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| July 23, 2005 | Saturday | Jumadi-us-Sani 15, 1426 |
Ijaz and Farzana storm into semifinals
LAHORE, July 22: Ijaz Ahmed and Farzana Saleem registered upsets in men’s and women’s singles events to move into the semifinals of the 8th Ameer Abdullah Khan Rokri badminton tournament on Friday. Ijaz, ranked 11th, dumped fifth seed and much experienced Aamir Islam 15-10, 15-12. Ijaz dominated the proceeding and hardly allowed Ijaz to dictate terms with his powerful smashes and drop shots.
Aamir tried to bounce back in the second and fought till 10-all before Ijaz completed the win to book a place in the semifinals. Top seed Wajid Ali went to full distance before beating Atiq Chaudhry 15-9, 7-15, 15-1 to make last four.
Wajid won the first game easily but he did not exhibit his true game in the second, allowing Atiq to stage a comeback, winning the second game.
But Wajid was back to his best in the third game as conceded only one point to win it and the match as well.
National champion Omar Zeeshan trounced Shabbar Hussain in a one-sided match 15-5, 15-3 while Waqas Ahmad toppled Atif Nadeem after a gruelling fight in the first game 17-15, 15-1.
Farzana ended the march of national champion Ayesha Akram in three games 7-11, 11-1, 11-3.
Ayesha made a fine start winning the first game, but she was erratic in the second. Farzana dropped only one point before romping home to level the score 1-1.
Dominating in the third game, Farzana displayed an aggressive game in the third to win it convincingly to shock the national champion.
Sara Khan outplayed Farzana Shaheen 11-2, 11-3 while Saima outclassed former champion Uzma Butt 11-6, 8-11, 11-7.
Aasma Butt also made the last four stage by virtue of getting walkover against Shahnaz.
Results:
Men’s singles (quarterfinals): Wajid Ali bt Atiq Chaudhary 15-9, 7-15, 15-1; Ijaz Ahmed bt Aamir Islam 15-10, 15-12; Waqas Ahmed bt Atif Nadeem 17-15, 15-1; Omar Zeeshan bt Shabbar Hussain 15-5, 15-3.
Women’s singles (quarterfinals): Farzana Saleem bt Ayesha Akram 7-11, 11-1, 11-3; Sara Khan bt Farzana Shaheen 11-2, 11-3; Saima bt Uzma Butt 11-6, 8-11, 11-7; Asma Butt w/o Shahnaz Shah.
Men’s doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Naeem-Shafiq bt Ashfaq-Kashif 15-17, 17-14, 15-11; Ali Yar Beg-Nauman Sikandar bt Mohammad Ali-Faisal Afzal 13-15, 15-13, 15-7; Shabbar-Atiq bt Atif-Ijaz 15-8, 15-3; Navid-Shahid bt Mushtaq-Imran 15-11, 15-8; Kashif-Danish bt Qasim-Abid 15-8, 15-11; Zafar-Arshad bt Hashar-Rizwan 15-13, 7-15, 15-8; Aamir Islam-Imran bt Intikhab-Kashif 12-15, 15-6, 15-1; Omer Zeeshan- Rizwan w/o Mohammad Ali-Zaheer.
Women’s doubles (quarterfinals): Ayesha-Saima bt Anum-Kiran 15-2, 15-2; Palushaw-Aniqa bt Shahnaz-Farzana 15-3, 15-2; Sara Khan-Farzana bt Zarina-Sara 15- 7, 15-8; Asma Butt-Uzma Butt bt Aiman-Zahida 15-4, 15-3.
Semifinals: Ayesha-Saima bt Palushaw-Aniqa 15-13, 15-2; Asma-Uzma bt Sara- Farzana 8-15, 15-9, 15-1.
Mixed doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Harrison-Atiqa bt Qasim-Anum 15-4, 15-3; Rizwan-Aiman bt Irfan- Kiran 15-4, 15-11.
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