KARACHI, April 21 The quartet of seeded players including the three Khan brothers were through to the men's singles semi-finals of the Sindh Open ranking tennis tournament by getting the better of their opponents at the Beach View Club on Wednesday.

Top seed Aqeel Khan demolished Imran Shoukat from Multan, the fifth seed, 6-3, 6-1. Similarly, second seed Jalil Khan was home 6-7, 6-0 (retired) against Saif Noor Sumar. Third seed Yasir Khan whipped Mohammad Abdul Saeed 6-4, 6-0 while fourth seed Nomi Qamar accounted for Omer Shahid 6-0, 6-1.

Islamabad's Sara Mansoor also made her appearance in the ladies singles when she overcame Neha Khan 5-0 (retired) in the opener.

Two local players Sara Ahmed and Maheen Dada also registered first round victories over their rivals.

But it was spectacular performance from Hyderabad's Saad Baloch and Rafi Darbari who send second seed pair of Yasir Khan and Nomi Qamer packing to surge in the men's doubles.

The duo of Saad and Rafi recovered from a set down to turn the tables on rivals 6-7, 6-3, 6-3.

Results

Ladies singles

First round Sara Mansoor (Islamabad) bt Neha Khan 5-0 (retired); Sara Ahmed bt Maheen Javed 8-3; Maheen Dada bt Hajrah Nadeem 8-3.

Men's singles

First round Mohammed Abdul Saeed bt Fayyaz Ahmed 6-3, 6-3.

Pre quarter-finals Omer Shahid bt

Rehan Iqbal 6-3, 6-1; Mohammad Abdul Saeed bt Fahad Anwar 6-3, 6-3; Jalil Khan bt Mohammad Naseem 6-1, 6-1.

Quarter-finals Aqeel Khan bt Imran Shoukat (Multan) 6-3, 6-1; Yasir Khan bt Mohammed Abdul Saeed 6-4, 6-0; Jalil Khan bt Saif Noor Sumar 6-7, 6-0, (retired); Nomi Qamer bt Omer S hahid 6-0, 6-1.

Boys' and girls under-13 singles

First round Jalaluddin Baber (Mirpurkhas) bt Shabbir Mohammed 8-2.

Quarter-finals Maheen Dada bt Umair Tariq 8-6; Jalauddin Baber bt Junaid 8-2; Nazif Ahmed bt Mubeen Salman 8-2.

Men's doubles

First round Aqeel Khan and Jalil Khan bt Faiq Azam and Abdul Saboor 6-1, 6-1; Shamael and Ali Imran bt Muzaffer Mughal (Mirpurkhas) and Hari Das 6-2, 6-3; Saad Baloch and Rafi Derbari (Hyderabad) bt Nomi Qamer and Yasir Khan 6-7, 6-3, 6-3; Asgher Sawani and Naseem Hyder bt Mohammed Abdul Saeed and Mohammed Naseem 6-3, 6-3.

Thursday's fixtures

Juniors' under-17 singles semi-final 9.00am; men's singles semi-finals 11.00am; boys' under-15 singles quarter-finals 12.00noon; men's doubles 1.00pm; ladies singles 3.00pm; boys under-11 semi-finals singles 4.00pm.