KARACHI, July 25: Young Taha Band-e-Ali overcame a battling Sharukh Saleem 6-3, 6-7, 6-0 in a marathon three-hour encounter of the under-11 singles in 15th Talent Hunt Sindh ranking tennis tournament on Monday at City Sports Complex.

After winning the first set easily, Taha was stunned by Sharukh in the second set, but he regained his composure in the third and final set to advance to the next round.

Khawaja Hamza showed his class in overwhelming Rodain Faisal without dropping a point 6-0, 6-0 in quick time.

Sheryar Ahmed was taken to three sets by Hassan Rajab in another under-11 clash that produced some long rallies. Sheryar won the first, lost the second but regained his form to clinch the decider to emerge worthy winner.

Results:

Boys under-9 singles: Taha Bandae Ali bt Uzair 6-4, 6-4; Khawaja Hamza bt Imran Mooraj 6-2, 6-2

Boys U-11 singles: Hassan Azad bt Yasir Ali 7-6, 5-1 (Retd.); Taha Bandae Ali bt Shahrukh Saleem 6-3, 6-7, 6-0; Khawahja Hamza bt Rodain Faisal 6-0, 6-0; Sheryar 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.

Boys-11: Zuhair bt Hassan Azad 6-1, 6-0; Mubassir bt Rodain Faisal 6-0, 6-0; Mustafa Zaidi bt Tahir Khan 6-1, 6-1; Nameer Shamsi bt Moosa Mujeeb 6-0, 6-0; Zuhair Javaid bt Aliya 6-4, 6-2; Adil Kohari Ibrahim Khalid 6-4, 6-0; Abdul Rehman bt Omer Shahid 6-1, 6-2

Ladies singles: Sehar Khawaja bt Bushra Chawla 6-0, 6-0; Samar Essa bt Kiran Deep 6-3, 6-7, 6-3

Men’s singles second round: Abdul Wahid bt Abdullah 6-1, 3-0 (Retd.); Ghulam Abbas bt Haris Iltifat 6-4, 7-5; Mateen Arif bt Salman Ahmed 6-3, 6-3; Yasir Khan bt Farhan 6-2, 6-3; Asfand Rauf bt Syed M Abbas 6-1, 6-1; Rizwan Shamsi bt Nasir 6-4, 1-6, 7-5

Sunday results:

Mens singles first round:

Mateen Arif bt Kashif Pirozani 7-6, 7-6; Asfand Rauf bt Safwan Zuberi 6-1, 6-1; Ghulam Abbas bt Anis Imran 6-1, 6-1

Juniors boys under-17 singles

Nasir Mushtaq bt Syed Abdullah 6-0, 6-1; Sarmad Munir b t Asad Qureishi 6-4, 6-4; Mateen Arif bt Syed Zuhair Raza 7-6, 6-4; Hassan Ahmed bt Ahsan Bajwa 6-4, 6-2; Jahangir Rashid bt Atiq Qasim 6-0, 6-1; Syed Abbas Raza bt Ali Asgher 6-7, 6-4, 6-2; Ghulam Abbas bt S.M.Naeem 6-1, 6-0

Girls under-17 singles: Anam Saeed bt Rida Shazli 6-0, 6-0; Aliya Hai bt Maham Masood 6-2, 7-5

Boys under-15 (qualifying round)

Fahad Zaman bt Munib Ahmad 6-2, 6-4

Boys under-15 (first round)

Nasir Mushtaq bt Fahad Zaman 6-0, 6-0; Mustafa Zaidi bt Ahmed Waqar 6-2, 6-0; Ghulam Abbas bt M.Ashjaa 6-0, 6-0; Zuhair Raza bt Hassan Azad 6-1, 6-1; Omer Shahid w/o Bassam.