KARACHI, Oct 25: Qualifier Mustafa Zaidi overcame Faiq Azam in straight sets to make it to the men's singles quarter-finals of the 10th STA development series tennis championship at the City Sports Complex courts on Monday.

Zaidi, who topped STA's half yearly ranking in juniors' under-17, was home 6-0, 6-3 against his opponent. Earlier, he whipped Zain Malik 8-0 in the pro-set qualifying round two.Three more qualifiers who joined Zaidi in the main draw of 16 include Ather Iltifat, Farhan Mustafa and Arshad Shahid.

Results:

Qualifying round two: Mustafa Zaidi bt Zain Malik 8-0; Ather Iltifat bt Faisal Mehmood 8-5; Farhan Mustafa bt Fahim Ramzan 8-4; Arshad Shahid bt Saad Noor 8-4.

First round:

Syed Abbas Raza bt Abdullah Khan 6-0, 6-1; Sikander Hayat Khan bt Arshad Shahid 6-3, 6-4; Zaid Noor Sumar bt Saif Noor Sumar 7-6, 6-4; Mustafa Zaidi bt Faiq Azam 6-0, 6-3.

Boys and girls under-15 singles:

First round: Azhar A. Qadir bt M. Salman 8-5.

Boys' and girls under-13 singles:

First round: Laiba Khan bt S. Kashan 8-4.

Ladies singles:

First round: Maheen Dada bt Urooj Iltifat 8-0.Tuesday's fixtures:

Men's singles 9.30am; juniors' under-17 singles 1.00pm; boys and girls under-15 singles, boys and girls under-13 singles and boys and girls under-11 singles 3.00pm; boys and girls under-15 doubles 4.00pm.