November 17, 2007	Saturday	Ziqa’ad 06, 1428

ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Maria Toor of Pakistan lost to Australia’s Donna Urquhart in the quarter-final of the Pakistan Open squash championship at the Mushaf Squash Complex on Friday.

A plate event for first round losers of WISPA has also been arranged with a draw of eight players.

Results:

Womens’ (quarter-finals):

Christina Mak (Hong Kong) bt Muqaddas Ashraf (Pak) 9-6, 9-2, 9-6; Deon Saffery (Wales) bt Aliya Sarfaraz (Pak) 9-1, 9-0, 9-5; Kirsty Mcphee (Eng) bt Rushna Mehboob (Pak) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0; Donna Urquhart (Aus) bt Maria Toor (Pak) 10-8, 8-10, 9-7, 10-8.

Mens’ (first round):

Mansoor Zaman bt Khawaja Adil Maqbool 11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 11-5; Yasir Butt bt Safeerullah Khan 11-3, 10-11(3-5), 11-5, 11-2; Shahid Zaman bt Shah Nawaz 11-9, 11-6, 10-11, 11-2; Kashif Shuja (New Zealand) bt Aaqib Hanif 11-4, 11-10(3-1), 11-10(4-2).

Monday’s results of the plate event:

Zoya Khalid bt Gul Zaman 9-3, 9-7, 9-0; Habiba Khan bt Sima Padbod (Ireland) 9-3, 3-9, 2-9, 10-8, 9-4; Maliha Shahid bt Riffat Khan 9-6, 9-6, 10-8; Saima Shaukat bt Elham Ramezani (Ireland) 9-3, 9-2, 9-7.—APP