LAHORE, April 8: Aqib Hanif was the first player to move into the under-19 quarterfinals of National Junior championship after defeating Waseem Gul 9-1, 9-0, 9-0 here on Friday at PSA Complex.
Only one match was decided in the under-19 event and in the under-17, 15, 13 and 11 age groups no upset was recorded and fancied players advanced to the quarterfinal stage with ease.
Girls championship also commenced and a number of first round matches were also played in the under-19, 15 and 13 age groups.
Following are the results of the matches.
Boys:
Under-19: Aqib Hanif bt Waseem Gul 9-1,9-0,9-0.
Under-17: Alamzeb Jr bt Tahir Iqbal 9-3, 9-5, 9-0, Zoaib Ahmed bt Fahim Zaman 9-3, 9-4, 9-3, Shahzad Khan bt Naveed Khan 9-7, 6-9, 9-3, 4-9, 9-6, Naveed Alam bt Jibran Noorani 9-1, 7-9, 9-6, 9-1, Shoaib Hassan bt Basit Samad 9-0, 9-1, 9-3, Khurram Shahzad bt Arshad Shafi 9-5, 9-5, 5-9, 9-2, M. Naeem bt Hamza Ahmed 9-4, 9-0, 9-4.