KARACHI: Bilal Islam and Zaynab Khan of Karachi Grammar School stormed into boys’ under-17 and girls’ under-15 finals of the inaugural National Bank of Pakistan (NBP)-Sindh Squash Association (SSA) Inter-school squash championship at the PSF Jahangir Khan Squash Complex, PSB Coaching Centre, on Tuesday.

Bilal accounted for Obaidullah Rasheed of Bahria College 11-7, 11-9, 12-10 and is set to meet The City School’s Fawaz Asim who was home over Rauf Khan of Fazaia Inter College 11-6, 11-8, 12-10 in the other semi-final.

Zaynab, meanwhile, inflicted 11-0, 11-1, 11-1 defeat on Sara Haq of Nakhlah School and is drawn to face Aina Sheikh of Beacon House School who carved out 11-7, 11-3, 11-3 victory over Alishba Ibad of Fazaia College..

The boys under-11 and under-13 events have also reached the final stage.

The finals of all the events will be played on Wednesday at 2pm.

Results:

Semi-finals:

Boys under-11: Ammar Ali (Fazaia Inter College Malir) bt Abdul Basit (Quaid Public School) 11-3, 11-4, 11-4; .Zaman (St.Michael School) bt Zuhaib Khan (SKBZ School DHA) 11-1, 12-10, 11-7.

Boys under-13: Shayyan Adnan (Beacon House School) bt Hamza Akhlaq (Beacon Light Academy) 12-10, 11-3, 8-11, 11-7; Hurraira Zafar (F.D.C Faisal Karachi) bt Ummar-ul-Haq (Nakhlah School) 11-2,11-2,11-1. Boys under-17: Bilal Islam (Karachi Grammar School) bt Obaidullah Rasheed (Bahria College) 11-7, 11-9,12-10; Fawaz Asim (The City School) bt Rauf Khan (Fazaia Inter College Faisal) 11-6,11-8,12-10. Girls under-15: Zaynab Khan (Karachi Grammar School) bt Sara Haq (Nakhlah School) 11-0, 11-1, 11-1; Aina Sheikh (Beacon House School) bt Alishba Ibad (Fazaia Inter College Malir) 11-7,11-3,11-3. Monday’s remaining results:

Boys under-11:

First round: M. Labeeb (Fazaia Inter College Malir) bt Ahmed Abdullah (Akram Public School) 11-0, 11-4, 11-2; Bilal Irfan (Shah Wilayat School) bt Abdul Haseeb (Quaid Public School) 11-2,11-0,11-3; Abdul Basit (Quaid Public School) bt Hassan Nasir (World Academy) 11-3,11-3,11-4; M.Zaman (St. Micheal School) bt Syed Mustafa Ali (Generation School) 11-0,11-1,11-2; Shan Afridi (City Grammar School) bt Hamza Tahir (The Educator School) walkover.

Quarter-finals: Ammar Ali (Fazaia Inter College Malir) bt M.Labeeb (Fazaia Inter College Malir) 11-5, 11-6, 11-1; Abdul Basit (Quaid Public School) bt Bilal Irfan (Shah Wilayat School) 11-3,11-2,11-3; M.Zaman (St. Michael School) bt Shan Afridi (City Grammar School) 11-0,11-0,11-2; Zuhaib Khan (SKBZ School DHA) bt Adnan Zaman (St. Michael School) 11-3,11-9,11-0.

Boys under-13:

Quarter-finals: Hurraira Zafar (F.D.C Faisal Karachi) bt Owais (Happy Home School) 11-7, 11-3, 11-2; Ummar-ul-Haq (Nakhlah School) bt Abdullah Irfan (Shah Wilayat School) 11-2,11-2,11-5; Hamza Akhlaq (Beacon Light Academy) bt Haris Rasheed (Bahria College) 11-9,11-4,11-7; Shayyan Adnan (Beacon House School) bt Abdullah Nasir (World Academy School) 11-1, 11-6, 11-8.

Boys under-17:

First round: Aarib Imran (BVS Parsi High School) bt Salman Khan (New Rose Heaven) 12-10, 11-6, 4-11, 11-7; Fawaz Butt (Fazaia Inter College Malir) bt Saad Akhlaq (Beacon Light Academy) 11-0,11-2,11-1; Obaidullah Rasheed (Bahria College) bt M.Shariyar (Fazaia Inter College Malir) 11-2,11-0,11-4; Fawaz Asim (The City School) bt Muddasir Kusar (Fazaia Inter College Faisal) 11-6,11-9,11-8; Rohan Amjad (City School) bt Ali Hussain (Fazaia Inter College Malir) 11-7,11-6,11-4; Ammar Asif (K.P.S) bt Ismail Irfanullah (Karachi Grammar School) walkover.

Quarter-finals: Bilal Islam (Karachi Grammar School) bt Aarib Imran (BVS Parrsi High School) 11-2, 11-5, 11-2; Obaidullah Rasheed (Bahria College) bt Fawaz Butt (Fazaia Inter College Malir) 6-11, 11-6, 11-6, 12-10; Fawaz Asim (The City School) bt Rohan Amjad (City School) 11-8,11-2,11-4; Rauf Khan (Fazaia Inter College Faisal) bt Ammar Asif (K.P.S) 11-1,11-2,11-4.

Girls under-15:

First round: Afifa Asif (Mama Parsi School) bt Alina Zehra (Beacon House School) 11-5, 11-4, 11-5; Quarter-finals: Zaynab Khan (Karachi Grammar School) bt Amna Rasheed (Bahria College) 11-2, 11-1, 11-1; Sara Haq (Nakhlah School) bt Nabiha Imran (Mama Parsi School) 11-2,11-9,11-9; Alishba Ibad (Fazaia Inter College Malir) bt Maryam Irfan (Shah Wilayat School) 11-2,11-1,11-4; Aina Sheikh (Beacon House School) bt Afifa Asif (Mama Parsi School) 11-0,11-0,11-0.

Wednesday’s fixtures: Finals start at 2pm.

Published in Dawn, May 24th, 2017