KARACHI, Feb 5 The ladies singles final of the second Sindh Open ranking tennis tournament to be played between Islamabad`s Sara Mansoor and Nida Waseem on Friday has garnered interest among the fraternity and promises to be an evenly contested affair.

The two women have set a date for the title battle chalking up emphatic victories over their opponents in their respective semi-finals on the penultimate day at the Beach View Club on Thursday.

Top seed Sara who is competing in a Sindh Open ranking event for the first time posted 6-0, 6-2 victory over Seher Khawaja, a former national hard court champion to ease into final.

Second seed Nida, who is appearing in the domestic circuit after a long layoff, accounted for Eman Malik 6-3, 6-2 in the other semi-final.

Meanwhile, Aqeel Khan is drawn to meet sibling Yasir Khan in the men`s singles final.

Results

Ladies singles

Semi-finals Nida Waseem bt Eman Malik 6-3, 6-2; Sara Mansoor (Islamabad) bt Seher Khawaja 6-0, 6-2.

Girls U-17 singles

Semi-finals Eman Malik bt Faryal Sharrif 8-2; Maheen Dada bt Uzma Zakaria 8-3.

Boys U-15 singles

Pre quarter-finals Sharyar Ahmed bt Adeel Zulfiqar 7-5, 6-0; Saad Noor

Soomar bt Sheryar Mehdi 6-4, 6-0; Farhan Mustafa bt Shah Zaib Nasir 6-1, 6-4; Arslan Allawala bt Daniyal Jafery 6-4, 6-1.

Quarter-final Farhan Mustafa bt Noor-ur-Rehman 6-4, 6-2.

Juniors U-17 singles

Quarter-finals Syed Zuhair Raza bt Hussain Aziz 6-3, 7-5; Hamza Hameed walkover Abdul Rehman; Mustafa Zaidi bt Muntazrain Shoaib 6-3, 6-0; Omer Shahid walkover Nameer Shamsi.

Boys and girls U-11 singles

Semi-finals Sarwan Memon bt Moiz Tariq 8-0; Maheen Dada bt Asim Allahwala 8-3.

Friday`s fixtures

Boys U-15 singles semi-finals 9.00am; juniors U-17 semi-finals 10.00am; boys U-9 singles final 11.00am; boys U-11 singles final 12.30pm; boys U-15 final and girls U-17 singles final 2.00pm; juniors` U-17 singles final and ladies singles final 3.00pm; men`s singles final 4.00pm.