LAHORE: Abdullah, Tayyab Shafiq, Muqsit Amir and Raja Zulqarnain reached the semi-finals of the boys U-18 singles here at the National Junior Badminton Championship on Friday.

In girls U-18 singles, Amal Munib, Laiba Masoud and Meerab Bhandara along with Alja Tariq also made the last four. Sumaiya Tariq, Mehr-un-Nisa, Dina Shahzad and Zainab Chaudhry made it to the last-four phase of the girls U-16.

Results:

Boys:

U-18 singles (quarter-finals): Abdullah (KP) beat Jalees Yousuf (Punjab) 21-13, 22-20; Muqsit Amir (Punjab) bt Zubair Shah (KP) 21-15, 21-15; Raja Zulqarnain Haider (Punjab) bt Talha Khan (Sindh) 21-10, 21-17; Tayyab Shafiq (Punjab) bt Hasheem-ul-Hassan (Punjab) 21-17, 21-10

U-14 singles (pre-quarterfinals): Hashir (KP) bt Mohammad Rehan (Punjab) 21-10, 21-10; Moeez Faisal (Punjab) bt Zavior (Islamabad) 21-4, 21-11; Malik Ghasif (Punjab) bt Moiz Ahmad (Punjab) 21-17, 21-11; Amar Hassan Janjua (Punjab) bt M. Taqi Abbas (Balochistan) 21-5, 21-18; Umer Khan (KP) bt Burhan Ahmed (Punjab) 21-6, 21-6; M. Ibrahim Rasheed (Punjab) bt Sameer Cristopher (KP) 21-4, 21-8

U-18 doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Talha-Muzammil (Sindh) bt Mukarram-Hamza (AJK)21-11, 21-16; Ali Arshad-Esa Khan (Islamabad) bt Danyaal-Hasham (Sindh) 16-21, 21-13, 21-9

Girls:

U-18 singles (quarter-finals): Meerab Bhandara (Punjab) bt Maryiam Shahzadi (Punjab) 21-10, 21-10;

Alja Tariq (Balochistan) bt Maryam Hanif (Sindh) 21-7, 21-8; Laiba Masood (Punjab) bt Amna Jawad (Punjab) 21-10, 21-12; Amal Munib (Punjab) bt Maryam Hayyat (Sindh) 21-3, 21-7

U-16 singles (quarter-finals): Mehr-un-Nisa (Punjab) bt Fatima (Balochistan) 21-18, 21-14; Sumaiya Tariq (Balochistan) bt Hajira Nabeel (Punjab) 21-8, 21-5; Dina Shahzad (Islamabad) bt Hadiqa (Punjab) 21-10, 21-17; Zainab Chaudhry (Punjab) bt Arwa Rasheed (Punjab) 21-4, 21-4.

Published in Dawn, October 13th, 2018