March 25, 2008	Tuesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 16, 1429

KARACHI, March 24: Second seed Asfand Rauf overcame stiff opposition from upcoming Zuhair Raza to post straight win and land his maiden men’s singles crown in the third Sindh ranking tennis tournament at the Beach View Club on Monday.

Asfand, who created quite a stir when he toppled promising Nasir Mushtaq in the quarter-final of last Sindh ranking tournament, came out 6-4, 7-6 (4) victorious against young Zuhair.

Zuhair, however, continued his winning streak when he claimed third straight title of juniors U-17 singles of the year the other day. His victim was third seed Omer Shahid who lost 3-6, 3-6.

Junior international and third seed Adil Kohari who skipped the last competition, crowned boys U-15 title by getting the better of four seed Abdul Rehman 6-3, 6-2.

Top seed Mustafa Zaidi and second seed Nameer Shamsi were crashed out in the semis.

The ladies singles title went to Seher Khawaja who accounted for Uzma Zakaria 6-1, 6-0.

Results (finals):

Men’s singles: Asfand Rauf bt Syed Zuhair Raza 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Juniors U-17 singles: Syed Zuhair Raza bt Omer Shahid 6-3, 6-3.

Juniors U-17 doubles: Mustafa Zaidi/Omer Shahid bt Abdul Rehman/Talha Saeed 6-2, 6-3.

Boys U-15 singles: Adil Kohari bt Abdul Rehman 6-3, 6-2.

Ladies singles: Seher Khawaja bt Uzma Zakaria 6-1, 6-0.