June 25, 2006	Sunday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 28, 1427

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KARACHI, June 24: Experiencing sizzling heat wave of the city for the second day running, at least five prodigies conceded their matches in the 16th Talent Hunt Sindh ranking tennis tournament at the CDGK Sports Complex, on Saturday.

Jahangir Rashid, second seed in boys U-17, was compelled to retire after losing the opener 3-6 to unseeded Mustafa Zaidi due to vomiting.

Meanwhile, due to persistent heat, the organisers have brought forward the date of closing ceremony by two days. The event now ends on June 27 instead of 29.

Results:

Boys U-15 (second round): Zuhair Raza w/o Asim Ali; Hasham Khan bt Zubaid Gul 6-1, 6-1; Abdul Rehman bt Sarmad Munir 6-4, 3-0 (retd); Nameer Shamsi bt Hassan Azad 6-4, 7-6; Abu Bakar bt Muneeb Khan 7-6, 7-5.

Boys U-11 (first round): Khawaja Hamza bt Irfan Khan 8-0; Arif Khan bt Umer Sereng 8-4, Taha Band-e-Ali bt Hamza bin Arif 8-6, Shehryar Ahmed bt Ahsan Shahid 8-4.

Men’s singles (first round): Mustafa Jamal bt Salman Ahmed 6-0, 6-2; S. M. Naeem bt Ahsan Majwa 6-1, 6-4; Noman bt Faisal Mahmood 6-1, 6-1.

Boys U-13 (first round): Zubaid Gul (Hyd) bt Hassan Azad 6-4, 6-2. (Second round): Mustafa Zaidi bt Ramiz Farishta 6-0, 6-3; Abdul Rehman bt Azher Qureshi 6-0, 4-1 (retd).Boys U-17 (second round): Mustafa Jamal bt Mateen Arif 6-2, 4-2 (retd); Ali Asgher Band-e-Ali bt Hasham 6-2, 6-1; Mustafa Jamali bt Salman Ahmed 6-0, 6-4; Zuhair Raza bt Abdullah Asghar 6-2, 3-3 (retd); Mustafa Zaidi bt Jahangir Rashid 6-3 (retd).