KARACHI: Hazig Areejo and Raahim Vegar advanced to the men’s singles final of theSecondSohailaUniversitynational tennis championships here at the Modern Club on Thursday.
Hazig beat Yahya Bin Zain 8-2 in the semi-final after overcoming Amir Mumtaz 8-4 in the quarter-final. Raahim defeated Ruhab Faisal 8-4 in the other last-four fixture following an 8-4 quarter-final win over Nadir Bachani of Hyderabad. Yahyahad earlier reached the semis by beating Huzaifa Lakhani 8-4.
In U-18 last-eight fixtures, Islamabad’s Mohammad Yahya downed Nuaz Shahbaz of Lahore 6-3, 6-1, Hazig eased past Arham Shahzad 6-2, 6-2, Zain Nomi edged Ansarullah 7-6, 6-4 and Rashid Bachani of SNGPL defeated Ruhab 6-1, 6-4.
The girls U-18 penultimate round clashes saw Eschelle Asif beating Ayla Benazir 6-2, 6-1 and Rania Bus overpow-ering Noor Hilalay 6-3, 6-1.
Eschelle also progressed in the women’s final following a convincing 8-1 triumph over Taiba Yar Baig 8-1.
Eschelle will be up against Eraj Bat ool, who crushed Varisha Khan 8-1, in the decider.
The U-14 boys semis witnessed Mohammad Muaz Shahbaz of Lahore defeating Meer Bhagat 4-2, 4-0.-Sports Reporter