February 13, 2008	Wednesday	Safar 05, 1429

KARACHI, Feb 12: Talented Nasir Mushtaq grew in stature when he picked up second men’s title of his career and first of the year with a crushing 6-0, 6-0 victory over unseeded M. Naseem in the Open Sindh ranking tennis championship at the DHA Sunset courts the other day.

Nasir, 17, had won his maiden men’s singles crown against a Hyderabad player last year. He has already established his credentials in juniors.

Seher Khwaja, a former national hard court champion, subdued Eman Malik 6-4, 6-4 to claim ladies’ singles title.

The juniors’ under-17 singles title went to Omer Shahid who accounted for Mustafa Zaidi 6-2, 6-4. However, the latter had some consolation when he annexed the boys’ under-15 crown by virtue of walkover against M. Ahmed.

Khawaja Hamza, as expected, handed an 8-2 defeat (pro-set) to grab boys U-13 title while brothers — Ali Mooraj and Imran Mooraj won boys’ under-9 and under-11 titles, respectively.

Results (finals):

Boys’ under-9 singles (pro-set): Ali Mooraj bt M. Raza 8-1.

Boys’ under-11 singles (pro-set): Imran Mooraj bt Ali Mooraj 8-3.

Boys’ under-13 singles (pro-set): Khwaja Hamza bt Shahzaib Nasir 8-2.

Boys’ under-15 singles: Mustafa Zaidi bt M. Ahmed – walkover.

Juniors’ under-17 singles: Omer Shahid bt Mustafa Zaidi 6-2, 6-4.

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

Juniors’ doubles: Mustafa Zaidi/Omer Shahid bt Muneeb Khan/Omer Usman 6-0, 6-1.

Ladies singles’: Seher Khwaja bt Eman Malik 6-4, 6-4.

Men’s singles: Nasir Mushtaq bt M. Naseem 6-0, 6-0.—Sports Correspondent