ISLAMABAD, July 27: Top seed Shahrukh Niazi and Omer Babar, the third seed, moved into the final of the National Junior Invitational Tennis Tournament at the PTF Complex on Sunday.

Shahrukh, of Punjab, knocked out Sindh’s Yasir Khan, younger brother of Pakistan No 1 Aqeel Khan 6-1, 6-3 in the first semifinal while Omer upset second seed Tanveer Ashiq 6-2, 5-7, 6- 3 in the other pre-final.

The singles final is to be played on Monday at 4.30 pm while the doubles decider will be contested in the morning. The semifinals between Amir Ali Khan (Sindh)-Usman Ijaz (Balochistan) and Yasir Khan (Sindh)-Omer Babar was in progress.

Results:

Singles semifinals: Shahrukh Niazi (Punjab) bt Yasir Khan (Sindh) 6-1, 6-3; Omer Babar (Punjab) bt Tanveer Ashiq (Punjab) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.

Singles quarterfinals: Shahrukh Niazi (Punjab) bt Amir Ali Khan (Sindh) 6-2, 6-2; Tanveer Ashiq (Punjab) bt Nomanul Haq (Rawalpindi) 6-1, 6-1; Omer Babar (Punjab) bt Danish Ahmed (Sindh) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

Doubles quarterfinals: Shahrukh Niazi-Tanveer Ashiq bt Nomanul Haq-Shaheen Khan 6-2, 6-2.