Saad stuns Zaid to enter tennis final

Published November 24, 2010

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.

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