Talha causes major upset

Published August 10, 2003

KARACHI, Aug 9: Talha Dar caused the biggest upset of the Independence Day junior Sindh Ranking tennis tournament on Saturday when humbled top seed Zubair Raza 8-5 in the semifinal of the boys Under-10 event at Nore-One Navy Court.

Another top seed Ghulam Abbas also made exit for being 2 1/2 hours late in the boys Under-12 when his opponent Omer Shahid was awarded walk over.

Earlier on Friday all the seeds moved into the next round on the first day of the championship.

Saturday results:

Boys Under-14: Ghulam Abbas bt Salman Ahmed 6-1, 6-0; Daniyal Alvi bt Kamran 6-0, 6-0; Rizwan Rajani bt Nasir Mushtaq 6-0,6-0; Talha Dar bt Zahir Ahmed 6-1 (retired)

Friday results:

Boys Under-10: Zuhair Reza bt Tahir 8-2; Zarukh bt KH Hamza 8-6; Talal bt Farhad 8-3; Tahir Hamza w/o Taha.

Boys Under-12: Gulam Abbas bt Kamran 8-0; Mustafa Jamali w/o Zahir; Omer Shahid bt Zarukh 8-4; Zuhair Reza bt Talal 8-3.

Boys Under-14: Gulam Abbas bt Sajid 6-1,6-0; Salman Ahmed w/o Manoj; Kamran bt Anas Shaheen 6-2,6-1; Danyal bt Assad Jafery 6-0,6-0; Nasir Mushtaq bt Mustafa Ali 6-4,6-2; Rizwan w/o Saad; Zahir w/o Mustafa; Talha bt Jehangir Rasheed 6-4,4-6,6-4; Hassan bt M.Abbas 6-7, 6-4,6-2; Adeel w/o Amir Darwesh; Arshad bt Danish 6-4,4-6,6-4; Mateen bt Mustafa 6-2,6-1; Mustafa Jamali bt S.M Naeem 6-4,6-1; Zaroukh w/o Tahir; Abbas Reza bt Atiq Qasim 6-4,6-4; Ali Azhar bt Kamil w/o.