May 21, 2008	Wednesday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 15, 1429

KARACHI, May 20: Punjab’s unseeded Roshana Mehboob stunned second seed Hina Bashir from Sindh in straight sets to advance into the girls’ under-19 semi-finals of Roshan Khan Junior Open squash championship here on Tuesday.

It took her only 10 minutes to emerge 9-0, 9-2, 9-0 victorious against her opponent in a one-sided fixture at the PN Roshan Khan-Jahangir Khan Squash Complex.

She is drawn to meet her team-mate and third seed, Aliya Sarfaraz, who progressed by virtue of getting a walkover against Sindh’s Sufia Mughal.

Top seed Zoya Khalid of Punjab, who has experience of representing the country abroad, made a brisk start with an imposing 9-2, 9-3, 9-5 victory over Sindh’s Yusra Waheed.

She now faces fourth seed Andaleeb Younas who walked away with 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 victory over Sara Faiz in all-Punjab match.

The girls’ under-19 event has attracted fewer entries as compared to the girls’ under-15.

Meanwhile, top two seeds, Riffat Khan of Punjab and Sindh’s Habiba Khan along with unseeded Ayesha Zaffar and Mahrukh Shaikh, both from Sindh, propelled into the girls’ under-15 last four.

All the boys’ events have also reached the semi-final stage.

NWFP’s Asif Khan, who caught the eye by eliminating second seed Naveed Alam of Sindh on Monday, went down to Bilal Khan in the boys’ under-19 quarter-final.

After losing the opening game, Bilal staged a comeback to register a 9-10, 9-4, 9-7, 9-3 win in the 51-minute all-NWFP clash.

Talented Farhan Zaman, who toppled fourth seed Tahir Iqbal in the first round, continued his winning march by beating Izhar Khan 9-1, 9-2, 9-0.

Farhan will take on top seed Shoaib Hassan, who accounted for Ather Ali 9-0, 9-0, 9-1, while third seed Waqar Mehboob was home 9-2, 9-2, 9-4 against Umair Javed.

Quarter-final results:

Boys’ under-19: Shoaib Hassan (Punjab) bt Athar Ali (Punjab) 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Farhan Zaman (PN) bt Izhar Khan (NWFP) 9-1, 9-2, 9-0; Waqar Mehboob (PAF) bt Umair Javed (NWFP) 9-2, 9-2, 9-4; M. Bilal Khan (NWFP) bt Asif Khan (NWFP) 9-10, 9-4, 9-7, 9-3.

Boys’ under-17: Aurangzeb Mehmond (Punjab) bt M. Ayaz (NWFP) 9-2, 9-0, 9-0; Waqas Mehboob (PAF) bt Sadam-ul-Haq (PAF) 9-2, 9-3, 9-3; Haroon Samad (Punjab) bt Wajid Rasool (Punjab) 9-5, 9-1, 9-6; Raees Khan (PAF) bt Waqas Gul (PAF) 9-4, 9-7, 9-5.

Boys’ under-15: Nasir Iqbal (PAF) bt Bilal Zakir (PAF) 9-4, 9-0, 9-5; Rizwan Ahmed (Punjab) bt Fazal Mahmood (PAF) 9-5, 9-7, 9-1; Saad Shahid (Sindh) bt Suleman Zaib (NWFP) 10-8, 9-0, 9-5; Faraz Khan (PAF) bt Umar Balaj (Punjab) 9-0, 9-5, 5-9, 9-3.

Boys’ under-13: Ali Bukhari (Punjab) bt Farhan Ghulam (Punjab) 9-1, 9-0, 9-3; Abdullah Bashir (Punjab) bt M. Asim Khan (Punjab) 3-9, 9-4, 9-6, 2-9, 9-7; Ali Nasir (NWFP) bt Arif Gul (PAF) 9-3, 9-0, 9-3; M. Tayyab Aslam (Punjab) bt Ammad Farrid (Punjab) 7-9, 9-2, 9-3, 7-9, 9-6.

Boys’ under-11: Israr Ahmed (Punjab) bt Shah Khan (PAF) 9-0, 3-9, 5-9, 9-2, 9-4; Talha Alam (Sindh) bt Danish Waheed (Sindh) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Imam Sher Khan (Punjab) bt Sikandar Khan (Sindh) 9-0, 9-2, 9-0; Kabeer Alam (Sindh) bt Bilal Khan (Punjab) 10-8, 9-1, 9-6.

Girls’ under–19: Zoya Khalid (Punjab) bt Yusra Waheed (Sindh) 9-2, 9-3, 9-5; Andaleeb Younas (Punjab) bt Sara Faiz (Punjab) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Roshana Mehboob (Punjab) bt Hina Bashir (Sindh) 9-0, 9-2, 9-0; Aliya Sarfaraz (Punjab) bt Sufia Mughal – walkover.

Girls’ under-15: Riffat Khan (Punjab) bt Faiza Zafar (Sindh) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0; Ayesha Zafar (Sindh) bt Mahak Shakeel (Sindh) 9-7, 9-6, 4-9, 4-9, 9-6; Mahrukh Shaikh (Sindh) bt Madina Zafar (Sindh) 9-4, 2-9, 9-7, 9-5; Habiba Khan (Sindh) bt Fatima Noor (Punjab) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0.

Wednesday’s fixtures:

Semi-finals: Boys under-17, under-13, under-11 at 11.00am; boys’ under-19, under-15, girls under-19, under-15 at 2.30pm.