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KARACHI, Nov 23: Hyderabad`s Saad Baloch created quite a stir when he sent second seed Zaid Noor Sumar packing in straight sets to enter men`s singles final of the Sindh Sports Board Open ranking tennis championship at City Sports Complex on Tuesday.
Fresh from his 6-1, 6-0 triumph over Zaid`s sibling Saad Noor Sumar in the quarter-final on Sunday, Baloch maintained his winning sequence imposing courageous 6-4, 6-0 win to enter his maiden men`s singles final of a Sindh ranking event in the city.
He already had men`s singles crown of ranking event held at Mirpurkhas and Hyderabad in the past under his belt.
Baloch`s Hyderabad mate Rafi Derbari was, however, knocked out 6-1, 6-0 by veteran Davis Cupper Arif Iftikhar in the other semi-final.
The event concludes on Wednesday with all the finals on card.
Results: Men’s singles: Semi-finals: Saad Baloch (Hyderabad) bt Zaid Noor Sumar 6-4, 6-0; Arif Iftikhar bt Rafi Derbari (Hyderabad) 6-1, 6-0. Boys’ and girls’ under-13 singles: Quarter-final: Ibrahim Iltifat bt Farzan Azhar 8-5. Boys’ under-15 singles: Semi-finals: Hassan Siddiqui bt Khwaja Hamza 8-3; Saud Shoaib bt Malik Hmaza 8-5. Boys’ under-15 doubles: Semi-final: Khwaja Hamza and Sarwan Memon bt Azhar Abdul Qadir and Emad Najam 8-6. Wednesday’s fixtures: Finals start at 2.30pm.
