MELBOURNE, March 21: Mohammad Nisar’s dream of at least securing a bronze medal was shattered when he was beaten by Welshman Nasir Mohammad 30-15 in the light flyweight (48kg) of the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. A win could have ensured Nisar a bronze but he failed to match the speed and agility of his rival who jolted the Pakistani boxer with a series of blows in the beginning.

Out of five Pakistani boxers Nisar along with Asghar Ali Shah and Meharullah qualified for the quarterfinals.

Asghar and Mehar will be in action on Wednesday and boxing team officials have pinned hopes for securing medals through them.

Wajid, Zeeshan ADVANCE

Pakistan’s Wajid Ali and Zeeshan Umer scored victories in the singles matches to reach the individual badminton pre-quarterfinals.

Wajid turned a possible defeat into victory after the score was tied 20-20 in the third set. He achieved victory against Wales’ James Martyan Lewis by winning the set 22-20.

Earlier, he had won the first set 23-21 but lost the second 17-21.

As Wajid fought a one-hour battle to move to the next round, Zeeshan seemed in a hurry to fold the match in just 18 minutes beating Trinidad and Tobago’s Rahul Rampersad in straight games 21-3, 21-9.

Zeeshan’s supremacy was never in doubt against Trinidad’s player.

The joy was shortlived as the pair was beaten in the doubles of the individual event by the Indian pair of Diju and Anand in straight games 21-12, 21-7.

FARJAD, KASHIF WIN

Pakistan players won three matches — two by men and one by women — in the individual singles table tennis while Asim Qureishi was the only loser on Tuesday.

Those who scored victories were Farjad Saif, and Kashif Razzaq while Asim Qureshi lost.

Ghalia Kurshid scored a narrow win over Vanuata’s Priscila Tommy in the women’s singles.

Results (men): Farjad bt Kiribati’s Toaaki Taoroba 4-0 (11-5,11-5,11-5,11-5); Kashif bt Tuvalu’s Teokila Maleko 4-0 (11-1,11-6,11-2,11-5); Peter Kackson bt Asim Qureshi 4-2 (7-11,11-4, 8-11,11-8,11-7,11-4).

Women: Ghalia Khurshid bt Priscila 4-3 (2-11,11-7,2-11,11-8,11-8, 5-11,11-9).

SHOOTERS DISAPPOINT

Pakistan’s hope of a medal in shooting took further knock whenMehwish Masqood could only finish 18th out of 20 competitors in the women’s 25m Pistol event.

Australian Lalita Yauhleuskaya clinched the gold. Mehwish’s score was 482 as compared to the winners 781.5.

SWIMMING

Pakistan’s Mehmood Nasir was eliminated in the men’s 200m breaststroke heats.

Canadian Michael Brown won the gold while Aussies duo of Brenton Rickard and Jim Piper ended up with silver and bronze medals.—Agencies

Medals table

G S B T

Australia 53 47 41 141

England 21 25 20 66

India 14 9 4 27

Canada 11 20 16 47

South Africa 9 4 10 23

Scotland 8 6 9 23

Jamaica 4 2 2 8

Malaysia 3 3 4 10

New Zealand 2 4 10 16

Nigeria 2 3 2 7

Kenya 2 3 1 6

Wales 2 1 6 9

Singapore 1 2 3 6

Cyprus 1 1 1 3

Papua New Guinea 1 1 0 2

Isle Of Man 1 0 1 2

Pakistan 1 0 1 2

Ghana 1 0 0 1

Sri Lanka 1 0 0 1

Tanzania 1 0 0 1

Bahamas 0 2 0 2

Cameroon 0 1 2 3

Bangladesh 0 1 0 1

Malta 0 1 0 1

Nauru 0 1 0 1

Northern Ireland 0 1 0 1

Trinidad & Tobago 0 0 2 2

Fiji 0 0 1 1

Seychelles 0 0 1 1