LAHORE: The All-Pakistan National Junior Squash Championships-2017 started at the Punjab Squash Association (PSA) Complex here on Friday.

Overall, 60 players from all over the country are competing in U-19, U-17, U-15, U-13 and U-11 age categories.

PSA president Dr Nadeem Mukhtar was the chief guest on the opening day when pre-quarter-finals of all categories were played.

Results (pre-quarter-finals):

Under-19: Abbas Zeb (KP) bt Fahim Ahmad (Punjab) 11-2, 11-3, 11-3; Saifullah (KP) bt Abdul Mughni (Punjab) 11-2, 11-5, 12-10; Haris Iqbal (KP) bt Mahid Amin (Punjab) 11-8, 11-7, 11-0; Nasir Khan (KP) bt Junaid Khan (KP) 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-4; Zeeshan Gul (KP) bt M. Zahid (Punjab) 11-5, 11-4, 11-4; Furqan Ahmad (KP) bt Mubeen (KP) 11-8, 11-6, 5-11; Abdul Qadir (SNGPL) bt Shahzad Khan (KP) 11-2, 5-11, 11-8, 11-9; Mansoor Zaman (KP) bt Zeeshan Zeb (KP) 11-8, 11-8, 11-6, 12-10, 12-10.

Under-17: Uzair Shaukat (PAF) bt Malik Abdul Moiz (Punjab) 11-2, 11-9, 11-5; Saqib Iqbal (PAF) bt M. Essa (Punjab) 11-9, 11-2, 11-6; Zohair Shahid (Punjab) bt Shahzad Khan (Punjab) 15-13, 11-9, 11-1, 11-8; Uzair Rasheed (Punjab) bt Ahmad Hassan (PAF) 11-4, 11-1, 11-2; Haris Qasim (Punjab) bt Anees-ur-Rehman (KP) 11-13, 11-5, 11-3; Hamza Sharif (PAF) bt M. Ahsan (Punjab) 11-5, 11-5, 11-0; Rashid Daulat (PAF) bt M. Usman (Punjab) 9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6; Oan Abbas (Punjab) bt Moaz Khan (Punjab) 11-7, 11-5, 11-7.

Under-15: Asadullah (KP) bt M Din Haris (Punjab) 11-1, 11-1, 11-2; Ibtisam Riaz (Punjab) bt Hamza Aslam (Punjab) 11-0, 11-2, 11-6; Usman Allaudin (Punjab) bt Abdul Ghani (Punjab) 6-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-6; Farhan Hashmi (Punjab) bt Subhan Ahmad (Punjab) 11-6, 11-6, 11-3; Ghulam Mohammad (KP) bt Afaq Khan (PAF)11-9, 7-11, 3-11, 11-6, 11-8; Ali Sher (PAF) bt Ghulam Mustafa (Punjab) 11-1, 11-6, 11-2; Hammad Khan (Punjab) bt Mubashir (KP) 11-4, 11-2, 11-3; Khushal Riaz (PAF) bt Asad Afzal (Punjab) 11-2, 11-2, 11-4.

Under-13: Huzaifa Zahid (KP) bt Ali Uddin (Punjab) 11-4, 11-2, 11-7; Tayyab Rauf (Punjab) bt Mutahir Ali Shah (KP) 11-6, 11-4, 11-5; M. Ammad (PAF) bt Hassnain Ali (Punjab) 11-7, 11-5, 11-2; Fahad Sharif (KP) bt Afnan Mudassar (Punjab) 11-5, 12-10, 12-10; M. Hamza (PAF) bt Junaid Khan (Punjab) 11-2, 11-4, 11-4; Abbas Nawaz bt Azlan Khawar (Punjab) 11-2, 11-6, 11-3; Abdullah (KP) bt Mustafa Asghar (Punjab) 8-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-7; M. Ashab Irfan (Punjab) bt Adil (KP) 12-10, 11-4, 11-2.

Under-11: Abdullah Rasheed (Punjab) bt Sakhi Ullah (KP) 11-2, 11-3, 11-4; Shiraz Akbar (PAF) bt Anas Bukhari (Punjab) 11-7, 11-7, 13-11, 14-2; Usman Nadeem Butt (Punjab) bt Ahmed Mubeen (Punjab) 11-5, 11-2, 11-5; Ahad Shaukat (Punjab) bt Mehmood Mehboob (Punjab) 5-11, 11-4, 14-12, 11-2; Mir Fayyaz (Punjab) bt Abdullah Nawaz (KP) 11-4, 13-11, 13-11; Yaseen Khattak (PAF) bt Moin (Punjab) 11-4, 11-1, 11-3; Huzaifa Shahid (Punjab) bt Raheem Abbas (KP) 11-3, 11-9, 11-1; Khaqan Malik (Punjab) bt Abdullah Nadeem (Punjab)11-6, 11-5, 11-6.

Published in Dawn, February 25th, 2017

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