KARACHI, May 8: The three-day fourth and last event of STA Satellite Circuit — Master’s — for the under-14 and under-16 categories gets into action at the Beach View Club courts from Monday.

The first three legs of the event which envisaged top six players of STA ranking and two wildcards apiece were held at the same venue in Nov-Dec last year. Then the competitions were held in the under-13 and under-15 categories.

According to an STA official, the same players turned 14 and 16 on Jan 1.

He said top six players apiece on the basis of their ranking points in the first three legs will vie for honours.

Two players — Talha Zubair Surmawala and Azhar Abdul Qadir — will miss the event as they have left for Islamabad to attend the camp.

Qualified players: Under-14: Hassan Farooq, Azhar Abdul Qadir, Marib Malik, Maheen Dada, Nazif Ahmed, M. Raza Sawani.

Under 16: Talha Zubair Surmawala, Hassan Siddiqui, Malik Hamza, Saud Shoaib, Nazif Ahmed, Murad Khan.

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