KARACHI, July 11: Danish Ahmed, Haris Iltifat, Aamir Ali Khan and Yasir advanced to the the semifinals of boys under-14 singles of Karachi Open Junior Tennis Championship after winning their matches at KC courts Thursday.

Top seeded Danish dropped just one game in routing Ali Sadozai. Similarly Aamir Ali notched an easy victory in the quarterfinals.

Haris and Yasir had to fight hard to snatch victories in their matches. Nadeem gave Haris a testing time before going down 4-6, 5-7.

Yasir faced a strong challenge from Anil Das in the second set before registering 6-2, 7-5 win.

In the under-18 singles second round Arsalan recovered after losing the first set to record exciting 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 triumph.

Following are the results:

Boys U-14 (Quarterfinals) Danish Ahmed bt Ali Sodozai 6-0,6-1, Haris Iltifat bt Nadeem Ahmed 6-4,7-5, Aamir Ali Khan bt Asad ali Matcheswala 6-1,6-4, Yasir Khan bt Anil Das 6-2,7-5.

Junior U-18 (2nd Round) Adnan Khan bt Anil Das 6-2,6-2, Amir Ali Khan bt Amir Noor 6-0, 7-6, Yasir Khan bt Fahad Anwar 4-6,6-2,6-2, Arslan Khan bt Haris Iltifat 4-6, 7-5,6-4, Asim Javed bt Nasim Khan 6-1,6-0, Danish Ahmed bt Saim Nasir 6-1,6-2, Naresh Das bt Asad Ali Matcheswala 6-2,6-1.

Junior U-18 (Doubles 1st Round) M. Raza/Amir bt Fahad/Kashif Mahmood 6-0, 6-0, Amir Dewan/ Nadeem Ahmed bt Shakoor & Fayaz 6-0,6-0, Robin Das/Sunil walover Rafah/Swallah walkover, Nasesh/Anil Das bt Sulain/Ali Mansoor 6-2,6-0, Asad/Ghulam Abbas bt Shahzad/Mudassar 6-0, 4-6, 6-1, Mateen/ Hassan bt Nadeem/Kashif 6-1, 6-3,Shahrukh/Ali Asghar bt Kamran & Shahbaz 7-6, 6-7, 6-0, Nabeel/Mustafa bt Shakir/Anas 6-2, 6-4, Arsalan Hasan/Fahad bt Amjad/Dinesh 6-4, 6-4, Sabir/ Sajid walkover bt Saim Nasir/Mohsin Raza.—APP