KARACHI: Top seed Noman Khan and unseeded Talha Alam cruised into the men’s final of the Independence Day squash tournament after winning their respective semi-finals played at the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Jahangir Khan Squash Complex on Monday.

While Noman took half-an-hour to register 9-11, 11-0, 13-11, 11-9 victory over Kabeer Alam, Talha was home 4-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-8 over Abdul Basit in 38-minute duel.

Top two seeds, Osama Zafar and Rafi Khan, as expected, set a date to meet each other in the boys’ under-15 final after defeating their opponent’s straights.

The finals will be played on Tuesday at 2.00pm. The senior vice-president of the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) retired Air Vice Marshal Razi Nawab will be the chief guest.

Results:

Men’s:

Semi-finals: Noman Khan bt Kabeer Alam 9-11, 11-0, 13-11, 11-9; Talha Alam bt Abdul Basit 4-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-8.

Boys under-15:

Semi-finals: Osama Zafa Bt Nael Ashraf 11-6, 11-2, 11-7; Rafi Khan bt Obiadullah 11-2, 11-3, 11-5.

Sunday’s results:

Men’s:

Quarter-finals: Noman Khan bt Saad Abdullah 11-8, 11-3, 13-11; Kabeer Alam bt Sikandar 11-8, 11-7, 13-15, 11-6; Abdul Basit bt Adnan Latif 11-6, 5-11, 2-11, 11-4, 11-5; Talha Alam bt Naveed Rehman 11-9, 11-8, 11-3.

Boys under-15:

Quarter-finals: Osama Zafar bt M. Ali 11-3, 11-2, 11-5; Nael Ashraf bt Basit Khan 11-2, 11-3, 11-2; Obaidullah bt Hurraira Zafar 11-8, 11-3, 10-12, 11-2; Rafi Khan bt Abdullah Sadiq 11-4, 11-5, 11-4.

Women’s:

Semi-finals: Anam Aziz bt Noor-ul-Huda 11-7, 11-9, 3-11, 8-11, 11-9; Amna Fayyaz bt Zayanab Haq 11-6, 7-11, 11-9, 11-1.

Men’s:

First round: Qamar-ul-Islam bt Yasir Khan 6-11, 11-8, 2-11, 11-9, 11-9; Abdul Hadi bt Abdul Ahad 11-6, 11-2, 11-7; Fawad Khan bt Muzammil Hussein 11-4, 11-5, 11-4; Raees Nasir bt Amir 11-9, 3-11, 11-8, 11-9; Naveed Rehman bt Bilal Islam 6-11, 11-0, 11-0, 11-2.

Second round: Noman Khan bt Qamar-ul-Islam 12-10, 11-6, 11-3; Saad Abdullah bt Junaid 11-8, 11-7, 11-8; Kabeer Alam bt Abdul Hadi 11-1, 11-3, 11-4; Sikandar Khan bt Jehangir junior 11-3, 11-7, 11-8; Abdul Basit bt Sabahat Ali 11-5, 11-7, 11-3; Talha Alam bt Raees 11-7, 11-7, 11-4; Naveed Rehman bt Ali Imran 11-7, 9-11, 5-11, 11-3, 13-11; Adnan Lateef bt Fawad Khan 11-9, 11-5, 11-7.

Boys under-15:

First round: .Affan bt Abdullah 11-1, 11-3, 11-4; Sayyan bt Hassan 11-6, 11-3, 11-8; Aliyan bt Rayyan Adnan 11-6, 11-9, 11-2; Rohan bt Rawahat Talha 11-3, 11-1, 11-1; Obaidullah bt Abdul Waheed 11-6, 11-6, 11-6; Salman bt Hamza 11-8, 11-8, 10-12, 11-9.

Second round: Osama Zafar bt M. Affan 11-3, 11-3, 11-4; M. Ali bt Rouf Khan 11-8, 11-6, 11-3; Basit Khan bt Shayyan 11-7, 11-9, 11-2; Nail Ashraf bt Aliyan 11-1, 11-3, 11-1; Hurraira Zafar bt Rohan 11-8, 11-6, 11-5; Obaidullah bt Ammar Ali 11-1, 11-0, 11-3; Abdullah Sadiq bt Huzaifa 11-1, 11-0, 11-1.

Women’s:

Quarter-finals: Noor-ul-Huda bt Alishba Ibad 11-5, 11-1, 11-1; Anam Aziz bt Tehrima Islam 11-6, 8-11, 11-3, 11-7; Zaynab Haq bt Maira Saleem 12-10, 11-4, 8-11, 11-8; Amna Fayyaz bt Sara Haq 11-5, 11-1, 11-1.

Published in Dawn, August 16th, 2016