ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: Umar Zeeshan of Pakistan qualified for semi-finals of the International Ranking badminton tournament by defeating Sri Lanka’s Dinuka Karunaretne at the Liaquat Gymnasium, Pakistan Sports Complex, on Monday.

Results:

Men’s singles:

Richard Vaughan (Wales) bt Atif Nadeem (PAK) 21-6, 21-3; Marco Vesconcelos (Portugal) bt Ashraf Masih (PAK) 21-11, 21-16; Niluka Karunaretne (Sri Lanka) bt Rana Kishor (Nepal) 21-12, 21-13; Hashir Basheer (PAK) bt Keven Mehrabi (Iran) 13-21, 21-17, 21-17; Umar Zeeshan (PAK) bt Dinuka

Karunaretne (Sri Lanka) 10-21, 21-13, 21-18; Kashyap (IND) bt Luka Petric (Slovenia) 21-12, 21-10; Bobby Milroy (CAN) bt Ahsan Qamar (PAK) 18-21, 21-18, 21-10.

Women’s singles:

Tvrdy Maja (Slovenia) bt Renu Chandrika (Sri Lanka) 21-9, 21-17; Kersnik Maja (Slovenia) bt Jwala Gutta (IND) 21-16, 21-16.

Men’s doubles:

Amir Islam/Imran Mohib (PAK) bt Pankaj Chand/Mehatma Indra (Nepal) 21-10, 21-10; Kashif/Waqas Ahmed (PAK) bt Irfan/Jalil Waiz (Afghanistan) 21-6, 21-5; Ashraf Masih/Atif Nadeem (PAK) bt Irfan/Rizwan (PAK) 21-16, 21-19; Zohaib Qamar/Pervez Nabeel (PAK) bt Ijaz/Hashir Bashir (PAK) 22-20, 17-21, 21-19.—APP