March 03, 2008	Monday	Safar 24, 1429

KARACHI, March 2: Promising Sameer Tayyab had a mixed day on Sunday when he progressed in one category and was eliminated in another of the second Sindh ranking tennis tournament at the DHA Sunset Club.

He sneaked into the juniors’ under-17 singles next round after defeating Noor-ur-Rehman in three gruelling sets. He was home 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-2.

Appearing in his second match hours later in the boys’ under-15 singles first round, Sameer went down in straight sets 2-6, 3-6 to Farhan Mustafa.

Omer Osman, however, won in both events as he marched into the quarter-finals of the juniors’ under-17 singles and won in the boys’ under-15 singles opener.

His victim in the juniors was Muneeb Khan who despite a rigorous fight went down in three sets. Osman who joined Omer Shahid and Abdul Rehman in the last eight, conceded the opening set 4-6 before recovering to win the next two 7-6 (7-4), 7-5.

In boys’ under-15 singles, he had a convincing 6-0, 6-1 sailing over Afzal Ali.

Results:

Juniors’ under-17 singles (first round):

Sameer Tayyab bt Noorur Rehman 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-2.

Pre quarter-final:

Omer Osman bt Muneeb Khan 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5.

Boys U-15 singles (first round):

Farhan Mustafa bt Sameer Tayyab 6-2, 6-3; Sheryar Ahmed bt Rahmat Ali – walkover; Omer Osman bt Afzal Ali 6-0, 6-1; Talha Zubair bt Arsalan Allawala 6-1, 6-3; Ahsan Saqib bt Hamza Saeed 6-1, 6-3; Basit Gabol bt Abo Baker – walkover; Uzair Abdul Qadir bt Sahib Alvi 6-2, 6-2; Daniyal Jafery bt Naseer Khan 6-0, 6-3; Yayha Essa bt Touqeer Abbas 6-0, 1-0 – Touqeer retired; Ramiz Farishta bt Ahmed Qureshi – walkover.

Boys’ under-13 singles qualifying rounds (pro-set):

Haseeb Shafqat bt Saad Azim 8-0; Yasir Rasool bt Saud Shoaib 9-7.

Boys’ under-9 singles round-robin (pro-set):

M. Raza Sawani bt Saad Rasool 8-6; Ali Mooraj bt Omair Tariq 8-1.

Monday’s fixtures:

Men’s singles at 9.00am; boys’ under-9 singles at 2.00pm.