shoiab (walkover). Boys and girls under-15 singles:

First round: Hassan Hameed bt Mohammad Salman 6-2, 7-5; Nazif Ahmed bt Zoya Khan 6-3, 6-1; Marib Malik bt Adeel Nadeem 6-0, 6-2.

Ladies singles:

Sara Ahmed bt Naila (walkover); Aroosa Ahmed bt Ayesha Mir (walkover).

Wednesday’s fixtures:

Men’s singles 10am; ladies singles, boys’ and girls under-13 singles and boys’ and girls under-15 singles 3pm; juniors’ under-17 singles 4.30pm.