Marib to face Raza in U-15 tennis final
KARACHI, Jan 6: Marib Malik and Mohammad Raza Sawani set a date by storming into the under-15 singles final of the Sindh Sports Board (SSB) development series ranking tennis championship at the Union Club on Sunday.
While Marib coasted to a 6-0, 6-3 semi-final victory over Saad Mohammad Ali, Raza whipped Zubair Raja 6-2, 6-1 in the other last-four tie played on the penultimate day.
The event concludes on Monday.
Results: Ladies singles: Semi-final: Neha Khan bt Ayesha Mir 6-1, 6-4. Juniors’ under-17 singles: Semi-final: Ibrahim Iltifat bt Hasnain Haider — walkover. Boys’ and girls’ under-15 singles: Semi-finals: Marib Malik bt Saad Mohammad Ali 6-0, 6-3; Mohammad Raza Sawani bt Zubair Raja 6-2, 6-1. Boys’ and girls’under-13 singles: Semi-final: Zubair Raja bt Shahzil Malik 6-3, 7-6 (7-4). Boys and girls under-11 semi-finals: Amin Shafi bt Mustafa Admani 8-5; Mohammad Dada bt Rayyan Jawwad 8-3. Final: Mohammad Dada bt Amin Shafi 8-3. STA Challenge League: Ibrahim Iltifat bt Maheen Dada 7-6(7-5), 6-4; Mohammad Raza Sawani bt Neha Khan 6-1, 6-0. STA Satellite League: Amin Shafi bt Kinza Ghanchi 6-4, 4-6, 12-10; Bilal Imran bt Kinza Ghanchi 6-2, 6-7(6-8), 10-1; Zubair Raja bt Amin Shafi 6-3, 6-3.—Sports Correspondent