Aqeel to face younger brother Yasir in final

KARACHI Top seed and current national champion Aqeel Khan outplayed former Davis cupper Nomi Qamar in straight sets 6-1,6-2 in the first semi-final to set up final clash with his youngest brother Yasir Khan here on Thursday at Beach View club Deco turf courts. In the second semi-final of the event, third seed Yasir Khan overpowered brother second seed Jalil Khan 6-1,6-4. Nomi Qamar - seed four in the championship sponsored by Pizza Hut for the sixth year - had entered the last four of the event defeating Shahid Maniya 6-0,6-1 in the last quarter-final played late on Wednesday evening. Outstation women players Sara Mansoor and Sara Ahmed had easy passage forward in their respective contest in womens single. Results: Mens singles remaining quarter-final: Nomi Qamer beat Omer Shahid Maniya 6-0, 6-1. Mens singles semi-finals: Aqeel Khan beat Nomi Qamer 6-1, 6-2, Yasir Khan (3rd seed) beat Jalil Khan (2nd seed) 6-1, 6-4. Ladies singles first round: Sara Mansoor (top seed) beat Neha Khan 5-0 rtd, Sara Ahmed beat Maheen Javed 8-3, Maheen Dada w/o Naseem Abid, Tasneem beat Dilshad 8-4. Boys u-15 singles quarter-finals: Talha Zubair (top seed) beat Hamza Nisar 8-6, Aamir Ali beat Murad Khan 8-2. Juniors u-17 singles first semi-final: Mustafa Zaidi (top seed) beat Talha Zubair (3rd seed) 5- 7, 6-1, 6-2. Boys u-11 singles semi-finals: Jalaluddin Baber (Mirpurkhas) (2nd seed) beat Umair Tariq 8-1, Nazif Ahmed beat Muhammad Raza Sawani (1st seed) 8-6. Mens doubles quarter-finals: Aqeel Khan/Jalil Khan beat Shamael/Ali Imran 6-0 rtd, Noorullah/Fahim Ramzan walkover Vinod Das/Fahad Anwer, Saif Noor Sumar/Imran Shouqat (Multan) beat Basit Gabol/Asadullah 6-1, 6-2, Rafi Darbari/Saad baloch (Hyderabad) beat Asgher Sawani/Waseem Hyder 6-3, 6-3.

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