PESHAWAR: Top seed Rushna Mehboob along with Amna Fayyaz, Komal Khan and Noor-ul-Ain Ejaz qualified for the National Bank of Khyber Women Squash Championship semi-finals here at the PAF Hashim Khan Squash Complex on Friday.

ZTBL’s Rushna reached the last-four stage after a lop-sided 11-7, 11-2, 11-7 victory against Anum Aziz of Sindh in the first quarter-final lasting 19 minutes.

Amna of Sindh outclassed Punjab’s Shafaq Chaudhary 11-2, 11-1, 11-2 while Wapda’s Komal recorded a 7-11, 11-6, 11-1, 11-3 victory against Aiman Shehbaz of SNGPL. Second seed Noor of SNGPL downed Wapda’s Saima Shoukat 15-17, 11-4, 11-9, 4-11, 13-11 in 48 minutes.

In the semi-finals, Rushna faces Amna while Komal takes on Noor.

Published in Dawn, March 23rd, 2019

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