KARACHI: The sixth Rehana Nazar national junior squash championship commenced at Rashidabad, Tando Allayar, on Saturday.

Retired Air Cdre Nayyar Q. Khawaja inaugurated the championship. Iqbal Samad and retired Air Cdre Shabbir Ahmed Khan were also present.

Results:

First round:

Boys under-19: Sikandar Khan (Sindh) bt Osama Zafar (Sindh) 11-2, 11-5, 11-3; Safiullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Saad Abdullah (Sindh) 11-9, 11-7, 10-12, 15-13; Abdul Qadir (Punjab) bt Agha Omer Khan (Sindh) 11-3, 11-6, 11-4; Haris Iqbal (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Aman Imran (Sindh) 11-5, 11-6, 11-3; Qamar- ul-Islam (Sindh) bt M. Fawad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 17-15, 4-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-8; Furqan Ahmed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Shahzaib Shams (Sindh) 11-6, 11-8, 11-5.

Boys under-17: Talha Alam (Sindh) bt Sameer Saeed (Sindh) 11-2, 11-1, 11-4; Shahzad Ali (Punjab) bt Malik Abdullah Moiz (Punjab) 11-8, 11-3, 10-12, 11-6; M. Saqib Iqbal (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt M. Bilal Islam (PIA) 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9; Uzair Shaukat (PAF) bt Zohair Shahid (Punjab) 11-8, 11-3, 11-4; Naveed Rehman (Sindh) bt Rauf Khan (Sindh) 11-1, 11-2, 11-0; Anees-ur-Rehman bt Ali Haider (Sindh) walkover, Suleman Shah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Rafi Khan (Sindh) 11-5, 19-17, 8-11, 9-11, 11-8; Uzair Rasheed (Punjab) bt Yawar Ashraf (PIA) 11-6, 11-4, 11-2.

Boys under-15: Hassan Raza (Punjab) bt Neal Ashraf (Sindh) 11-3, 11-5, 11-6; Aqib Saleem (Sindh) bt Bilal Ahmed (Sindh) 11-5, 11-2, 11-2; Asadullah Khan (PAF) bt Abdullah Sadiq (Sindh) 11-0, 11-0, 11-1; Usman Allauddin (Punjab) bt Rayyan Adnan (Sindh) 11-1, 11-1, 11-1; Khushal Khan (KhyberPakhtunkhwa) bt M. Ahmed (Sindh) 11-8, 11-3, 11-1.

Boys under-13: Tayyab Rauf (Punjab) bt Fawaz Asim (PIA) 11-3, 11-3, 11-5; Junaid Khan (Punjab) bt Usaid Moin (Sindh) 11-1, 11-2, 11-1; Adil (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Aarib Imran (PIA) 11-4, 11-4, 11-4; Ashab Irfan (Punjab) bt Sharoon Saleem (Sindh) 11-8, 11-4, 11-5; M. Ammad (PAF) bt Abuzar Imtiaz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-4, 11-5, 11-3; Mubashir Khan (Punjab) bt Hurraira Zafar (Sindh) 11-7, 11-6, 4-11, 12-10; Abbas Nawaz (PAF) bt M. Ali (Sindh) walkover; Waleed Khalil (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Shayyan Adnan (Sindh) 11-3, 11-0, 11-0.

Boys under-11: Usman Nadeem (Punjab) bt M. Zaman (Sindh) 11-2, 11-2, 11-1; Ahad Shaukat (Punjab) bt Abdul Basit (Sindh) 11-2, 11-3, 11-7; Mir Fayyaz (Punjab) bt Anas Bukhari (Punjab) 11-6, 13-11, 12-10; Huzaifa Shahid (Punjab) bt Adnan Zaman (Sindh) 11-2, 11-1, 11-1; Yasin Khattak (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt M. Khan (PAF) 11-9, 11-6, 11-6; Ahmed Mobeen (Punjab) bt Syed Ammar Ali (Sindh) 11-2, 12-10, 11-3; Shiraz Akber (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Ghulam Mustafa (Sindh) 11-0, 11-4, 11-2; Khaqan Malik (Punjab) bt Zohaib Khan (Sindh) 11-4, 11-5, 11-2.

Girls under-19: Fehmina Asim (Sindh) bt Humaira Naz (Sindh) 11-0, 11-0, 11-3; Meyral Shaikh (Sindh) bt Uzma Naz (Sindh) 11-4, 11-3, 11-2; Ilsa Imran (Sindh) bt Maira Saleem (Sindh) 11-7, 8-11, 12-14, 11-7, 14-12; Komal (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Mehwish (Sindh) 11-3, 11-2, 11-6; Shafaq Chaudhry (Punjab) bt Nadia (Punjab) 11-4, 11-2, 11-4 . Girls under-15: Tayyaba Abbas (Punjab) bt Sara Haq (Sindh) 11-7, 11-4, 11-5; Habiba Ishaq (Sindh) bt Sulaiya Chaudhry (Punjab) 11-7, 11-9, 11-4.

Sunday’s fixtures: Quarter-finals at 9.30am.

Published in Dawn, January 22nd, 2017

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