KARACHI: The top four seeds sneaked into the men’s and women’s last four by winning their quarter-finals in the 10th DG Rangers Sindh Squash Championship at the Rangers Jahangir Khan Squash Complex on Tuesday.

Top seed Farhan Zaman, second seed Tayyab Aslam, third seed Farhan Mehboob and the fourth seed Asim Khan were through to the semis winning their matches convincingly.

Similarly, top seed Sadia Gul, second seed Summer Anjum, third seed Saima Shaukat and the fourth seed Zahab Khan stepped into the last four.

The semi-finals of men’s, women’s and other categories will be played on Wednesday.

Results:

Men’s quarter-finals:

Farhan Zaman (PAF) bt Waqar Mehboob (ZTBL) 11-8, 11-5, 11-8; Asim Khan (SNGPL) bt Israr Ahmed (SNGPL) 11-9, 11-6, 11-6; Farhan Mehboob (Wapda) bt Ahsan Ayyaz (PIA) 11-7, 11-4, 11-2; Tayyab Aslam (ZTBL) bt Fraz Ahmed (Navy) 11-5, 3-11, 11-5, 11-3.

Women’s quarter-finals:

Sadia Gul (SNGPL) bt Faiza Zafar (NUST) 11-8, 11-8, 11-9; Saima Shaukat (Wapda) bt Anam Aziz (Sindh) 11-8, 12-10, 8-11, 11-13, 11-7; Zahab Khan (Sindh) bt Bushra Khalid 11-1, 11-0, 11-1; Summer Anjum bt Madina Zafar (SNGPL) 11-8, 11-9, 11-6.

Boys under-17 quarter-finals:

Saad Abdullah (Sindh) bt Hamid Habib (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-5, 14-12, 10-12, 11-3; Talha Alam (Sindh) bt Zeeshan Zeb (PAF) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7; Uzair Raseed (Punjab) bt Junaid Khan (PAF) 11-3, 11-9, 11-8; Haris Qasim (Punjab) bt Naveed-ur-Rehman (PIA) 11-3, 11-1, 11-4.

Boys under-15 quarter-finals:

Uzair Shukat (PAF) bt Ahmed Hassan (PAF) 11-3, 11-2, 11-8; Humza Sharif (PAF) bt Farhan Hashmi (Punjab) 11-2, 11-3, 7-11, 6-11, 11-6; M. Saqib Iqbal (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Rafi Khan (Sindh) 9-11, 12-10, 11-5, 11-5; Rashid Dulat (PAF) bt Ali Sher (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-9, 11-9, 11-5.

Boys under-13 quarter-finals:

M. Ammad (PAF) bt Ashab Irfan (Punjab) 11-5, 11-6, 11-9; Waleed Khalil (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Fawad Hussain (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-9, 11-4, 11-2; Fahad Sharif (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt M. Talha Iqbal (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 8-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11; Tayyab Ruf (Punjab) bt Ghulam Mohammad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 5-11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-8.

Boys under-11 quarter-finals:

Humza (PAF) bt Ahad Shukat (Punjab) 11-2, 11-7, 11-7; Abbas Nawaz (PAF) bt Abdul Rasheed (Punjab) 11-8, 11-7, 11-6; Mutahir Ali Shah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt M. Khan (PAF) 11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9; Usman Nadeem (Punjab) bt Meer Fayyaz (Punjab) 11-7, 11-5, 7-11, 11-2.

Girl’s under-19 quarter-finals:

Noor-ul-Huda (SNGPL) bt Tayyaba Abbass (Punjab) 11-2, 11-3, 11-2; Komal (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Kainat (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-4, 11-1, 11-3; Aiman Shehbaz (Punjab) bt Maira Saleem 11-7, 14-12, 11-4; Meyral Shaikh (Sindh) bt Unaiza Shahbaz (Punjab) 11-7, 11-3, 11-6.

Girl’s under-15 quarter-finals:

Aman Fayyaz (PIA) bt Mehwish (Sindh) 11-1, 11-5, 11-5; Ilsa Imran (Sindh) bt Uzma Naz (Sindh) 11-6, 11-8, 11-6; Noor-ul-Ain (Punjab) bt Alishba Ibad (Sindh) 11-1, 11-2, 11-0; Zainab Khan (Sindh) bt Fehmina Asim (Sindh) 11-4, 11-8, 11-4.

Earlier results:

Men’s second round:

Farhan Zaman (PAF) bt Asif Khalil (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 6-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-8; Waqar Mehboob (ZTBL) bt Saddam-ul-Haq (Army) 10-12, 11-1 (retd); Israr Ahmed (SNGPL) bt Zeeshan Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-9, 11-3, 11-6; Asim Khan (SNGPL) bt Ismail Rauf (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 9-11, 12-10, 11-9, 12-10; Farhan Mehboob (Wapda) bt Ammad Fareed (Punjab) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5; Fraz Ahmed (Navy) bt Noman Khan (Sindh) 9-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-7, 11-5; Ahsan Ayyaz (PIA) bt Basit Sammad (Punjab) 11-5, 11-5, 7-11, 11-8; Tayyab Aslam (ZTBL) bt Balil Zakir (Army) 11-9, 7-3 (retd).

