KARACHI: Eight outsiders toppled seeded players in different boys categories to sneak into semi-finals of the fifth Rehana Nazar Rashidabad National Junior Squash Championship at the Rehana Nazar complex in Tando Allayar on Sunday.

The eight unseeded players who propelled into the last four include Abdul Qadir (under-19), Zeeshan Zaib, Saifullah, Abdul Malik (under-17), Rafi Khan, Ali Sher, Tayyab Rauf (boys under-13) and Waleed Khalil (boys under 11).

However, the top four seeds lived up to their reputation by making it to the semis in the boys under-15.

Results:

Quarter-finals:

Boys under-19: Mansoor Zaman (Chips) bt Haroon Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-5, 11-9, 7-11, 13-11; Ali Karamat (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Usmar Hassan (Punjab) 12-10, 11-7,11-9; Abdul Qadir (Punjab) bt Fawad Khalil (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-7, 11-6, 11-5; Suleman Saleem (Punjab) bt Nasir Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), 11-7, 11-6, 11-8.

Boys under-17: Abbas Zaib (PAF) bt Kabeer Alam (Sindh) 11-7, 11-8, 11-6; Zeeshan Zaib (PAF) bt M. Junaid (PAF) 11-8, 11-3, 6-11, 12-10; Saifullah (PAF) bt Zeeshan Gul (PAF) 11-9 12-10, 11-7; Abdul Malik (Balochistan) bt M. Haris Iqbal (PAF) 12-10, 11-9, 3-11, 7-11, 11-6.

Boys under-15: Talha Alam (Sindh) bt Farhan Hashmi (Chipa), 6-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-8; Ahmed Hassan (PAF) bt Zohair Shahid (Punjab) 10-12, 11-9, 11-9, 11-3; Rashid Daulat (PAF) bt Malik Moiz (Punjab) 17-15, 11-7, 11-5; Uzair Shaukat (PAF) bt Mavia Hussain (PAF) 11-7, 11-8, 11-3.

Boys under-13: M. Asadullah (PAF) bt Fawad Hussain (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-1, 11-0, 11-8; Rafi Khan (Sindh) bt Hammad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-9, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9; Ali Sher (PAF) bt Usman Allauddin (Punjab) 13-11, 11-5, 8-11, 9-11, 12-10; Tayyab Rauf (Punjab) bt Afaq Khan (PAF) 11-6, 5-11, 13-11, 11-5.

Boys under-11: Ammad (PAF) bt Junaid Khan (Punjab), 11-3, 11-8, 11-6; Waleed Khalil (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Fawad Sharif (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 5-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 12-10; Ashab Irfan (Punjab) bt Khaqan Malik (Punjab)11-9, 11-3, 11-4; Huzaifa (PIA) bt Usman Butt (Punjab) 5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5.

Girls under-15: Komal Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Uzma Naz (Sindh) 11-5, 11-7, 11-1; Aiman Shahbaz (Punjab) bt Mehwish Ayub (Sindh) 11-5, 11-3, 11-4; Fehmina Asim (Sindh) bt Zaynab Khan (Sindh) 8-11, 14-12, 11-9, 11-9; Amna Fayyaz (Sindh) bt Noor-ul-Ain (Punjab) 12-10, 11-3, 11-5.

Published in Dawn, February 15th, 2016