LAHORE: A good number of matches in different events were decided in the Punjab Badminton Championship as it entered the last eight rounds here on Tuesday.

On the second day quarter-finals for both men and women, singles and doubles were played.

The results are as follows:

Men’s singles (pre-quarterfinals):

Gohar Azam (Lhr) beat Naeem Ashraf (Mandi Bahauddin) 21-9, 21-6; Tayyab Shafiq (Lhr) beat Talha Khalid (Lhr) 15-21, 21-18, 21-19; Yasir Ali (Sialkot) beat Uaakeph (Rwl) 16-21, 21-19, 22-20; Ahmer Jalal (Lhr) beat Usman Ghani (Fsd) 17-21, 21-11, 21-14; Muqsit Islam (Fsd) beat Abuzar (Hzd) 21-11, 21-16; Ammar Masood (Lhr) beat Mujtaba (Sialkot) 19-21, 21-15, 21-15; Muteeb Sohail (Jehlum) beat Burhan Yaseen (Lhr) 21-16, 21-17.

Women’s Singles (pre-quarterfinals):

Laiba Masoud (Lhr) beat Hadiqa Aftab (Lhr) 21-7, 21-16; Umehani (Jehlum) beat Noor Amlia (Lhr) 21-17, 21-10; Hadia Ishfaq (Lhr) beat Syeda Irfa (FSD) 21-2, 21-2; Khadija Nasir (FSD) beat Shaista (UMT) 21-11, 21-6; Amal Munib (Lhr) beat Gul Saeed (Jng) 21-5, 21-6; Qurat-Ul-Ain (Lhr) beat Tayyaba Shafiq (Lhr) 21-7, 21-10; Anna Ghohar (Rwl) beat Zainab Chowdhury (Lhr) 21-8, 21-8; Amna Jawad (Lhr) beat Hamda Masoud (Lhr) 21-8, 21-16.

Men’s Doubles (pre-quarterfinals):

Tayyab Shafiq-Uaakeph (Lhr) beat Haris Fareed-Ahmad (Swl) 21-10, 21-9;

Irfan Mehmood-Asim Masood (Lhr) beat Hamza Tariq-Nadeem (Lhr) 22-20, 21-19;

Rohan-Rohail (Guj) beat Ashan-Shayan (Jhelum) 16-21, 21-17, 21-18;

Laiba Masoud-Hamda Masoud (Lhr) beat Mahenoor-Rehma (Unique) 21-10, 21-9;

Muqsit Islam-Usman Ghani (Fsd) beat Munib-Umair (Chiniot) 22-20, 18-21, 21-14.

Published in Dawn, January 16th, 2019