KARACHI: The National Bank of Pakistan 4th Rehana Nazar national junior squash championship commenced at Rehana Nazar Squash Complex, Rashidabad, district Tando Allahyar, on Saturday.

First round matches in a number of categories were held on the opening day with the exception of boys and girls under-19 and boys under-11 ties.

According to results, Usmar Hassan and Arslan Ramzan, the winner and runner-up of the recently held Champion Hunt Initiative Programme for Squash (CHIPS) in the city, won their first round matches against their opponents straight in under-17. The top two seeds – Mehran Javed and Mansoor Zaman – have got first round bye.

Results:

First round:

Boys under-17: Kabeer Alam (Sindh) bt Abdul Qadir (Punjab) 10-12, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9, 11-4; Usmar Hassan (Punjab) bt Assadullah (Sindh) 11-4, 11-3, 11-2; Arslan Ramzan (Punjab) bt Saad Abdullah (Sindh) 11-9, 11-6, 11-5; Fawad Khalil (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Amir Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 14-16, 11-6, 11-9, 11-6; M Mubeen (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Furqan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 13-15, 11-2, 11-5, 11-5; Ali Kramat (PAF) bt Abdul Malik (Balochistan) 12-10, 10-12, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4.

Boys under-15: Abbas Zaib (PAF) bt Kashif Rasheed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-8, 11-8, 11-9; Hamid Habib (PAF) bt Alamgir Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9; Zeeshan Zeb (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Farhan Hashmi (Punjab) 10-12, 11-5, 11-4, 11-5; Talha Allam (Sindh) bt M. Hammad (Punjab) 11-7, 13-11, 11-9; Junaid Khan (PAF) bt Oan Abbas (Punjab) 11-7, 11-4, 5-11, 12-10; Haris Qasim bt Osama Zafar (Sindh) 11-2, 11-3, 11-1; Naveed Rehman (Sindh) bt Yawar Ashraf (Sindh) 11-6, 11-8, 11-6; Zeeshan Gul (PAF) bt Owais Youns (Sindh) 11-4, 11-7, 11-5,

Boys under-13: Ahmed Hassan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Khushhal Riaz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-9, 11-8, 11-6; Rashid Dulat (PAF) bt Nael Ashraf (Sindh) 11-1, 11-7, 11-6; Humza Sharif (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Aquib Saleem (Sindh) 11-0, 11-3, 11-0; Mavia Hussain (PAF) bt Aareeb Imran (Sindh) walkover; Ibtisam Riaz (Punjab) bt Fawaz Asim (Sindh) 11-0, 11-2, 11-1; Usman Allauddin (Punjab) bt M. Rafi Khan (Sindh) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5; Uzair Shukat (PAF) bt Hurera Zafar (Sindh) 11-4, 11-1, 11-0.

Girls under-15: Aina Shaikh (Sindh) bt Um-e-Habiba (Sindh) 11-0, 11-5,11-5; Uzma Naz (Sindh) bt Alishaba Ibad (Sindh) 11-3, 11-4, 11-0; Ilsa Imran (Sindh) bt Humaira Naz (Sindh) 11-0, 11-5, 11-4; Fahmina Asim (Sindh) bt Fatima Zafar (Sindh) 11-5, 11-3, 11-3; Aiman Shahbaz (Punjab) bt Amna Fayyaz (Sindh) 11-7, 12-10, 4-11, 8-11, 11-9; Noor-ul-Ain Ijaz (Punjab) bt Mehwish Ayub (Punjab) 11-4, 11-2, 11-4.

Published in Dawn, February 8th, 2015

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