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.