February 11, 2008	Monday	Safar 03, 1429

KARACHI, Feb 10: Unseeded Mohammad Ali and Mustafa Zaidi set a date for the boys’ under-15 singles title battle in the Sindh Open ranking tennis championship at the DHA Sunset courts on the penultimate day.

While Ali received a walkover against second seed Nameer Shamsi, Zaidi got the better of Yahya Essa 6-2, 6-2.

With top seed Abdul Rehman having left for Islamabad halfway to appear in the juniors Davis Cup trials, Shamsi’s absence in the pre-final has left a bad taste.

Results:

Juniors’ under-17 singles semi-finals: Mustafa Zaidi bt Mustafa Tariq 6-1, 6-0; Omer Shahid bt Talha Saeed 6-3, 6-4.

Boys’ under-15 singles quarter-finals: Mohammad Ali bt Asfand Yar 6-4, 6-1.

Semi-finals: Mohammad Ali bt Nameer Shamsi – walkover; Mustafa Zaidi bt Yahya Essa 6-2, 6-2.

Boys’ under-13 singles semi-finals (pro-set): Shahzaib Nasir bt Jahangir Khan 8-6; Khwaja Hamza bt Imran Mooraj 8-5.Girls’ under-17 singles quarter-finals: Eman Malik bt Maheen Dada 8-0.

Girls’ under-17 singles final (pro-set): Eman Malik bt Uzma Zakaria 8-2.

Boys’ under-9 round robin league (pro-set): M. Raza Sawani bt Aamir Tariq 8-1.