KARACHI, June 8 Seventh seed Saif Noor Soomar on Monday joined second seeded Nasir Mushtaq in the men's singles last four after he accounted for Basit Gabol in straight sets of the Maroof Trophy tennis tournament at the Beach View Club.

Though Saif won straight but was given a tough time by his opponent before registering 6-3, 7-5 victory. He is now slated to meet Nasir in the semi-final on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the two quarter-finals between Nomi Qamer and Zaid Noor Soomar and Asadullah and Abbas Raza were in progress at the time of filing this piece. The winner of the two ties faces each other in the second semi-final.

Seher Khwaja, a former national hard court champion, meets Sara Ahmed in the ladies singles final also on Tuesday. The two topped the round robin competition held between four participants on pre-sets. The final will be of three-set.

The juniors' under-17 singles and boys under-15 singles have also reached the last four stage.

Results

Men's singles

Quarter-final Saif Noor Soomar bt Basit Gabol 6-3, 7-5.

Juniors' under-17 singles

Quarter-finals Mustafa Zaidi bt Uzair A. Qadir 6-3, 6-0; Murtazain walkover Farhan

Altaf; Nameer Shamsi bt Fahad Mehmood 6-1, 6-0.

Boys'under-11 singles

Semi-final Sarwan Memon bt Asim Allahwala 8-3.

Boys' and girls under-13 singles

Quarter-finals Sanwal Memon bt Shehroz 8-4; Sarwan Memon bt Murad Khan 8-4; Saod Shoaib bt Ammad 8-3.

Boys'under-15 singles

Pre quarter-finals Sheryar Ahmed bt Hamza Saeed 6-1, 6-4; Adil Kohari walkover Imran Bangash; Saad Noor Soomar bt Daniyal Ashraf 6-4, 6-1.

Boys'under-15 singles

Quarter-finals Nameer Shamsi bt Saod Shoaib 6-2, 2-0 (retired); Uzair A. Qadir bt Saad Noor Soomar 6-3, 6-3.

Tuesday's fixtures

Boys'under-11 and under-13 singles 9.00am; men's singles semi-finals 11.00am; juniors' doubles 1.00pm; boys' under-17 singles semi-finals 3.00pm; ladies singles final 5.00pm.