KARACHI, Sept 30: Davis Cupper and top seed Yasir Khan took a step closer to capture the men’s singles crown when he registered convincing victory over junior international Nameer Shamsi in the semi-final of 20th Talent Hunt Sindh Ranking Tennis Championship at the PN Physical Training and Sports Centre on Thursday.

He returned 6-0, 6-3 victorious over the fourth seed opponent and drawn to meet the winner of second semi-final Omer Usman and Omer Shahid for the title battle on Friday.

Nameer had some consolation when he sneaked into the juniors’ under-17 final defeating fourth seed Talha Zubair Surmawala in three set duel. The scores were 6-1, 5-7, 10-5.

Results:

Men’s singles:

Semi-final: Yasir Khan bt Nameer Shamsi 6-0, 6-3. Juniors’ under-17 singles: Quarter-final: Nameer Shamsi bt Saad Noor Sumar 6-0, 6-1. Semi-final: Nameer Shamsi bt Talha Zubair Surmawala 6-1, 5-7, 10-5. Boys and girls under-13 singles: Quarter-finals: Azhar A. Qadir bt Saeed Hussain 8-2; Maheen Dada bt Murtaza Mubeen 8-2. Boys and girls under-15 singles: Quarter-final: Malik Hamza bt Aqeel Khan 8-3. Semi-final: Talha Zubair Surmawala bt Malik Hamza 8-6. Boys and girls under-15 doubles: Semi-final: Murad Khan and Aqeel Khan bt Azhar A. Qadir and Hassan Siddiqui 8-2. Friday’s fixtures: Boys under-11 singles final and boys under-9 singles final 12noon; boys’ under-13 singles final 1.00pm; ladies singles final and juniors’ under-17 singles final 2.00pm; boys and girls under-15 singles final 3.00pm; men’s singles final 3.30pm.