KARACHI, Nov 29: Four players, including top three seeds, completed the semi-final quartet in the men’s singles of the Saeed Hai national ranking tennis championship at the Karachi Gymkhana on Tuesday.

Top seed Aqeel Khan carved out 6-2, 6-2 victory over Peshawar’s Irfanullah while his sibling second seed Yasir Khan overcame Lahore’s Usman Rafiq 6-3, 6-4. Third seed M. Abid Mushtaq, also from Lahore, whipped Khalid Ali Nazar 6-2, 6-3 whereas former Davis Cupper Nomi Qamar send fourth seed Imran Shoukat packing 6-2, 6-2.Aqeel is drawn to meet Nomi while Abid faces Yasir in the two semi-finals on Wednesday.

The ladies singles also commenced on Tuesday with 11 women vying for honours.

Meanwhile, unseeded Nazif Ahmed, who stunned second seed Muzammil Murtaza in three sets the other day, made exit losing straight to Dawer Rehan 4-6, 4-6.

Those joined Dawer in the last four were Nofil Kaleem, Mudassir Murtaza and Go Mazher.

Nofil, meanwhile, has lodged a written protest against Mudassir for verification of his (Mudassir’s) age.

“We’ll take him to Aga Khan Hospital on Wednesday for wrist test to help determine his age,” tournament referee Khalid Rehmani said.

Results: Men’s singles: Quarter-finals: Aqeel Khan bt Irfanullah (Peshawar) 6-2, 6-2; Nomi Qamar bt Imran Shoukat (Multan) 6-2, 6-2; M. Abid Mushtaq (Lahore) bt Khalid Ali Nazar 6-2, 6-3; Yasir Khan bt Usman Rafiq (Lahore) 6-3, 6-4.

Men’s doubles: First round: Mustafa Jamal and Talha Zubair Surmawala bt Nawab Muzaffar (Mirpurkhas) and Abdul Majeed (Hyderabad) 7-6, 6-4; Israr Gul and Khalid Ali Nazar bt Ejaz Sarhadi and Mohammad Manzer 6-2, 6-2; Mohammad Abid Mushtaq (Lahore) and Usman Rafiq (Lahore) bt Ali Murad (Lahore) and Malik Abdul Rehman (Multan) 6-3, 6-3.

Second round: Aqeel Khan and Rashid Malik (Lahore) bt Mustafa Jamal and Talha Zubair 6-1, 6-2; Nomi Qamar and Waqas Malik (Lahore) bt Abdul Rehman and Omer Shahid 6-4, 6-2. Boys’ under-18 singles:

Pre quarter-finals: Muzammil Murtaza (Jehanian) bt Murad Khan (walkover); Farhan Mustafa bt Ejaz Ahmed 7-5, 6-3; Azher A. Qadir bt Jalaluddin Babar (walkover); Adil Kohari bt Malik Hamza 7-5, 6-1.

Quarter-finals: Talha Zubair bt Abdul Rehman 6-3, 6-0; Saad Noor bt Muzammil Murtaza 6-2, 6-2; Mohammad Mudassir Murtaza (Jehanian) bt Azher A. Qadir 6-1, 6-1; Adil Kohari bt Farhan Mustafa 6-0, 6-2.

Boys’ under-14 singles: Quarter-finals: Mohammad Mudassir Murtaza (Jehanian) bt Hasan Farooq 6-1, 6-1; Nofil Kaleem (Islamabad) bt Azher A. Qadir 6-3, 2-6, 7-5; Dawer Rehan bt Nazif Ahmed 6-4, 6-4; Go Mazher bt M. Raza Sawani 6-7, 6-1, 6-4.

Pre quarter-finals: Mudassir Murtaza bt Ibrahim Iltifat 6-1, 7-6; Hasan Farooq bt Marib Malik 2-6, 6-4, 6-2; M. Raza Sawani bt Khizer Imran 6-2, 6-0.

Ladies singles: Second round: Maheen Dada bt Neha Khan 6-0, 6-0; Sara Ahmed bt Urooj Iltifat 6-4, 6-0.

Wednesday’s fixtures: Juniors under-18 2pm; men’s singles and boys under-14 singles 3pm; ladies singles 4pm; men’s doubles 4.30pm.