KARACHI, Dec 29: Omer Shahid has surged to the top in the men’s singles annual rankings of the Sindh Tennis Association (STA) released on Wednesday. The rankings are based on the 12 Sindh ranking events organised by STA during 2010. Omer has accumulated 155 points to finish ahead of Saif Noor Sumar who has secured 130 points. Rankings:

Men’s singles: 1-Omer Shahid (155 pts); 2-Saif Noor Sumar (130 pts); 3-Yasir Khan (100 pts); 4-Nomi Qamer and Asadullah Khan (90 pts each)

Ladies singles:1-Maheen Dada (145 pts); 2-Sara Ahmed (135 pts); 3-Seher Khwaja (100 pts); 4-Hajra Nadeem (60 pts)

Juniors’ under-17 singles:1-Mustafa Zaidi (135 pts); 2-Talha Zubair Surmawala (130 pts); 3- Nameer Shamsi (120 pts); 4-Abdul Rehman (110 pts) Boys and girls under-15 singles:1-Talha Zubair Surmawala (300 pts); 2-Hassan Siddiqui (275 pts); 3-Saud Shoaib (170 pts); 4-Malik Hamza (145 pts) Boys and girls under-13 singles: 1-Azhar Abdul Qadir (230 pts); 2-Maheen Dada (205 pts); 3-Hasan Farooq (175 pts); 4-Marib Malik (140 pts) Boys’ under-11 singles:1-M.Raza Sawani (270 pts); 2-Hasan Farooq (250 pts); 3-Jalaluddin Babar (160 pts); 4-Kanishkan Kumar and Bilal Imran (65 pts each)

Boys’ under-9 singles:1-Houd Azhar (245 pts); 2-Mohammed Dada (165 pts)

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