Mixed fortunes for Rehman in STA Tennis
KARACHI, Dec 6: Abdul Rehman whipped Nameer Shamsi in straight sets to capture boys U-13 singles title of the STA development tennis series at CDGK sports complex on Wednesday.
Rehman won the battle 6-0, 6-3. However, playing his second successive match he went down to Omer Shahid in three gruelling sets in boys U-15 semi-final.
Omer, a former Sindh No. 1 in boys U-13 last year struggled hard to win 6-7, 6-3, 7-6.
Hyderabad’s Abdul Majeed prevailed 6-1, 6-2 over Arif Irfanullah to made it to the men’s singles final where he meets the winner of Nasir Mushtaq – Danish Ahmed.
The former won the opener 6-1 and tied at 3-3 with his opponent in the second set when the match was stopped due to bad light. It will be completed on Thursday.
Similarly, Domichi was 1-0 up against Anam Saeed in the ladies singles encounter when poor visibility prevented the two players to complete their match.
Results:
Men’s singles: (semi-final)
Abdul Majeed (Hyd) bt Arif Irfanullah 6-1, 6-2
Boys U-13 singles: (final)
Abdul Rehman bt Nameer Shamsi 6-0, 6-3
Boys U-15 singles: (semi-final)
Omer Shahid bt Abdul Rehman 6-7, 6-3, 7-6
Thursday’s fixtures:
Men’s singles semi-final 2.00pm
Boys U-11 singles final 2.30pm
Ladies round robin matches 3.30pm
Juniors U-17 singles final 3.30pm