KARACHI, June 1 Top seed Nomi Qamar came back from the jaws of defeat to beat second seed Nasir Mushtaq in a thrilling final to win the men's singles title in the Anti Tobacco Day tennis tournament at Karachi Club on Sunday.

Nomi, a former member of Pakistan Davis Cup team, dropped the opener 3-6 only to recover and level the score by taking the second set in a tie breaker 7-6 (7-5). Nomi completed the rout picking the decisive set 6-3.

The win enabled him to avenge his last defeat he had tasted at the hands of Nasir in a Sindh ranking event earlier.

Seher Khwaja, a former national hard court champion, handed a 6-2, 6-0 defeat to Sara Ahmed to win the ladies crown.

Second seed Farhan Altaf stunned top seed Adil Kohari in three sets to land the juniors' under-18 singles title. He was home 7-6, 4-6, 6-3.

Results

Men's singles final

Nomi Qamar bt Nasir Mushtaq 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3.

Ladies singles final

Seher Khwaja bt Sara Ahmed 6-2, 6-0.

Veteran doubles final

Shahid Hussain and Zulfiqar Hakeen bt Zahid Hussain and Akbar Hayat 6-3, 6-2.

Men's doubles final

Adnan Khan and Khalid Ali Nazar bt Asad Ali Bhagat and Nomi Qamar 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-5).

Juniors' under-18 singles final

Farhan Altaf bt Adil Kohari 7-6, 4-6, 6-3.

Men's doubles semi-finals

Asad Ali Bhagat and Nomi Qamar bt Saif Noor and Danish Ahmed 6-7, 6-2, 6-4; Adnan Khan and Khalid Ali Nazar bt Saqib Hussain and Farhan Altaf 6-3, 6-4.

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