KARACHI, Feb 15 Top four seeds stormed into boys' under-19 quarter-finals registering emphatic victories over their opponents as the main round of National Junior Squash Championship commenced at the Rehana Nazar Squash Complex in Rashidabad, Tando Allahyar on Monday.

Top seed Waqas Mehboob prevailed over Ahmed Amin 11-4, 11-2, 11-7; second seed Aurangzeb Mehmund got the better of Shahid Hussain 11-2, 11-5, 11-4.; third seed Hamza Bokhari was home 12-10, 11-2, 11-7 over Wahab Khan while fourth seed Raees Khan edged past Muqaddar Shah 11-9, 13-11, 11-8.Meanwhile, the first round matches of boys' under-17, under-15 and under-13 were in progress at the time of filing this report.

Results

Boys under-19 First round Waqas Mehboob (PAF) bt Ahmed Amin (Punjab)11-4, 11-2, 11-7; Mahad Javed (Sindh) bt Arbab Dilawar (NWFP)11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 12-10; Hamza Bukhari (Punjab) bt Wahab Khan (Punjab)12-10, 11-2, 11-7; Sadam-ul-Haq (NWFP) bt Naqash Shahid (Punjab)11-6, 11-5, 11-8; Haroon Samad (Punjab) bt Waqas Gul (NWFP)7-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-8, 11-3; Raees Khan (NWFP) bt Muqaddar Shah (NWFP)11-9, 13-11, 11-8; Noor Ali (Punjab) bt Abbas Ali (Balochistan) 11-4, 8-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9; Aurangzeb Mehmund (Punjab) bt Shahid Hussain (Punjab) 11-2, 11-5, 11-4..

Boys under-11 First round Asfandyar (PAF) bt Faizan Khan (Sindh) 12-10, 7-11, 11-7, 11-6; Sumaid Rashid (Punjab) bt Kashif Khan (Punjab) 6-11, 13-11, 11-9, 11-6; Talha Alam (Sindh) bt Sikandar Khan (Sindh) 11-4, 12-10, 6-11, 9-11, 11-6; Bilal Khan (Punjab) bt Hammas A Tarar (Sindh) 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8; M. Zain Ramzan (Punjab) bt Ahmed Ali Khan (Punjab) 8-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9; Shahzad Umar Khan (Punjab) bt Ali Karamat (PAF) 11-6, 11-9, 11-8; Mehran Javed (PAF) bt Mujtaba Raza (Sindh)11-3, 11-7, 11-3. .

Girls under-15 First round Ayesha Zaffar (Sindh) bt Neha Khan (Sindh) 11-2, 11-0, 11-1; Faiza Zaffar (Sindh) bt Aana (Sindh)11-1, 11-1, 11-1; Mehak Shakeel (Sindh) bt Hina Kamal (Sindh) 11-1, 11-2, 11-3; Roshail Sheikh (Sindh) bt Myral Shaikh (Sindh) 11-6, 11-5, 11-4; Madina Zaffar (Sindh) bt Sehrish Siraj (Punjab)11-0, 11-1, 11-4; Saadia Gul (PAF) bt Aroma (Punjab)11-2, 11-0, 11-2; Kaynait (Punjab) bt Wanisha (Sindh) 11-3, 11-4, 11-1; Monisa (Punjab) bt Samiya Khanum (CAA) 11-1, 11-1, 11-1.

Tuesday's fixture Quarter-finals Boys under-11 at 9.00am; boys under-13 at 10.00am; boys under-15 at 11.00am; boys under-17 at 12.30pm; boys under-19 at .2.00pm; girls under-19 at 3.30pm; girls under-15 at 4.30pm..

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