KARACHI, March 1 Top four seeds, as expected, completed the men's singles semi-finals line-up in the STA development series tennis tournament at the PN Physical Training and Sports Centre on Monday.

Top seed Saif Noor Soomar whipped Arshad Shahid 6-2, 7-5 while second seed Omer Shahid disposed off Asadullah 6-3, 6-3.

In the two other matches, third seed Mubashir Afridi had a 6-1, 6-1 short work of Hyderabad's Noman Farid while fourth seed Mohammad Abdul Saeed defeated Noorullah, also of Hyderabad, 6-2, 6-2.

Hassan Siddiqui, meanwhile, created quite a stir when he shocked top seed Talha Zubair Surmawala 8-6 to earn a place in boys' and girls' under-15 singles semi-finals.

Results

Men's singles

First round Omer Shahid bt Omer Usman 6-1, 6-1; Mohammed Abdul Saeed bt Farhan Altaf 6-1, 6-2.

Quarter-finals Saif Noor Soomar bt Arshad Shahid 6-2, 7-5; Mohammed Abdul Saeed bt Noorullah (Hyderabad) 6-2, 6-2; Mubashir Afridi bt Noman Farid (Hyderabad) 6-1, 6-1; Omer Shahid bt Asadullah 6-3, 6-3.

Boys' and girls' under-15 singles

Quarter-finals Sanwal Memon bt Azhar A. Qadir 8-2; Murad Khan bt Maheen Dada 8-5; Saud Shoaib bt Hamza Nisar 3-0 retired; Hassan Siddiqui bt Talha Zubair 8-6.

Men's doubles

First round Omer Shahid and Abdul Rehman bt Qamer Habib and Noman Farid (Hyderabad) 6-2, 6-2; Farhan Osmani and Faiq Azam bt Abdul Saboor and Zain Haqqi 6-3, 6-1; Karim Gul Agha and Imran Abu Baker bt Arif and Hanif Memon 6-2, 6-2.

Tuesday's fixtures

Men's singles and doubles 10.00am; juniors' under-17 singles and boys' singles 2.00pm.