LAHORE: The second DCO Lahore National Squash Cup started at the Punjab Squash Complex here on Friday.

On the opening day, qualifying rounds for men and women were held.

Results:

Men’s:

First qualifying round: Raees Khan (Army) bt Haroon Khan (KP) 11-9, 11-8, 11-5; Mansoor Zaman (CHIPS) bt Mohammad Arif (KP) 11-7, 13-11, 12-10; Fiazan Khan (Sindh) bt Waqas Gul (KP) 12-10, 11-4, 11-8; Haris Iqbal (KP) bt Shahid Hussain (Sindh) 11-4, 11-9, 11/3; Mohammad Naeem (Punjab) bt Owais Khan (PAF) 11-5, 11-6, 8-0; Sikandar Khan (PSF-JK Academy) bt Safiullah (KP) 11-8, 11-8, 11-7; Hamza Bhatti (Punjab) bt Talha Alam (PSF-JK Academy) 11-4, 11-8, 10-12, 11-9; Waqas Mehboob (KP) bt Ali Khan (Punjab) 11-9, 11-3, 11-9; Noman Khan (PSF-JK Academy) bt

Ahmed Sethi (Punjab) 11-5, 11-5, 11-4; Mehran Javed (CHIPS) bt Salman Mohib (Wapda) 11-3, 11-3, 11-1; Ali Karamat (KP) bt Suleman Khan (KP) 12-10, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4; Salman Zeb (Army) bt Usmar Hassan (Punjab) 11-9, 11-8, 11-9; Moeen Rauf (Punjab) bt Rizwan Gul (KP) 11-9, 11-8, 11-6; Noor Ali (Punjab) bt Kabeer Alam (PSF-JK Academy) 11-4, 11-7, 11-6; Alamzeb Jr (Punjab) bt Asif Mahmood (Punjab) 11-2, 11-8, 11-6; Safeer Khan (PAF) bt Saad Abdullah (PSF-JK Academy) 11-5, 11-5, 11-4.

Second qualifying round: Mohammad Naeem (Navy) bt Sikandar Khan (Sindh) 11-3, 11-4; Raees khan (Army) bt Haroon Khan (KP) 6-11, 11-4, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4; Faizan Khan (Sindh) bt Hairs Iqbal (KP) 5-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8; Waqas Mahboob (ZTBL) bt Hamza Bhatti (Punjab) 11-4, 11-6, 11-7; Salman Zeb (Army) bt Ali Karamat (KP) 13-11, 7-11, 5-11, 11-3, 11-6; Moin Rauf (Punjab) bt Noor Ali (Punjab) 9-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-7; Safeer Khan (PAF) bt Alamzeb Jr (KP) 11-8, 11-7, 11-9.

Women’s:

First qualifying round: Noorul Ain Aijaz (Punjab) got bye; Kainat Khan (KP) bt Noureena Shams (KP) 11-1, 11-1, 11-2; Sibgha Arshad (Punjab) got bye; Habiba Khan (TBL) got bye; Amna Latif (ZTBL) got bye; Tayyaba Abbas (Punjab) bt Bushra Khalid (Punjab) 11-4, 11-4, 11-2, Noor-ul-Huda (SNGPL) bt Hunaiza Nasir (Punjab) 11-8, 11-4, 11-5; Komal Khan (KP) got bye.

Published in Dawn, March 26th, 2016

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