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| May 27, 2005 | Friday | Rabi-us-Sani 18, 1426 |
Naeem, Mahad clinch junior squash titles
QUETTA, May 26: Favourite Kashif Khan of Sindh fell to unseeded Farzan Rasheed of Punjab in straight sets in the U-19 final, however, M Naeem and Mahad Javed won the U-17 and U-13 titles respectively for Sindh on the final day of third Balochistan National Junior Squash Championship at PSB squash Complex on Thursday.
Kashif, who created a major upset when he squashed top seeded in the semifinal was not in fine touch, lost the match 9-1, 9-5, 9-0 in mere 23 minutes. It was Naeem who first won the medal for Sindh in the U-17 event by beating his counterpart Shehzad Khan from PAF in straight sets.
He smashed deadly drops and brilliant volleys to overpower his rival 9-3, 9-3, 9-4.
The second medal winner for Sindh, Mahad Jawad had to fight hard after winning two sets 9-1, 9-5 easily.
He dropped the next two sets 7-9, 4-9 as promising boy Ahmed Amin (Punjab) bounced back in the match with great drop shots. The last set of the match ended in a thriller as the score reached eight all at one occasion, but Jawad held his nerves to win the last set 10-8.
The match lasted for 73 minutes.
It was a great acheivement for Sindh as we had not won any Junior medal since 2000, a Sindh Squash Association official said.
Results:
U-19 Farzan Rasheed (Punjab) beat Kashif Khan Sindh) 9-1, 9-5, 9-0
U-17 M Naeem (Sindh) beat Shehzad Khan (PAF) 9-3, 9-3, 9-4
U-15 Auranzeb (Punjab) beat Shaikh Saquib Punjab) 9-4, 9-1, 3-9, 9-4
U-13 Mahad Javed (Sindh) beat Ahmed Amin Punjab) 9-1, 9-5, 7-9, 4-9, 10-8—PPI
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