KARACHI, Feb 2 Syed Abbas Raza kept his cool to breeze past former Sindh No 1 Vinod Das in three gruelling sets to made it to the last eight in the men`s singles of second Sindh Open ranking tennis tournament at Beach View Club on Monday.

Abbas seized the lead by taking the opener which was extended to tie-break 7-6 (4) only to concede the next 4-6 to come on even terms. However, he got his act together to win the decisive set 6-3 and the match.

On the other hand, sibling Zuhair won his match against Abdullah Khan 6-0, 6-0 in contrasting style.

Three seeded players Nomi Qamar, Yasir Khan and Nasir Mushtaq also propelled into last eight with convincing victories.

Second seed Nomi accounted for Ali Zubair 6-1, 6-1, third seed Yasir beat Naresh Das 6-1, 6-2 and fourth seed Nasir overcame Abdul Rehman 6-2, 6-2. Top seed Aqeel Khan had already moved into the quarter-finals the other day.

Results

Men`s singles pre quarter-finals

Nomi Qamer bt Ali Zubair 6-1, 6-1; Syed Abbas Raza bt Vinod Das 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-3; Syed Zuhair Raza bt Abdullah Khan 6-0, 6-0; Nasir Mushtaq bt Abdul Rehman 6-2, 6-2; Yasir Khan bt Naresh Das 6-1, 6-2.

Boys U-15 first round

Usman Shabbir bt Govinda Kumar 6-1, 6-3; Shahbaz Fayyaz bt Fraz A. Faiz 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4; Talha Zubair Surmawala walkover Touqeer Abbas; Daniyal Jafery bt Hasnain Hyder 7-6, 6-1; Faizan Fayyaz bt Jahangir Khan 6-0, 7-5.

Juniors U-17 Singles second round

Nameer Shamsi bt Naveed Abbas 6-1, 6-1; Murtazain Shoaib bt Basit Gabol 7-5, 6-4.

Boys U-13 singles first round

Aqeel Shabbir bt Shahroz 8-2; Hunny bt Nadeem 8-5; Talha Khurram walkover Roaman Zahidi; Maheen Dada bt Adnan Allawala 8-2.

Tuesday`s fixtures

Juniors U-17 singles 9.00am; men`s singles quarter- finals 11.00am; ladies singles 2.00 pm; boys U-15 singles 3.00pm; boys and girls U-11 singles 3 .30pm.