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| July 26, 2002 | Friday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 15,1423 |
Tariq, Faisal, Alamzeb, Saqib in main round
ISLAMABAD, July 25: Under-19 players Alamzeb, Faisal Zaman, Saqib Zia and Tariq Aziz qualified for the main round of 6th Hashim Khan National Junior Championship at POF Complex in Wah Thursday.
In the second qualifying round, Alamzeb, of PAF beat Punjab’s Zahid Naseer 7-15, 15-7, 15-4 and then outplayed Khurrum Shahzad 15-8, 15-8 in the third round to book his place in the main draw. Faisal, also of PAF, thrashed Jehangir Khan Tahkali 15-5, 15-3 in the second round and brushed aside the challenge of NWFP’s Irfanullah 15-12, 15-10.
Saqib’s first victim of the day was Attique Butt of Punjab whom he dispatched quickly 15-12, 15-6 while Shahzad Khan almost suffered an identical fate, losing 7-15, 13-15. The wins put the NWFP player in the main round of the tournament along with Tariq, also from the same province.
In his first match, Tariq defeated his province-mate Kamran Khan 15-13, 15-4 and then had to toil to overcome a fighting Waqas Salahuddin of Punjab 15-9, 17-16.
In the under-17 category, Bilal Zaman (PAF), Naveed Nasir (NWFP), Waseem Gul (Punjab) and Rizwan Ahmed (Balochistan) all earned qualification. Also going through, in the under-15 age group were Alamzeb Jnr (PAF), Rehmanullah, Tahir Iqbal (NWFP) and Zohaib Ahmed (Sindh).
Zhoaib Hassan, Mohammad Ali (Punjab), Asif Khan (NWFP) and Ibrahim Umar (Army) meanwhile were the successful players in the under-13 category.
The main round of the championship is due to start Friday with a draw of 16 players in each age category.
UNDER-19 (second qualifying round)
Alamzeb (PAF) bt Zahid Naseer (Punjab) 7-15, 15-7, 15-4, Khurrum Shahzad (Punjab) walkover against Faisal Mirza (Punjab), Irfanullah (NWFP) bt Muhammad Qasim (Sindh) 15-7, 15-14, Faisal Zaman (PAF) bt Jahangir Khan Tahkali (NWFP) 15-5, 15-3, Shahzad Khan (Punjab) bt M. Naveed (Punjab), Saqib Zia (NWFP) bt Attique Butt (Punjab) 15-12, 15-6, Tariq Aziz (NWFP) bt Kamran Khan (NWFP) 15-13, 15-4, Waqas Salahuddin (Punjab) bt Asghar Khan (NWFP)
UNDER-19 (third qualifying round) Alamzeb (PAF) bt Khurrum Shahzad (Punjab) 15-8, 15-8, Faisal Zaman (PAF) bt Irfanullah (NWFP) 15-12, 15-10, Saqib Zia (NWFP) bt Shahzad Khan (Punjab) 15-7, 15-13, Tariq Aziz (NWFP) bt Waqas Salahuddin (Punjab) 15-9, 17-16.
UNDER-17 (second qualifying round) Bilal Zaman (PAF) bt Fahim Gul (NWFP) 15-8, 15-9, Majeed Hussain (NWFP) bt Qaiser Sarwar (Punjab) 15-6, 15-1, Atif Zaffar (NWFP) bt Ali Liaquat (Punjab) 15-5, 15-5, Naveed Nasir (NWFP) bt U. Jehan (Balochistan) 15-5, 15-7, Muhammad Waseem (Punjab) bt Jaffar Khan (NWFP) 17-15, 15-7, Waseem Gul (Punjab) bt Gohar Zaman (NWFP) 15-10, 15-5, Muhammad Rashid (Punjab) bt Yasir Sarwar (Punjab) 15-12, 15-12, Rizwan Ahmed (Balochistan) bt Tahir Ali (NWFP) 15-11, 15-8.
UNDER-17 (third qualifying round) Bilal Zaman (PAF) bt Majeed Hussain (NWFP) 17-14, 15-11, Naveed Nasir (NWFP) bt Atif Zaffar (NWFP) 14-17, 15-9, 15-8, Waseem Gul (Punjab) bt Muhammad Waseem (Punjab) 15-9, 15-5, Rizwan Ahmed (Balochistan) bt Muhammad Rashid (Punjab) 15-10, 15-6.
UNDER-15 (second qualifying round) Alamzeb Jnr (PAF) bt Muhammad Naeem (Sindh) 15-12, 15-10, Jibran Noorani (NWFP) bt Nadeem Khan (Punjab) 15-5, 15-6, Rehmaullah (NWFP) bt Shazaf Burki (NWFP) 15-7, 15-7, Jawad Noorani (NWFP) bt Kashif Zaffar (NWFP) 15-8, 15-13, Zohaib Ahmed (Sindh) bt Fahad Ali (Punjab) 15-8, 15-11, Saqib Rafi (Punjab) bt Faheem Zaman (NWFP) 15-14, 15-13, Tahir Iqbal (NWFP) bt Karamat Shah (NWFP) 15-5, 15-4, Khurrum Shahzad (Punjab) bt Faisal Mumrez (Punjab) 15-5, 15-7.
UNDER-15 (third qualifying round) Alamzeb Jnr (PAF) bt Jibran Noorani (NWFP) 15-3, 15-3, Rehmanullah (NWFP) bt Jawad Noorani (NWFP) 15-12, 14-15, 15-6, Zohaib Ahmed (Sindh) bt Saqib Rafi (Punjab) 15-14, 15-13, Tahir Iqbal (NWFP) bt Khurrum Shahzad (Sindh) 15-13, 15-8.
UNDER-13 (second qualifying round) Shoaib Hassan (Punjab) bt Shoaib Javed (Punjab) 15-6, 15-3, Attaullah (NWFP) bt Owais Khan (PAF) 15-12, 15-10, Nematullah (NWFP) bt M. Umar Malik (Punjab) 15-13, 15-10, Muhammad Ali (Punjab) bt Bilal Khan (NWFP) 15-13, 15-3, Asif Khan (NWFP) bt Sarosh Raza (Punjab) 15-8, 15-6, Shahzeb Tariq (NWFP) bt Wajid Ali (NWFP) 15-11, 15-7, Khalil Mahboob (Punjab) bt Mujahid Hussain (NWFP) 16-17, 15-10, 17-15, Ibrahim Umar (Army) bt Aqib (Sindh) 15-8, 15-9.
UNDER-13 (third qualifying round) Shaoib Hassan (Punjab) bt Attaullah (NWFP) 15-8, 15-6, Muhammad Ali (Punjab) bt Nematullah (NWFP) 15-10, 15-4, Asif Khan (NWFP) bt Shahzeb Tariq (NWFP) 15-5, 15-6, Ibrahim Umar (Army) bt Khalil Mahboob 15-3, 15-10.
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