PESHAWAR: Wapda’s Mahnoor Shehzad and Murad Ali of National Bank would defend their titles in the All-Pakistan National Ranking Badminton Championships, which started at the PSB Coaching Centre on Monday.

Mahnoor heads the women’s seedings that also include Sehar, Ghazala and Bushra, while Murad is the men’s singles top seed, followed by Wapda trio of Ali Mehdi, Azeem and Awais Zakir.

Earlier, president of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Badminton Association Zafar Ali Khan formally inaugurated the tournament.

The qualifying stage began on Monday.

Results:

Men’s singles:

First round: Kashif Sulehri (NBP) beat Omair Khan (ISB) 21-18; Osama Sattar (PTCL) beat Abdul Salam (PMAD) by 21-7; Owais Danish (Army) beat Umair Khan (KP) 21-11; Zubair Shah (KP) beat Omi Omer (Railway) 21-18; Zain-ul--Abedin (Army) beat Osama (KP) 21-17; Arsalan (Army) beat Usaid Gul (KP) 21-18; M Bilal (Sindh) beat M Waqas (Islamabad) 21-16; Ehtesham (Army) beat Daniyal Ali (NBP) 21-8; Usman Shah (Army) beat Raza Ali Adil 21-15; Ahmed Faizan (Wapda) beat Ibrahim Rasheed (Islamabad) 21-11; Shahab Khan (Isalamabad) beat Shakir (KP) 22-20 Waqas (KP) beat Mannan (Police) 21-6; Shahid Ahmed (Sindh) beat Sharjeel (Army) 21-18; Abuzar (PB) beat Hasan (Railways) 21-6; Junaid (Army) beat Mekael (KP) 21-16.

Second round: Shujaat Ali Khan (Wapda) beat Kashif Nawaz (Fata) 21-11 Hayyan Uzair beat Ahmad Janjua (Islamabad) 21-9; Masood (Police) bear Owais Danish (Army) 21-19; Ahmed Faizan (Wapda) beat M Ali 21-7; Shoaib Riaz (KP) beat Uzair Altaf (Railway) 21-14; Zunain Javed (Wapda) beat Faraz Malik (KP) 21-17; Ehtesham Ali beat M Sahale (Fata) 21-12; Zain-ul-Abedin (Army) beat Inam (AJK) 21-11 Hamza (Army) beat Gul Jan (Fata) 21-11; Shiraz-ur-Rehman (Wapda) beat Shahab Khan (Islamabad) 22-20 Nowsherwan (Army) beat Arsalan (Army) 21-12 Muqsit Islam (Army) beat Zuhaib (Army) 21-8; Abdullah Latif (Army) beat Bilal (Sindh) 21-6; Haroon (Police) beat Abdullah Rehman (Army) 21-11; Shahan (KP) beat Waqas Khan (Fata) 23-21; Qari Adnan (KP) beat Yasir Ali 21-14 Shahid (Sindh) beat Maaz (Sindh) 21-16; Tehsinullah (Wapda) beat Adnan Aziz (Wapda) 21-17; Kashif Sulehri (NBP) beat Daniyal (KP) 21-8; Nabeel (Railway) beat Ali Chishti (Islamabad) 21-12; Zuhaib (Police) beat Uzair (KP) 23-21; Usman Ghani (Army) beat Muzamil (AJK) 21-9; Uzair (KP) beat Hayatullah (Police) 21-15; Abuzar beat Atiq Chaudhry (Wapda) 22-20; Osama Sattar (PTCL) beat Zubair Shah (KP) 21-13; Hafiz Wasif beat Waqas (KP) 21-16; Junaid (Army) beat Zarak (KP) 21-10; Tayyab Shafiq (PB) beat Usman Shah (Army) 23-21.

Third round: Abdullah Latif (Army) beat Kashif Sulehri (NBP) 21-15; Nabeel (Railway) beat Shahan (KP) 21-12; Tayyab Shafiq (PB) beat Usman Ghani (Army) 21-19 Abuzar (PB) beat Asif (21-9; Shoaib Riaz (KP) beat Shujaat Ali (Wapda) 21-15; Hafiz Wasif beat Moin Khan 21-10; Tehsinullah (Wapda) beat Shahid (Sindh) 21-14; Ehtesham Ali (Army) beat Masood (Police) 21-14; Uzair (KP) beat Junaid (Army) by 21-8 Ahmed Faizan (Wapda) beat Yousaf (Army) by 21-7 Hayyan beat Shiraz-ul-Hasan (Wapda) 21-16; Qari Adnan (KP) beat Nowsherwan (Army) 23-21; Osama Sattar (PTCL) beat Hamza Iqbal (Army) 21-17; Zuhaib (Police) beat Zain-ul-Abedin (Army) 21-14; Haroon (Police) beat Zunain Javed (Wapda) 21-13; Muqsit Islam (Army) beat Hamza (KP) 21-12.

Fourth round: Haroon (Police) beat Hayyan 21-12 Abuzar beat Tayyab Shafiq 23-21; Abdullah Latif (Army) beat Osama Sattar (PTCL) 21-14; Qari Adnan (KP) beat Hafiz Waif 21-14; Shoaib Riaz (KP) beat Ahmad Faizan (Wapda) 21-15; Muqsit Islam (Army) beat Zohaib Khan (Police) 21-19; Nabeel (Railway) beat Ehtesham Ali (Army) 21-18; Tehsinullah (Wapda) beat Uzair (KP) 21-11.

Published in Dawn, April 23rd, 2019