March 02, 2008	Sunday	Safar 23, 1429

KARACHI, March 1: Mustafa Tariq sweat in the court for over two hours to overcome his opponent in a three-set duel on the opening day of the second Sindh ranking tennis tournament at the DHA Sunset Club on Saturday.

After conceding the opener to Uzair Abdul Qadir 5-7, he struggled to claim the next two sets 6-4, 6-3 to cruise into next round of juniors U-17 singles which saw no less then three walkovers.

Third seed Omer Shahid and fifth seed Abdul Rehman who got a first round bye, had no difficulty in reaching the last eight. The former subdued Basit Gabol 6-2, 6-1 while the latter posted 6-0, 6-0 win over Naveed Anjum. Four other seeded players in the same category who have got bye in the first round are Zuhair Raza, Mustafa Zaidi, Talha Saeed and Bilal Saeed.

Results:

Juniors U-17 singles (first round):

Farhan Mustafa bt Adil Tanoli 6-1, 6-2; Rehmat Ali bt Asadullah 6-1, 6-3; Basit Gabol w/o Ahmed Qureshi; Omer Osman bt Ahsan Saqib 6-0, 6-1; Muneeb Khan w/o Rana Azmat; Ali Muzaffar bt Hatim Rasheed 6-1, 6-4; Naveed Anjum w/o Ahmed Waqas; Mustafa Tariq bt Uzair Abdul Qadir 5-7, 6-4, 6-3.

Second Round:

Omer Shahid bt Basit Gabol 6-2, 6-1; Abdul Rehman bt Naveed Anjum 6-0, 6-0.

Sunday’s fixtures:

Boys U-15 singles first round 9.00am; boys U-13 singles qualifying rounds 11.00am; men’s singles 12.00noon.