KARACHI, Dec 5: Promising Nasir Mushtaq exhibited outstanding performance to conjure up two victories in the STA development tennis series which resumed after a day at CDGK sports complex on Tuesday.

Rain had compelled the organisers to put off their matches for a day on Monday.

Second seed Nasir, 16, who has represented the country in junior Davis Cup at Thailand earlier this year, first handed a 6-1, 6-4 defeat to third seed Zuhair Raza to cruise into juniors singles final where he meets Zuhair’s elder brother and top seed Abbas who got the better of Hashim Khan 6-2, 7-5.

Playing his second match, he accounted for M. Z. Khattak 6-0, 6-0 to earn a berth in last four of men’s singles. Abdul Majeed (Hyderabad), Arif Irfanullah and Danish Ahmed were the other three who have made it to pre-finals.

Two Hyderabad players – Rafi Darbari and Shabbir Gul failed to turn up after confirming their entries.

Results:

Men’s singles: (first round)

Arif Irfanullah w/o Rafi Darbari, Rizwan Shamsi w/o Shabbir Gul.

(Quarter-finals)

Arif Irfanullah w/o Yasir Khan, Abdul Majeed bt Rizwan Shamsi 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, Nasir Mushtaq bt M. Z. Khattak 6-0, 6-0.-, Danish Ahmed bt Farhan 6-2, 7-5.

Ladies singles: (round robin)

Anam Saeed bt Aalya Hai 6-1, 6-4.

Juniors U-17 singles: (quarter-final)

Syed Abbas Raza bt Asif Bachani (Hyd) n6-1, 6-1.

(Semi-finals):

Syed Abbas Raza bt Hashim Khan 6-2, 7-5, Nasir Mushtaq bt S. Zuhair Raza 6-1, 6-4.

Boys U-13 singles (semi-finals)

Abdul Rehman bt Omer Usman 6-2, 6-1, Nameer Shamsi w/o Arif Khan.

Boys U-15 singles: (quarter-finals)

Abdul Rehman bt Nameer Shamsi 6-3, 6-4, Hashim Khan w/o Adil, Omer Shahid bt Zubaid Gul (Hyd) 6-1, 2-0 (retd).

Wednesday’s fixtures:

Boys U-13 singles: (final)

Abdul Rehman v Nameer Shamsi at 1.30pm

Men’s singles: (semi-finals)

Abdul Majeed (Hyd) v Arif Irfanullah, Danish Ahmed v Nasir Mushtaq at 2.pm

Ladies singles: (round robin matches) 3.30pm

Boys U-15 singles: (semi-finals) 3.30pm.