KARACHI: Two wild-cards both from Sindh — one in men’s and other in women’s — shocked seeded players to advance into second round of the Rs1.3 million eighth DG Rangers Sindh National Squash Championship which commenced at the Ranger’s Jahangir Khan squash complex on Tuesday.

Faizan Khan created quite a stir when he sent Railway’s Chaudhry Nasir Anwar, the 16th seed, packing straight 11-0, 11-5, 11-8 to step into next round.

Similarly, Amina Fayyaz chalked up an emphatic 11-8, 11-4, 13-11 victory over fourth seed Neha Khan, also of Sindh.

Top seed Nasir Iqbal was unfortunate to miss the event following disturbance of flight schedule due to fog in Peshawar as his opponent qualifier M. Adil Faqir was awarded a first round walkover.

Meanwhile, other seeded players sneaked into the second round winning their respective matches with ease.

The qualifiers took place on Monday having a draw of 32-man and 16-woman.

Results:

First round:

Men’s:

M Adil Faqir (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)) bt Nasir Iqbal (Wapda) walkover; Mansoor Zaman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt M Yasir Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 12-10, 11-1, 11-4; Zahir Shah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Ahsan Ayaz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-6, 14-16, 11-7, 11-5; Khawaja Adil Maqbool (Sindh) bt Rizwan Gul (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-2, 6-11, 11-7, 12-10; Tayyab Aslam (ZTBL) bt Raees Khan (Army) 11-6, 11-7, 6-11, 11-9; Faizan Khan (Sindh) bt Chaudhry Nasir Anwar (Railways) 11-0, 11-5, 11-8; Asim Khan (SNGPL) bt Bilal Zakir (Army) 11-7, 7-11, 7-11, 14-12, 11-4; Danish Atlas (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Kashif Khan (Sindh) 11-7, 11-1, 11-1; Farhan Mehboob (Wapda) bt Abdul Basit (Sindh) 11-1, 11-4, 11-0; Saddam-ul-Haq (Army) bt Ali Bukhari (Punjab) 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6; Waqar Mehboob (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Nasr Khan (Punjab) 11-4, 11-8, 11-4; Ammad Fareed (SNGPL) bt Kashif Asif (Punjab) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7; Shaikh Saquib (Punjab) bt Noman Khan (Sindh) 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5; Salman Zeb (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Mahad Javed (Sindh) 11-3, 11-8, 14-12; Mohammad Farhan (SNGPL) bt Umar Balaj (Puniab) 11-8, 10-12, 12-10, 1-11, 11-4; Farhan Zaman (PAF) bt Abbas Shoukat (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-1, 11-4, 11-7.

Women’s:

Sadia Gul (SNGPL) bt Meyral Shaikh (Sindh) 11-6, 11-5, 11-7; Habiba Khan (ZTBL) bt Noor-ul-Huda (Sindh) 11-4, 11-13, 14-16, 11-6, 11-6; Farha Manzoor (Punjab), bt Uzma Naz (Sindh) 11-1, 11-0, 11-6; Zoya Khalid (ZTBL) bt Maira Saleem (Sindh) 11-7, 11-6, 11-5; Saima Shoukat (Wapda) bt Mehwish Ayub (Sindh) 11-2, 11-4, 11-1; Amina Latif (ZTBL) bt Aina Shaikh 11-3, 11-4, 11-5; Madina Zafar (SNGPL) bt Fatima Zafar (Sindh) 11-8, 11-3, 11-4; Zahab Khan (Sindh) bt Khanam (Sindh) 11-0, 11-3, 11-2; Amina Fayyaz (Sindh) bt Neha Khan (Sindh) 11-8, 11-4, 13-11; Aiman Shahbaz (Punjab) bt Ilsa Imran (Sindh) 11-3, 11-4, 9-11, 11-2; Riffat Khan (ZTBL) bt Alishba Ibad (Sindh) 11-4, 11-4, 11-9; Anam Aziz (Sindh) bt Tehrima Islam (Sindh) 9-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-4; Roshana Mehboob (ZTBL) bt Fahmina Asim (Sindh) 11-3, 11-2, -11-1; Noor-ul- Ain Ijaz (Punjab) bt Bushra Khalid (Punjab), 11-5, 11-1, 11-5; Faiza Zafar (Sindh) bt Aroma (Punjab) 11-3, 11-2, 11-2; Samar Anjum (Punjab) bt Unaiza Nasir (Sindh) 11-4, 11-6, 11-3.

Wednesday’s fixtures:

At 12noon: Men’s singles second round

At 2pm: Women’s singles second round

Published in Dawn December 24th , 2014