LAHORE: The Women’s and Boys’ Age Group competitions in the National Squash Championships entered the semi-final stage at the Punjab Squash Complex here on Saturday.

In the Senior Women’s category, Amna Latif of ZTBL struggled hard to beat Sindh’s Anam Aziz in a five-game quarter-final. Amna spent 30 minutes on the court before emerging victorious by a scoreline of 11-8, 9-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6.

In other matches in this category, the winners had the cakewalk victories.

Results:

Quarter-finals:

Women’s Seniors: Amna Latif (ZTBL) bt Anum Aziz (Sindh) 11-8, 9-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6; Saima Shaukat (Wapda) bt Maira Shahzad (Punjab) 11-4, 11-5, 11-5; Zoya Khalid (ZTBL) bt Iqra Butt (Punjab) 11-3, 11-1, 11-4; Riffat Khan (Wapda) bt Rushna Mehboob (ZTBL) 12-10, 13-11, 11-2.

Under-19 Girls: Aiman Shahbaz (SNGPL) bt Bushra Khalid (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-2, 11-5, 11-1; Amna Fayyaz (PIA) beat Kainat Khan — walkover.

Under-15 Girls: Noor-ul-Ain Ijaz (SNGPL) bt Maira (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-6, 11-5, 11-5; Eman Jabin (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Sulaiya Chaudhry (Punjab) 11-4, 11-3, 11-8; Nimra Aqeel (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Tayyaba Abbas (Punjab) 11-4, 11-4, 11-8; Laiba Ijaz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Hira Aqeel (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 12-10, 8-11, 11-8, 11-5.

Boys Under-17: Farhan Hashmi (SNGPL) bt Uzair Shaukat (PAF) 11-8, 15-13, 11-5; Naveed Rehman (Sindh) bt Shahzad Khan (Punjab) 12-10, 11-7, 3-11, 4-11, 11-7; Mohammad Saqib Iqbal (PAF) bt Rashid Daulat (PAF) 8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-8; Malik Moiz (Punjab) bt Haris Qasim (Punjab) 12-10 — Haris retired hurt.

Under-19 Boys: Nasir Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Zeeshan Malik (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 7-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-3; Uzair Rasheed (Punjab) bt Qamar-ul-Islam (Sindh) 11-5, 11-6, 11-9; Mohammad Abdul Qadir (SNGPL) bt Shaharyar Khan (Punjab) 11-5, 11-7, 11-5; Saifullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) beat Saad Abdullah (Sindh) 8-11, 3-11, 11-9,11-8, 11-8.

Published in Dawn, May 21st, 2017

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