KARACHI, Nov 26: Promising Israr Ahmed and Kashif Asif, both from Punjab, lived up to their billing by making it to last four in boys’ under-19 and under-17 categories respectively in the fifth Roshan Khan juniors open squash at PN Roshan-Jahangir Squash Complex on Tuesday.
Israr, who won British juniors under-15 title last year, inflicted straight 11-6, 11-6, 11-5 defeat on Omer Allauddin to reach semi-finals where he was joined by top seeded players Tayyab Aslam, Asim Khan and Abbas shoukat.
Kashif, losing finalist of British juniors under-13 last year, accounted for Javed Ali 11-7, 11-5, 11-0 to cross yet another hurdle as unseeded Ahmed Ali of Punjab removed second seed Mehran Javed of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 12-10, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9 in 61 minutes duel. They were joined in the semis by top seed Ali Karamat and sixth seed Sumaid Rasheed.
M. Denial Ghanoori of Iran, the lone foreigner who is competing in the event, coasted to 11-6, 11-4, 11-2 victory over Ibtisam Riaz (Punjab) to cruise into boys’ under-11 semis.Meanwhile, with one exception, the girls’ under-19 and under-17 quarters witnessed walkovers. In the only under-17 match, Sindh’s Madina Zafar outplayed province-mate Humera 11-0, 11-1, 11-0 to through to semi-final.
The semi-finals will be played on Wednesday while the event concludes on Thursday.
Results:
Boys’ under-19:
Quarter-finals: Tayyab Aslam (ZTBL) bt Safiullah Kakar (Balochistan) (14-12, 11-5, 11-8); Abbas Shoukat (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Abdullah Bashir (Punjab) (13-11, 11-9, 11-6); Israr Ahmed (Punjab) bt Omer Allauddin (Punjab) (11-6, 11-6, 11-5); Asim Khan (Punjab) bt Faraz Mohammad (Navy) (11-5, 11-8, 11-13, 11-5).
Boys’ under-17:
Quarter-finals: Ali Karamat (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Mansoor Zaman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 20-22, 11-8); Sumaid Rasheed (Punjab) bt Iqtidar Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (7-11, 13-11, 11-5, 10-12, 11-6); Kashif Asif (Punjab) bt Javed Ali (Balochistan) (11-7, 11-5, 11-0); Ahmed Ali (Punjab) bt Mehran Javed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (12-10, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9).
Boys’ under-15:
Quarter-finals: M. Faizan Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Samiullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (11-9, 7-11, 3-11, 11-5, 12-10); Zeeshan Gul (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Haroon Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 11-4); Uzair Rasheed (Punjab) bt Asadullah (Sindh) (11-4, 11-2, 11-2); Umair Gul (Punjab) bt Ijaz Khan (Punjab) (11-1, 11-6, 11-5).
Boys’ under-13:
Quarter-finals: Haris Qasim (Punjab) bt Naveed Rehman (Sindh) (11-1, 11-0, 11-7); Uzair Shoukat (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Shahab Khan (Punjab) (11-7, 11-7, 12-10); M. Hammad (Punjab) bt Hamza Sharif (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (11-8, 11-7, 2-11, 11-7); Rashid Daulat (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Zeeshan Malik (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (12-10, 9-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-7).
Boys’ under-11:
Quarter-finals: M. Denial Ghanoori (Iran) bt Ibtisam Riaz (Punjab) (11-6, 11-4, 11-2); Afaq Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Fahad Sharif (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (11-7, 11-8, 4-11, 16-18, 11-0); Ahmed Hassan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Khaqan Malik (Punjab) (11-7, 11-4, 11-3); Asadullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Malik Abdul Moiz (Punjab) (11-9, 13-15, 11-7, 11-8).
Boys’ under-9:
Quarter-finals: M. Hammad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt M. Talha (Sindh) (11-0, 11-3, 11-3); M. Ali Asif (Sindh) bt Hammad Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (walkover); Ahad bin Saeed (Sindh) bt Uzair Ahmed (Sindh) (11-8, 11-2, 11-9); Shamir Ashraf (Sindh) bt Jamiluddin (Sindh) (11-4, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8).
Girls’ under-19:
Quarter-finals: Amna Latif (Sindh) bt Nishat Zehra (Sindh) (walkover); Faiza Zafar (Sindh) bt Marukh Bagti (Sindh) (walkover); Farah Manzoor (Punjab) bt Javeria Khan (Sindh) (walkover); Sadia Gul (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Wahaba Khan (Sindh) (walkover).
Girls’ under-17:
Quarter-finals: Mahira Saleem (Sindh) bt Sundus (Sindh) (walkover); Tehreem Islam (Sindh) bt Marium Fatima (Sindh) (walkover); Madina Zafar (Sindh) bt Humera (Sindh) (11-0, 11-1, 11-0); Meyral Sheikh (Sindh) bt Farah Khan (Sindh) (walkover).
Girls’ under-15:
Quarter-finals: Noorul Aain (Punjab) bt Mehwish (Sindh) (11-1, 11-2, 11-2); Iqra Jahanzaib (Sindh) bt Noorul Huda (Sindh) (11-6, 11-6, 14-12, 8-11, 11-9); Fahmina Asim (Sindh) bt Ilsa Imran (Sindh) (8-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-3); Aimna Shahbab (Punjab) bt Maha Padela (Sindh) (11-2, 11-2, 11-0).
Girls’ under-11:
Quarter-finals: Fatima Zafar (Sindh) bt Maha Khan (Sindh) (11-2, 11-2, 11-0); Bisma Jahanzaib (Sindh) bt Alishba (Sindh) (11-4, 10-12, 11-9, 11-3); Zaynab Khan (Sindh)bt Laiba Khan (Sindh) (11-1, 11-1, 11-1); Aina Sheikh (Sindh) bt Uzama Naz (Sindh) (11-6, 11-4, 11-5).
Wednesday’s fixtures:
Semi-finals start at 1.00pm.
