KARACHI: Two teenage qualifiers — M. Hammad and Oan Abbas, both from Punjab — produced awesome performance while upsetting seeded players to advance into under-15 quarter-finals of the Champion Hunt Initiative Programme for Squash (CHIPS) at the PN Roshan Khan-Jahangir Khan squash complex on Monday.

While Hammad disposed of Sindh’s Bilal Islam 11-6, 11-8, 11-4, Oan shocked third seed Junaid Khan of the PAF 11-3, 11-6, 11-7 to sneak into the last eight.

Meanwhile other seeded players were through to the next round by winning their matches with style.

First round results:

Under-17:

Mehran Javed (PAF) bt Awais Ahmad (Sindh) 11-4, 11-5, 11-4; Ali Kramat (PAF) bt Kabeer Alam (Sindh) 11-9, 11-1, 11-6; Usmar Hassan (Punjab) bt Abdul Malik (Balochistan) 11-4, 11-6, 12-10; Awad Khalil (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt M. Shoiab (Sindh), 11-2, 11-1, 11-0; Arslan Ramzan (Punjab) bt Danish Waheed (Sindh) 11-8, 11-3, 11-4; Abdul Qadir (Punjab) bt Amir Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-9, 11-3 (retired); Iqtedar Khan (PAF) bt Saad Abdullah (Sindh) 11-3, 11-6, 11-7; Mansoor Zaman (PAF) bt Furqan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-4, 11-4, 11-8.

Under-15:

Abbas Zaib (PAF) bt Umar Agha (Sindh) 11-1,11-0, 11-0; M. Hammad bt Bilal Islam (Sindh) 11-6, 11-8, 11-4; Kashif Rasheed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Naveed Rehman (Sindh) 11-6,11-9,11-8; Oan Abbas (Punjab) bt Junaid Khan (PAF) 11-3, 11-6, 11-7; Talha Allam (Sindh) bt Alamgir Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-6, 4-11, 11-6, 11-4; Zeeshan Zaib (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Hamid Habib (PAF) 11-5, 7-11, 12-10, 3-11, 11-5; Haris Qasim (Punjab) bt Yawar Ashraf (Sindh) 11-5, 11-6, 11-5; Zeeshan Gul (PAF) bt Farhan Hashmi (Punjab) 11-5,11-5,11-3.,

Under-13:

Zeeshan Malik (PAF) bt Aareeb Imran (Sindh) 12-10, 11-5, 11-9; Usman Allauddin (Punjab) bt Hurera Zafar (Sindh) 11-6, 11-3, 11-3; Ibtisam Riaz (Punjab) bt Abdullah (Sindh) 11-0, 11-0, 11-0; Mavia Hussain (PAF) bt Nael Ashraf 11-0, 11-0, 11-4; Humza Sharif (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Khushhal Riaz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), 11-5, 11-7, 11-6; Rashid Dulat (PAF) bt M. Rafi Khan (Sindh) 11-0, 11-7, 11-9; Ahmed Hassan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Fawaz Asim 11-6, 11-0, 11-6; Uzair Shukat (PAF) bt Mujtaba Gadit, 11-6, 11-2, 11-0.

Tuesday’s fixtures:

Quarter-finals start at 2pm.

Under-17: Mehran Javed (PAF) v Ali Kramat (PAF); Usmar Hassan (Punjab) v Fawad Khalil (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa); Arslan Ramzan (Punjab) v Abdul Qadir (Punjab); Iqtedar Khan (PAF) v Mansoor Zaman (PAF).

Under-15: Abbas Zaib (PAF) v M. Hammad (Punjab); Kashif Rasheed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) v Oan Abbas (Punjab); Talha Allam (Sindh) v Zeeshan Zaib (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa); Haris Qasim (Punjab) v Zeeshan Gul (PAF).

Under-13: Zeeshan Malik (PAF) v Usman Allauddin (Punjab); Ibtisam Riaz (Punjab) v Mavia Hussain (PAF); Humza Sharif (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) v Rashid Dulat (PAF); Ahmed Hassan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) v Uzair Shukat (PAF).

Published in Dawn February 3rd , 2015

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