ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Hamza Ahmed of Punjab had to toil to overpower his province-mate A. Basit Samad in four games in the trials being held for the forthcoming Junior British Open Squash Championship.
Competing in the under-15 category, Hamza managed to stop Basit 9-8, 9-7, 1-9, 9-7 in a well-contested match at the Pakistan Sports Complex.
Results (Friday’s morning session):
UNDER-13s: Danish Atlas (PAF) w/o Waqas Mahboob (PAF), Asif Khan (PAF) w/o Owais Khan (Pb) Under-15s: Hamza Ahmed (Pb) bt A. Basit Samad (Pb) 9-8, 9-7, 1-9, 9-7, Shoaib Hasan (Pb) bt Intikhab Alam (PAF) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0.
Thursday’s evening session
UNDER-13s: Sheikh Saqib (Pb) bt Owais Rahim (Pb) 9-7, 5-9, 9-7, 9-7, Asif Khan (PAF) bt Farhan Zaman (PAF) 5-9, 9-3, 9-2, 0-9, 9- 0, Aqib Ahmed (Sindh) w/o Waqas Mahboob (PAF), Awais Khan (Pb) w/o m. Ali Ayub (Pb)
UNDER-15s: Hamza Ahmed (Pb) bt Intikhab Alam (PAF) 9-5, 10-8, 9- 5, A. Basit Samad (Pb) bt Nadeem Khan (Pb) 4-9, 4-9, 9-7, 9-0, 9- 2, Shehzad Khan (PAF) bt Naveed Alam (PAF) 9-2, 9-6, 9-4, Adnan Khan (Pb) bt Naveed Khan (Pb) 9-2, 9-2, 9-3, Fahim Zaman (PAF) w/o Shoaib Hasan (Pb)
UNDER-17s: Zahir Shah (PAF) bt Fahim Gul (PAF) 2-9, 6-9, 9-2, 9- 1, 9-1, Majeed Hussain (Army) bt M. Wasim (Pb) 9-4, 9-0, 9-0, Farzan Rashid (Pb) bt Kashif Khan (Sindh) 10-8, 9-3, 9-3, Bilal Zaman (PAF) w/o M. Ali (Bal), Alamzeb (PAF) w/o Owais Amin (Pb)
UNDER-19s: Adil Atlas (PAF) bt Naveed Nasir (PAF) 9-6, 9-5, 9-0, Faisal Zaman (PAF) bt Attique Butt (Pb) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0, Aqib Hanif (Pb) bt Adnan Gul (Pb) 9-5, 9-7, 8-10, 9-4, Shahroom (PAF) w/o Maqbali Khan (PAF).
