KARACHI, Sept 10: A present and a former Davis Cupper cruised into the men’s singles semi-finals of the Sindh ranking tennis championship at Karachi Gymkhana courts on Tuesday.

Veteran Davis Cupper Nomi gave a glimpse of his past disposing of Zuhair Raza, who is almost half of his age, 6-3, 6-2 while second seed Yasir outplayed Khalid Ali Nazar 6-1, 6-1 in the two quarters.

Men’s singles:

First round: Bilal Soomro bt Imaduddin 6-2, 4-6, 10-8.

Pre quarter-finals: Zuhair Raza bt Abid Jaffri 6-0, 6-0; Nomi Qamar bt Sufyan Shiwani 6-0, 6-2; Yasir Khan bt Sikandar Hayat 6-2, 6-3.

Quarter-finals: Nomi Qamar bt Zuhair Raza 6-3, 6-2; Yasir Khan bt Khalid Ali Nazar 6-1, 6-1.

Juniors Under-17 singles:

First round: Syed Yawar bt Taimoor Malik (walkover); Sahibzada M Ali bt Zameer Shehzad (walkover).

Second round: Raza Sawani bt Mohammad Dada 6-0, 6-1; Sahibzada M Ali bt Aqeel Shabbir 7-5, 6-3; Nazif Ahmed bt Abid Baloch 6-1, 6-3; Malik Hamza bt Wania Khan 6-1, 6-0; Jalaluddin Baber bt Ameer Hamza 6-0 , 6-0.

Under-15 singles:

First round: Jalaluddin Baber bt Noor-e- Mustafa 6-0, 6-0.

Second round: Raza Sawani bt Shabbir Mohammad 7-6, 6-1; Sahibzada M Ali bt Zubair Raja 7-5, 6-3; Nazif Ahmed bt Samad Marijo 6-0, 6-0; Jalaluddin Baber bt Hania Naveed 6-2, 6-0.

Third round: Dawar Rehan bt Marib Malik 6-3, 5-7, 10-4,

Under-13 singles:

First round: Shahzil Malik bt Samaeer Shahzad (walkover).—Sports Correspondent