August 12, 2006	Saturday	Rajab 16, 1427

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KARACHI, Aug 11: Second seed Yasir Khan survived a scare when he overcame a spirited challenge from Ahmed Iqbal in three gruelling sets to cruise into the men’s singles last eight of the Sindh Ranking tennis tournament at the DHA Sunset Club on Friday.

Yasir, youngest of the Khan siblings, struggled to beat Ahmed, a rank outsider, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 to live up to his reputation.

Similarly, third seed Danish Ahmed was stretched to limits by Ali Kidwai on his way to register 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory to propel in quarterfinals.

Also joining the two in the next stage was top seed Nomi Qamar whose opponent retired after losing the opener 0-6.

Upcoming Imran Mooraj sailed into the boys U-11 singles final after he got the better of Hamza bin Asif 8-6. He now meets Shehryar Ahmed in the final.

Meanwhile, the organisers have decided to conduct ladies singles on round robin league as they have received only five entries.

Results:

Men’s singles (pre-quarterfinals): Nomi Qamar bt Naresh Das 6-0 (retd); Jahangir Rasheed bt Ahsan Ali 4-6, 6-1, 6-1; Saif Noor bt Vinod Das 6-4, 6-1; Yasir Khan bt Ahmed Iqbal 7-5, 4-6, 6-1; Danish Ahmed bt Ali Kidwai 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

Boys U-13 singles (preliminary round): Mahesh Bhatiya bt M. Umar Shaikh 8-3; Uzair A. Qadir bt Shehryar Ahmed 8-6; Ehsan Latif bt Taha Sereng 8-4; Shahrukh Khan w/o Jatin; Shayan Latif bt Akash 8-1; Vinod Das bt Saad Noor 8-2.

Boys U-15 singles (preliminary round): Hasham Khan bt Talha Masood 8-1.

Boys U-11 singles (semifinal): Imran Mooraj bt Hamza bin Asif 8-6.

Saturday’s fixtures: Men’s singles (quarterfinals) 9am; ladies singles 11am.