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The top seeds faced little trouble as they clinched the first set before Baloch and Qazi hit back to take the second to a tie-break. However, the pair showed why they were seeded higher as they took the second set to win the title.
Meanwhile, Syed Zohair Raza won the boys under-18 singles title after Adil Kohari retired, trailing 5-0 in the final. After a dominant start to the match, Raza was awarded the match with Kohari going down with an elbow injury to bring a premature end to the final.
Aziz wins women’s singles event
It was a battle between the Sindh’s top seeds as Saba Aziz downed Maheen Dada in a one-sided final 6-0, 6-0 to win the women’s singles title of the tournament. Davis Cuppers Rashid Malik and Hamidul Haq teamed up in the men’s veteran doubles final and defeated Nauman Aleem and Imran Ahmed 6-2, 6-1 to lift the trophy.
Aqeel and Aziz also won the mixed doubles event, beating Abid Mushtaq and Dada 6-4, 6-1
The tournament will conclude today with Pakistan number one Aqeel taking on Abid Mushtaq, who beat Yasir in the last-four encounter, in the men’s singles final.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 24th, 2011.
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