KARACHI, July 26 Wijdan Nisar Khan entered the qualifying finals of the ninth STA Development Series tennis championship at the City Sports Complex here on Monday.

He easily thrashed Umair Ahmed 8-3.

Meanwhile, Abdullah Khan also secured a berth in the qualifying finals of men's singles after registering an 8-6 win over Farhan Usmani.

In the U-17 singles, Sheryar Shehzad overcame Ahsan Ismail 8-7.

Others who also moved to the next round were Malik Hamza, Nasrullah Khan and Shahzaib Nasir.

Results

Men's singles

First qualifying round Abdullah Khan bt Talha Abrar 8-3; Rahmat Ali Ahsan bt Saeed Azhar 8-2; Wijdan Nisar Khan bt Salman Munir 8-4.

Second qualifying round Wijdan Nisar Khan bt Umair Ahmed 8-3; Abdullah Khan bt Farhan Usmani 8-6; Rahmat Ali Ahsan bt Sanwal Memon 8-2.

U-13 singles

First qualifying round Sameer Shehzad bt Essa Admani 8-2.
Second qualifying round Omair Tariq bt Sameer Shehzad 8-0.

U-15 singles

First qualifying round M. Maaz bt Ahmed Shiwani 8-0; Marib Malik bt Wania Khan 8-0; M. Hannan bt Neha Khan 8-1; Taha Bande Ali bt M. Salman 8-5.

U-17 singles

First qualifying round Ahmed Gharib bt Rabiuddin 8-4.

Second qualifying round Sheryar Shehzad bt Ahsan Ismail 8-7; Malik Hamza bt Sufyan Shiwani 8-2; Nasrullah Khan bt Murtaza Iqbal 8-3; Shahzaib Nasir bt Ahmed Gharib 8-7.—PPI