Dubai: UAE teenager Faris Al Janahi continued his unbeaten run with an emphatic win against third seed Adham Gabr in the quarter-finals of the 23rd Bank of Sharjah Marbella Resort Open Tennis Championships.
Al Janahi secured a 6-1, 6-0 win in his quarter-final against Gabr, a day after disposing off sixth-seed Omar Omar to secure a semi-final against second-seed Brent Dixon, a 6-2, 6-0 winner against eighth seed Attila McFerren.
In the upper half of the draw, top seed Puneet Varier will meet fourth seed Karim Sobh after both won in their quarter-finals.
Results
Boy's U-11: Atif Shaikh bt Amir Rahimov 6-3, 6-2; Younus Ibrahimov bt Hoshi Yadav 6-1, 6-4; Bharath Amrithraj bt Siddharth Raghunathan 6-4, 7-5; Shayan Azari bt Chiraj Elmuradov 6-2, 6-0.
Boy's U-12: Dhruv Bahl bt Ali Hossam Saif Al Din 6-3, 7-5; Michel Katrib bt Majid Al Janahi 6-2, 6-3; Kamran Azari bt Yousuf Tantawi 6-1, 6-0; Victor Jovic bt Mujahid Ali Khan 6-3, 6-2.
Boy's U-14: Puneet Varier bt Marius Pakstys 6-2, 6-0; Karim Sobh bt Karim Najia 7-5, 4-6, 10-6; Faris Al Janahi bt Adham Gabr 6-1, 6-0; Brent Dixon bt Attila McFerren 6-2, 6-0.
Girls U-14: Namrata Dutta w/o Rikeetha Pereira; Linda Burt bt Mallika Raghunathan 6-1, 6-4; Teodora Sabljarovic w/o Miriam McLeod; Simran Kaur bt Nancy Fawzy 7-5, 1-6, 10-8.
