KARACHI: Top seed Nasir Khan and second seed Zeeshan Gul set an all-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa final after brushing aside their respective opponents in the boys under-19 semi-finals of the sixth Rehana Nazar national junior squash championship at Rashidabad, Tando Allahyar, on Monday.

While Nasir carved out 11-7, 11-7, 7-11, 11-4 victory over unseeded Saifullah in 37-minutes, Zeeshan was home 11-6, 11-4, 5-11, 11-5 over fourth seed Haris Iqbal. The losing semi-finalists also hails from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Third seed Uzair Shaukat of the PAF shocked top seed Talha Alam of Sindh in marathon under-17 duel 12-10, 9-11, 15-13, 5-11, 11-9 to set title clash with Punjab’s Uzair Rasheed who won straight over Naveed Rehman, also from Sindh, 11-9, 11-6, 11-5 in the other encounter..

Meanwhile, unseeded Komal of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continued her giant killing run when she sent second seed Noor-ul-Huda packing in 23-minutes 11-6, 11-3, 8-11, 11-8. She is now slated to face top seed Madina Zafar in the girls under-19 final.

Curtain falls on the event on Tuesday.

Results:

Semi-finals:

Boys under-19:

Nasir Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Safiullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-7, 11-7, 7-11, 11-4; Zeeshan Gul (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Haris Iqbal (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-6, 11-4, 5-11, 11-5.

Boys under-17:

Uzair Shaukat (PAF) bt Talha Alam (Sindh) 12-10, 9-11, 15-13, 5-11, 11-9; Uzair Rasheed (Punjab) bt Naveed Rehman (Sindh) 11-9, 11-6, 11-5.

Boys under-15:

Farhan Hashmi (Punjab) bt Hammad 11-7, 12-10, 6-11, 11-3; Asadullah Khan (PAF) bt Khushal Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 9-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-7.

Boys under-13:

Tayyab Rauf (Punjab) bt Ashab Irfan (Punjab) 11-8, 8-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-5; M. Ammad (PAF) bt Waleed Khalil (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-6, 11-5, 11-7.

Boys under-11:

Usman Nadeem (Punjab) bt Mir Fayyaz (Punjab) 11-3, 11-8, 11-6; Khaqan Malik (Punjab) bt Yasin Khattak (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-8, 11-6, 11-9.

Girls under-19:

Madina Zafar (SNGPL) bt Amina Shahbaz (Punjab) 13-11, 11-4, 11-5; Komal (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Noor-ul-Huda (SNGPL) 11-6, 11-3, 8-11, 11-8.

Girls under-15:

Amna Fayyaz (PIA) bt Zainab Khan (Sindh) 11-6, 11-7, 11-8; Noor-ul-Ain Ejaz (Punjab) bt Aina Shaikh (Sindh) 11-2, 11-1, 11-4.

Published in Dawn January 24th, 2017