February 25, 2007	Sunday	Safar 7, 1428

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KARACHI, Feb 24: An untimely injury compelled highly talented fourth seed Nasir Mushtaq to surrender his men’s singles pre-final after giving a scare to second seed Jalil Khan in the Sindh ranking tennis tournament at the CDGK sports complex on Saturday.

Nasir, 16, was 2-3 down in the second set when he fell on the court during a rally only to develop cramps in his left leg. Earlier, he created a stir by taking 5-4 lead and 30-0 up before losing 7-6 (7-4) in a tie-breaker.

Playing his first match of the competition, tennis ace and top seed Aqeel Khan gave a 6-1, 6-4 drubbing to Mubashir Afridi to enter the last four where he meet his younger brother Yasir Khan Sunday morning.

Syed Zuhair Raza whipped Hashim Khan in straight sets 6-1, 6-2 to enter the juniors U-17 singles final.

Mustafa Zaidi also propelled in boys U-15 singles final by getting the better of Nameer Shamsi 6-3, 6-2 in the first semi-final.

Results:

Men’s singles (quarter-final):

Aqeel Khan bt Mubashir Afridi 6-1, 6-4.

(Semi-final):

Jalil Khan bt Nasir Mushtaq 7-6 (7-2), 3-2 (retd).

Men’s doubles (quarter-finals):

Mubashir Afridi/ Syed Abbas Raza bt Shazaib/Fahim 6-0, 6-0; Abdul Rehman/Muneeb bt Nasir Mushtaq/Rizwan Shamsi 3-0 (retd).

(Semi-final):

Yasir Khan/Ali bt Abdul Rehman/Muneeb 6-1, 6-0.

Juniors U-17 singles (quarter-finals):

Nasir Mushtaq bt Ahad Hasan 6-0, 6-0; Syed Zuhair Raza bt Konain Qurban 6-1, 6-0.

(Semi-final):

Syed Zuhair Raza bt Hashim Khan 6-1, 6-2.

Boys U-15 singles (pre-quarter-final):

Ramis Farishta bt Yayha Essa 7-6 (7-6), 6-1.

(Quarter-finals):

Syed Zuhair Raza bt Uzair Abdul Qadir 6-0, 6-0; Hashim Khan bt Ramis Farishta 6-1, 6-0; Mustafa Zaidi bt Abdul Rehman 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

(Semi-finals):

Mustafa Zaidi bt Nameer Shamsi 6-3, 6-2.

Ladies singles (quarter-finals):

Uzma Zikria w/o Mitsoko Ishikawa; Eman Malik w/o Nuzhat.

(Semi-finals):

Seher Khwaja bt Uzma Zikria 6-1, 6-0; Eman Malik bt Domichi Michico 6-4, 6-0.

Boys U-11 singles (quarter-final):

Talha Zubair Surmawala w/o M. Afzal Ali.

(Semi-finals):

Imran Mooraj bt Ali Mooraj 6-2, 6-1; Khwaja Hamza bt Talha Zubair Surmawala 6-3, 6-3.

Boys U-13 singles (semi-final):

Adil Kohari bt Khwaja Hamza 6-0, 6-2.

Sunday’s fixtures:

Men’s doubles (semi-finals), ladies doubles 10am; ladies singles (final) 11am; juniors U-17 singles (semi-final); boys U-15 singles (final) 2PM; men’s singles (semi-finals) 3pm.