KARACHI, Aug 14: Young Ibrahim Iltifat and Dawar Rehan propelled into boys and girls’ under-15 singles last four outplaying their opponents in straight sets in the two quarter-finals of Independence Day tennis tournament at Bath Island Club on Tuesday.

Ibrahim, who is placed third in under-15 STA half-yearly rankings, cruised to 6-2, 6-3 victory over Maheen Dada while second ranked Dawar blanked Noor-e-Mustafa 6-0, 6-0.

Earlier, the two players have won their first round fixtures against Umer Siddiqui and Kainat Zulfiqar respectively on Monday.

The event which is being held in four categories — men’s/ladies singles, ladies singles, under-15 and under-11 singles concludes on Wednesday.

Results:

Men’s/ladies singles: First round: Malik Hamza bt Maheen Dada 6-1, 6-1; Fahim Bhutto bt Owais Chang 6-2, 6-3. Boys’ and girls’ under-15 singles: First round: Mohammed Raza Sawani bt Saeed Hussain 6-0, 7-6; Zubair Raja bt Taimoor Malik 6-2, 2-0 (retired; Hania Naveed bt Arham Fahim 6-0, 6-0; Ibrahim Iltifat bt Umer Siddiqui 6-0, 6-0; Maheen Dada bt Masood Kabro 6-0, 6-0; Noor-e-Mustafa bt Shuali Meher 6-0, 4-0 (retired; Dawar Rehan bt Kainat Zulfiqar 6-0, 6-0. Quarters-finals: Ibrahim Iltifat bt Maheen Dada 6-2, 6-3; Dawar Rehan bt Noor-e-Mustafa 6-0, 6-0. Ladies singles: First round: Shehneez bt Sania 6-3, 6-4. Boys’ under-11 singles: First round: Waqas Bhutto bt Rayyan Jawwad 8-4; M. Ahmed Ehtisham bt Hasan Mahmood 8-0.