August 16, 2005	Tuesday	Rajab 10, 1426

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ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: Punjab’s Aqib Hanif and Alamzeb Jnr qualified for the under-19 semifinals of the Hashim Khan National Junior Squash Championship at the Roshan Khan Complex on Monday.

Playing intelligently and with great spirit, Aqib defeated Kashif Khan of Sindh 9-6, 9-4, 9-1 while Alamzeb knocked out Punjab’s M. Wasim 9-5, 9-7, 9-3.

Also advancing to the semifinals was Adil Atlas, a 9-0, 9-7, 10-9 winner against Sindh’s Mohammad Naeem and Bilal Zaman who beat Farzan Rashid 4-9, 9-7, 9-3, 9-6 in a hard-fought quarterfinal.

Results (Quarterfinals):

UNDER-19: Aqib Hanif bt Kashif Khan 9-6, 9-4, 9-1, Alamzeb Jnr bt M. Wasim 9-5, 9-7, 9-3, Adil Atlas bt M. Naeem 9-0, 9-7, 10-9, Bilal Zaman bt Farzan Rashid 4-9, 9-7, 9-3, 9-6.

UNDER-17: Shoaib Hassan bt Waqar Rauf 9-0, 9-2, 9-2, Shahzad Khan bt Hamza Ahmed 9-5, 6-9, 9-5, 9-0, Waqar Mehboob bt Raza Yaqoob 9-4, 9-5, 9-3, Intikhab Alam bt Asif Khan 9-0, 2-9, 9-4, 3-9, 9- 6.

UNDER-15: Nosherwan bt Waqas Mehboob 9-4, 9-5, 9-6, Ali Ayub bt Sheikh Saqib 9-2, 9-1, 5-9, 9-7, Farhan Zaman bt Noor Ali 9-2, 9- 7, 9-3, Aurangzeb bt Danish Atlas 9-5, 9-7, 6-9 (Danish retd because of hand injury).

UNDER-13: Hamza Bukhari bt Kamran Khan 0-9, 4-9, 2-9, Nasir Iqbal bt Ahmed Ameen 9-1, 9-2, 9-2, Haroon bt Arbab Dilawar 9-0, 6-9, 9-3, 0-9, 9-4, Nouman bt Bilal Zakir 9-4, 9-7, 9-5

UNDER-11: Arslan Bhatti bt M. Tayyab 9-0, 9-4, 7-9, 9-7, Ammad Farid bt Zeeshanullah 9-0, 9-2, 9-2, Rizwan Gul bt Faheem Khan 9- 2, 9-0, 9-0, Ali Bukhari bt Mansoor Jan 9-2, 9-0, 9-0.

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