Nasir reaches tennis semis

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KARACHI, May 27 Promising Nasir Mushtaq eased into men's singles semi-finals when he carved out straight win over Abbas Raza in the 12th Anti Tobacco Day tennis tournament at Karachi Club on Wednesday.

Second seed Nasir won the battle with ease 6-4, 6-0 and now meets third seed Adnan Khan who accounted for Vinod Das 6-3, 6-2 in the other encounter.

Talha Zubair Surmawala, 12, also moved into the juniors' under-18 singles last four with 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Sheryar Ahmed. He is pitted against top seed Adil Kohari in the semi-final on Friday. Adil registered 6-3, 6-4 win over Fahad M. Khan in the other quarter-final.

Results

Men's singles quarter-finals

Adnan Khan bt Vinod Das 6-3, 6-2; Nasir Mushtaq bt Abbas Raza 6-4, 6-0.

Men's doubles first round

Ali Asghar and Zaid Noor Sumar bt Fahad Mehmood and Manzar Khan 6-3, 6-4; Qutub and Faisal bt Azhar and Shahid 6-4, 6-3; Saif Noor and Danish Ahmed bt Usman and Fahad Anwar 6-3, 6-2.

Quarter-finals

Saif Noor and Danish Ahmed bt Ali Asghar and Zaid Noor 6-0, 6-4; Nomi Qamar and Asad Ali Bhagat bt Ali Mansoor and Asim Ahmed Khan 6-0, 6-0.

Juniors' under-18 pre quarter-finals

Hakeem Khan bt Azhar Qureshi 2-6, 6-4 (retired);

Quarter-finals

Talha Zubair Surmawala bt Shehryar Ahmed 6-3, 6-2; Adil Kohari bt Fahad M. Khan 6-3, 6-4.

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