KARACHI, Dec 6: Abdul Rehman whipped Nameer Shamsi in straight sets to capture boys U-13 singles title of the STA development tennis series at CDGK sports complex on Wednesday.

Rehman won the battle 6-0, 6-3. However, playing his second successive match he went down to Omer Shahid in three gruelling sets in boys U-15 semi-final.

Omer, a former Sindh No. 1 in boys U-13 last year struggled hard to win 6-7, 6-3, 7-6.

Hyderabad’s Abdul Majeed prevailed 6-1, 6-2 over Arif Irfanullah to made it to the men’s singles final where he meets the winner of Nasir Mushtaq – Danish Ahmed.

The former won the opener 6-1 and tied at 3-3 with his opponent in the second set when the match was stopped due to bad light. It will be completed on Thursday.

Similarly, Domichi was 1-0 up against Anam Saeed in the ladies singles encounter when poor visibility prevented the two players to complete their match.

Results:

Men’s singles: (semi-final)

Abdul Majeed (Hyd) bt Arif Irfanullah 6-1, 6-2

Boys U-13 singles: (final)

Abdul Rehman bt Nameer Shamsi 6-0, 6-3

Boys U-15 singles: (semi-final)

Omer Shahid bt Abdul Rehman 6-7, 6-3, 7-6

Thursday’s fixtures:

Men’s singles semi-final 2.00pm

Boys U-11 singles final 2.30pm

Ladies round robin matches 3.30pm

Juniors U-17 singles final 3.30pm

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