KARACHI: The top four seeds, as expected, propelled into the men’s semi-finals, registering straight victories over their opponents in the Sindh ranking squash tournament circuit-1, which commenced at the Jahangir Khan Squash Complex, PSB Coaching Centre on Saturday.

The event is being organised by the Sindh Squash Association in collaboration with the “Sports for Life”.

Top seed Noman whipped Kabeer 11-1, 11-9, 11-5 while second seed Sikandar Khan was home 11-3, 11-3, 11-5 against Abdullah. Third seed Mahad accounted for Awais 11-5, 12-10, 11-6 while fourth seed Ali Imran disposed off Fawad 11-6, 11-8, 11-5.

Anam Aziz and Meryal Sheikh also advance into womens’ semis after conjurin up straight victories. The former coasted to 11-3, 11-5, 11-2 victory over Maria Saleem while the latter defeated Fehmina Asim 11-8, 13-11, 11-7.

Results:

Men’s:

First round: M. Fawad bt M. Asif 11-6, 11-5, 11-4; Awais Ahmed bt M. Zahid 11-3, 11-4, 11-1; Abdullah bt Saqib 11-6, 11-2, 11-4; Kabeer Alam bt Adnan Latif 7-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-9.

Quarter-finals:

Noman Khan bt Kabeer 11-1, 11-9, 11-5; Ali Imran bt Fawad 11-6, 11-8, 11-5; Mahad Javed bt Awais 11-5, 12-10, 11-6; Sikandar Khan bt Abdullah 11-3, 11-3, 11-5.

Boys under-13: First round: Ammar Ali bt M. Zaman 11-1, 11-2, 11-7; Ismail bt Adnan Zaman 11-3, 11-2, 11-1; Abdul Basit bt Zuhaib Khan 11-5, 11-6, 9-11, 11-4.

Boys under-17: Aman bt Nazim 11-1, 11-9, 11-0; Bilal bt Inam 11-2. 11-7, 11-7; Umar bt Ali Zaib 11-7, 11-9, 10-12, 5-11, 11-8.

Quarter-finals: Saad Abdullah bt Aman 11-1, 11-9, 11-0; Bilal bt Shoaib 11-6, 11-4, 11-8; Osama bt Yawar 11-8, 11-6, 12-10; Talha bt Umer 11-2, 11-2, 11-3.

Boys under-15:

First round: Ibrahim bt Owais 11-5, 11-6, 11-0; Obaidullah bt Salman 11-4, 11-2, 11-6; Rohan bt Salar 11-8, 11-4, 11-3.

Quarter-finals: Rafi bt Abdullah 11-2, 11-2, 11-0; Rauf Khan bt Rohan 11-8, 11-8, 5-11, 10-12, 11-5; Obaidullah bt Sufyan 11-0, 11-2, 11-9; Ibrahim bt Nael 11-9, 11-5, 11-3.

Boys under-13:

First round: Sayan bt Ahzam 11-5, 11-5, 11-5; Hamza bt Abdullah (walkover).

Quarter-finals: Hurraira bt Abdul Basit 11-2, 11-7, 11-3; Fawaz bt Shayyan 11-0, 11-0, 11-1; Ismail bt Hamza 11-4, 11-3, 11-1; Ammar Ali bt Aarib 11-6, 11-9, 11-8.

Girls under-15: Aaina Sheikh bt Nabia Imran 11-4, 11-3, 11-2; Alishba bt Sara Haq 11-7, 11-6, 11-9.

Women’s:

Quarter-finals: Anam Aziz bt Maira Saleem 11-3, 11-5, 11-2; Meyral Sheikh bt Fehmina Asim 11-8, 13-11, 11-7.

Published in Dawn December 11th, 2016