Talent Hunt Tennis reaches semis stage
KARACHI, Sept 28: Three players stormed into men’s singles last four of the 20th Talent Hunt Sindh Ranking Tennis Championship at the PN Physical Training and Sports Centre here on Tuesday.
Top seed Yasir continued his winning run by getting past Zaid Noor Sumar 6-2, 7-6. He was joined by Nameer Shamsi and Omer Maniya. The former carved out a 7-6, 6-1 win over Faiq Azam while the latter notched up a 2-6, 6-3, 10-3 victory overMohammad Abdul Saeed.
The winner of Khaleeq-uz-Zaman and Omer Usman will complete the semi-final line-up on Wednesday.
Results:
Men’s singles:
First round: Khaleeq-uz-Zaman (PN) bt Zain Malik 2-6, 6-1, 10-3; Omer Usman bt Fahad Khan 5-7, 6-4, 11-9.
Quarter-finals: Yasir Khan bt Zaid Noor Sumar 6-2, 7-6; Nameer Shamsi bt Faiq Azam 7-6, 6-1; Omer Maniya bt Mohammed Abdul Saeed 2-6, 6-3, 10-3.
Men’s doubles:
First round: Aslam Pervez and Mohammed Naseem bt Fahad Khan and Hassan Siddiqui 6-3, 6-3.
Boys and girls under-11 singles:
Quarter-final: Houd Azhar bt Faham Khan 8-3.
Semi-final: Mohammed Raza Sawani bt Talal Siddiqui 8-1.
Boys and girls under-15 singles:
First round: Salman Mati bt Maheen Dada 8-5; Sanwal Memon bt Anil Chohan 8-6; Marib Malik bt Neha Khan 8-1.
Wednesday’s fixtures:
Men’s singles 9.00am; juniors’ under-17 singles 2.00pm; ladies singles and boys’ under-15 doubles 3.00 pm; boys under-9singles 4.00pm.