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Published 30 May, 2009 12:00am

Adil, Farhan to meet in Anti Tobacco tennis final

KARACHI, May 29 Adil Kohari and Farhan Altaf, the top two seeds, qualified to meet each other for the title clash when they whipped their opponents in the juniors' under-18 singles pre-finals of the 12th Anti Tobacco Day Tennis tournament at the Karachi Club on Friday.

Top seed Adil overcame a tough resistance from upcoming and seventh seed Talha Zubair Surmawala before winning 6-4, 7-6 (11-9).

Similarly, second seed Farhan struggled to inflict 6-3, 6-3 defeat on fourth seed Aamir Darvesh.

The final between Adil and Farhan will be played on Saturday.

Nomi Qamar, as expected, handed a 6-4, 6-2 drubbing to Khalid Ali Nazar and now meets Nasir Mushtaq in the Sunday's final.

Seher Khwaja, a former national hard court champion, and Sara Ahmed also moved into the ladies singles final.

Results

Juniors' under-18 semi-finals

Adil Kohari bt Talha Zubair Surmawala 6-4, 7-6 (11-9); Farhan Altaf bt Aamir Darvesh 6-3, 6-3.

Men's singles semi-final

Nomi Qamar bt Khalid Ali Nazar 6-4, 6-2.

Ladies singles semi-final

Sara Ahmed bt Maheen dada 7-5, 6-1; Seher Khwaja bt Saima Khan 6-2, 2-0 (retired).

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