KARACHI, March 12 Top seed Zuhair Raza added another feather in his cap when he picked up the juniors' U-17 singles crown in the second Sindh ranking tennis tournament at the DHA Sunset Club on Wednesday.

A better-skilled player, he chalked up an authoritative 6-1, 6-0 victory over second seed Mustafa Zaidi in the final to earn applause from the crowd.

Mustafa, who was seeded on top in the boys' U-15 singles, however, earned some consolation handing a 6-0, 7-5 defeat to the ailing second seed Nameer Shamsi.

The former was 1-0 up in the unfinished match the other day. When play resumed, he maintained his grip to seal his fate and register a straight win.

Upcoming Imran Mooraj and Talha Zubair shared one title apiece amongst themselves. While Imran accounted for Talha 8-4 to land the boys' U-13 crown, the latter turned tables on the former, imposing an 8-5 lead to win the boys' U-11 title.

Meanwhile Seher Khawaja, a former national hard court champion, brushed aside stiff challenge from Eman Malik to post a 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-3 victory in a three-set battle.

Results (all finals)

Ladies singles Seher Khawaja bt Eman Malik 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-3.

Juniors U-17 singles Syed Zuhair Raza bt Mustafa Zaidi 6-1, 6-0.

Boys U-15 singles Mustafa Zaidi bt Nameer Shamsi 6-0, 7-5.

Boys U-11 singles pro-set Talha Zubair Surmawala bt Imran Mooraj 8-5.

Boys U-13 singles pro-set Imran Mooraj bt Talha Zubair Surmawala 8-4.

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