KARACHI, March 25: Unseeded Mustafa Zaidi pulled off the first upset when he edged past fourth seed Omer Shahid in three sets to enter the juniors’ under-17 singles semi-finals in the Sindh ranking tennis tournament at CDGK Sports Complex on Sunday.

Mustafa, runners up in boys’ under-15 Sindh ranking event last month, struggled for two-and-a-half hours to overcome the fighting opponent 7-6, 5-7, 6-3.

Zuhair Raza who won a double crown last month, and Abdul Rehman also cruised into the last four. Winner of Muneeb v Hasham Khan tie will complete the line-up.

Nameer Shamsi stormed into the boys’ under-13 singles final when he accounted for Arif Khan 7-5, 6-4.

Top seed Nomi Qamar chalked up an easy 6-1, 6-1 sailing over Abdul Rehman to advance into men’s singles semis where he meets Robin Das who got the better of Faisal Mahmood 6-2, 7-5.

In the other match, Vinod Das beat Muneeb Khan 6-1, 6-1 while Abbas Raza got a walkover against younger brother Zuhair.

The Sindh Tennis Association (STA) has decided to penalise Zuhair for his act to stop the trend of walkovers in future.

Results:

Men’s singles (quarter-finals): Nomi Qamar bt Abdul Rehman 6-1, 6-1; Vinod Das bt Muneeb Khan 6-1, 6-1; S. Abbas Raza w/o S. Zuhair Raza; Robin Das bt Faisal Mahmood 6-2, 7-5.

Juniors’ U-17 singles (quarter-finals): S. Zuhair Raza bt Konain 6-3, 6-2; Abdul Rehman bt Hussain Jisani 7-5, 6-3; Mustafa Zaidi bt Omer Shahid 7-6, 5-7, 6-3.

Boys’ U-13 singles (semi-finals): Nameer Shamsi bt Arif Khan 7-5, 6-4.

Boys’ U-15 singles (pre quarter-finals): Abdul Rehman bt Ahad Hasan Khan 6-3, 6-4; Konain bt Ahsan Chawla 6-0, 2-0 (retd); Nameer Shamsi bt Ibrahim Tawab 7-5, 6-0; Hasham Khan bt Muneebn 6-4, 6-0; Zuhair Raza bt Yayha 7-5, 7-5.

Boys’ U-11 singles (semi-finals): Khwaja Hamza bt Taha Bandeali 6-1, 6-0.

Boys’ U-9 singles (round robin): Sameer Farishta bt Zain Asad 8-0; Talha Surmawala bt Zain Asad 8-0.

Ladies singles: Seher Khwaja bt Sara Ahmed 6-1, 6-1.

Monday’s fixtures:

Men’s singles (semi-finals), juniors’ U-17 singles 2:00pm; ladies singles, boys’ U-15 doubles 3:00pm; men’s doubles 3:30pm.