LAHORE: Twenty-four pre-quarterfinals were decided on the first day of the inaugural Punjab National Junior Squash Championship here at the Punjab Squash Complex on Wednesday.

The matches were played in U-15, U-13 and U-11 age groups.

Only one upset in Under-15 was recorded when Syed Husnain of Baluchistan beat Junaid Khan of Punjab in five setters 8/11, 3/11, 11/7,11/7,12/10. The match lasted 40 minutes to produce the result in favour of Husnain.

All other top seeded players qualified for quarterfinals in U-15, U-13 and U-11 categories.

Results;

Under-15: Noor Zaman (KPK) bt Huzaifa Shahid (Punjab) 11/5,11/7,6/11,11/7; Huzaifa Zahid (KPK) beat M.Ahmad (KPK) 13/11,11/8,11/7; Abbas Nawaz (KP) bt WajiUllah (KP) 11/5,11/6,11/2; M.Ashab Irfan (Punjab) bt Hussnain Ali (Punjab) 11/2,11/6,11/5; M.Hamza(KPK) bt Mir Fayyaz (Punjab) 11/1,11/3,11/6; Waleed Khalil (KPK) beat Noman (KPK) 9/11,11/4,11/2,11/7.

Under-13: Usman Nadeem (Punjab) bt Talha Bin Zubair (Punjab) 11/5,9/11,11/5,11/4; Mehmood Mehboob (Punjab) bt Sakhi Ullah (KPK) 11/9,15/13,11/8; M.Shoaib Afzal (KPK) bt Omar Arshad (Punjab) 4/11,11/9,10/12,11/5,11/5; Humam Ahmad (KPK) bt M.Asher Butt (Punjab) 11/6,11/7,11/2; Anus Bukhari (Punjab) bt Saboor (KPK) 11/4,11/7,11/4; Ehsan Ali (KPK) bt Zohaib Shahid (Punjab) 11/13,11/4,11/7,11/6; M.Hanif (KPK) bt Zain Anwar (Punjab) 9/11,6/11,14/12,11/6,11/4; Yaseen Khatak (KPK) bt M.Salahuddin (Punjab) 11/1,11/5,11/1.

Under-11: Abdullah Nawaz (KPK) bt Shayan Khan (KPK) 11/3,11/3,11/7; Azan Ali (Punjab) bt Saim Asif (Punjab) 4/11,11/9,11/9,14/12; Varun Asif (Punjab) bt Ubaid Ullah (KPK) 11/7,11/6,11/4; Abdullah Nadeem (Punjab) bt Huraira (KPK) 11/9,11/6,11/2;, SaifUllah Tareen (KPK) bt Abdul Ahad (Punjab) 11/0,11/2,11/8.

Published in Dawn, April 12th, 2018