Women’s first round:

Zahab Khan (Sindh) bt Iqra Butt (Punjab) 11-2, 11-1, 11-4; Bushra Khalid bt Noorina Shams (Punjab) 11-7, 11-6, 11-1; Madina Zafar (SNGPL) bt Roshna Mehboob (Wapda) 11-4, 11-6, 11-8; Summer Anjum bt Riffat Khan (Wapda) 11-2 (retd).

Boys under-17 first round:

Saad Abdullah (Sindh) bt Saifullah (PAF) 4-11, 11-6, 11-7 , 8-11, 11-7; Hamid Habib (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Abdullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-9, 13-11, 11-7; Talha Alam (Sindh) bt Mohammad Ahsan (Punjab) 11-7, 11-2 (retd); Zeeshan Zeb (PAF) bt Anis-ur-Rehman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-9, 11-0, 11-8; Uzair Raseed (Punjab) bt Oan Abbass (Punjab) 9-11, 11-4, 11-3, 11-7; Junaid Khan (PAF) bt Usama Zafar (Sindh) 11-7, 11-4, 11-7; Haris Qasim (Punjab) bt Bilal Islam (Sindh) 11-4, 11-5, 11-5; Naveed-ur-Rehman (PIA) bt Zeeshan Malik (PAF) 11-9, 11-2, 6-11, 14-12.

Boys under-15 first round:

Uzair Shukat (PAF) bt Iqtsam Riaz (Punjab) 11-8, 11-8, 11-8; Ahmed Hassan (PAF) bt Bilal Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-6, 11-4, 11-4; Farhan Hashmi (Punjab) bt Ammad Ahmed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 8-11, 11-4, 11-3, 11-2; Humza Sharif (PAF) bt Hammad (Punjab) 11-9, 8-11, 5-11, 11-5, 11-6; Saqib Iqbal (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Usman Allauddin (Punjab) 11-6, 11-7, 11-8; Rafi Khan (Sindh) bt Hammad Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-5, 4-11, 12-10, 11-4; Ali Sher (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Zergham Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-5, 11-6, 11-9; Rashid Dulat (PAF) bt Ubaidullah (Sindh) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8.

Boys under-13 first round:

M. Ammad (PAF) bt Noor Zaman (PAF) 11-9, 12-10, 10-12, 11-8; Ashab Irfan (Punjab) bt Saad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-5, 11-5, 12-10; Fawad Hussain (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Mubashir Ali (Punjab) 11-2, 11-4, 11-5; Waleed Khalil (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Afaq Khan 11-6, 11-9, 11-9.

Boys under-13 first round:

Humza (PAF) bt Ammar Ali Sindh) 11-4, 11-5, 11-1; Ahad Shukat (Punjab) bt Humam Ejaz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 6-11, 11-4; Abdul Rasheed (Punjab) bt Zohaib Khan (Sindh) 11-3, 11-1, 11-3; Abbass Nawaz (PAF) bt Mustafa Asghar (Punjab) 11-9, 6-11, 11-4, 11-3; Mutahir Ali Shah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Khaqan Malik (Punjab) 11-2, 11-9, 13-15, 11-5; M. Khan (PAF) bt Huzaifa Shahi (Punjab) 11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7; Meer Fayyaz (Punjab) bt Majid Ahmed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-1, 11-1, 11-0; Usman Nadeem (Punjab) bt Abdul Basit (Sindh) 11-3, 11-2, 11-1.

Girls under-19 first round:

Tayyaba Abbass (Punjab) bt Shafaq Chaudhary. 11-6, 11-2, 11-5; Komal (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Arzoo Khan (Sindh) 11-0, 11-1, 11-1; Kainat (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Tamana Ali (Sindh) 11-2, 11-2, 11-2; Maira Saleem (Sindh) bt Maira Shehzad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-2, 11-3, 11-2; Aiman Shehbaz (Punjab) bt Bushra Afridi (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-0, 11-0, 11-3; Unaiza Nasir (Punjab) bt Sundal (Sindh) 11-2, 11-2, 11-4.

Girls under-15 first round:

Aman Fayyaz (PIA) bt Sulaiya Chaudhary (Punjab) 11-1, 11-4, 11-2; Mehwish (Sindh) bt Maha Khan (Sindh) walkover; Ilsa Imran (Sindh) bt Huraira Naz (Sindh) 11-6, 11-3, 11-1; Uzma Naz (Sindh) bt Musfira Waqas (Sindh) walkover; Zainab (Sindh) bt Laiba Ejaz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-8, 12-10, 11-6.

Published in Dawn, December 21st, 2016