PESHAWAR: Top seed Mahoor Shahzad of Wapda reached the quarter-finals of the All Pakistan National Women’s and Men’s Ranking Badminton Championships, cruising past Minal Tariq here at the PSB Coaching Centre on Wednesday.

On the men’s side, Azeem Sarwar, Muqeet Tahir, Muhammad Ali Larosh, Ali Mehdi, Anjum, Awais Zahid, Abdur Rehman and Murad Ali reached the last eight.

Results:

Women’s singles (last-16): Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda) bt Minal Tariq (NBP) 21-5, 21-19; Alja Tariq (Balochistan) bt Aneela Irshad (Wapda) 21-17, 24-22; Bushra Qayum (Wapda) bt Shehnaz Shah (Wapda) 21-6, 21-10; Palwasha Bashir (NBP) bt Saima Waqas (Wapda) 21-9, 21-9; Huma Javed (Wapda) bt Mehmoona Ameer (Wapda) 21-17, 21-15; Ghazala Siddique (SNGPL) bt Khizra Rasheed (Wapda) 21-9, 21-11; Zubaira Islam (SNGPL) bt Javeria Tahir (SNGPL) 21-10, 21-17; Sehra Akram (Wapda) bt Mariam Riaz (Wapda) 21-7, 21-8.

Women’s singles (first round): Shera Akram (Wapda) bt Rosheen Ijaz (Army) 21-17, 24-22; Alja Tariq (Balochistan) bt Rida Haneef (Army) 21-14, 21-18; Zubaira Islam (SNGPL) bt Yasmeen Shahzadi (Islamabad) 21-8, 21-17; Khizra Rasheed (Wapda) bt Hina Insbat (Wapda) 21-11, 21-9; Ghazala Siddique (SNGPL) bt Aneeqa Rana (Wapda) 21-12, 21-13; Javeria Tahir (SNGPL) bt Hadia Ashfaq (Punjab) 19-21, 21-17, 21-14; Mehmoona Ameer (Wapda) bt Ana Gohar (Islamabad) 21-16, 23-21; Huma Javed (Wapda) bt Laiba Masoud (Punjab) 21-13, 21-13; Shehnaz Shah (Wapda) bt Rubab Imtiaz (Wapda) 21-18, 21-19; Palwasha Bashir (NBP) bt Sumaiya Tariq (Balochistan) 21-9, 21-3; Saima Waqas (Wapda) bt Anmol Rasheed (Wapda) 22-20, 21-13; Minal Tariq (NBP) bt Quratulain (Punjab) 21-10, 21-5; Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda) bt Miss Aqsa (Punjab) 21-3, 21-4: Aneela Irshad (Wapda) bt Kausar Javed (Punjab) 21-16, 21-18.

Women’s doubles (second round): Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda)/Palwasha Bashir (NBP) bt Shahnaz Shah/Rubab Imtaiz (both Wapda) 21-7, 21-7; Bushra Qayum (Wapda)/Zubaira Islam (SNGPL) bt Mehwish/Kainat (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 21-11, 21-7; Mehmoona Ameer/Khizra Rasheed (both Wapda) bt AljaTariq/Sumaiya Tariq (Balochistan) 21-14, 21-9; Aisha Akram/Minal Tariq (NBP) bt Aneela Irshad/Hina Insbad (Wapda) 21-11, 21-15; Qausar/Aqsa (Punjab) bt Rida (Army)/Warda (Islamabad) 21-17, 21-18; Saima Waqas (Wapda)/Ghazala (SNGPL) bt Javeria (SNGPL)/Laiba (Punjab) 21-10, 21-7.

Women’s doubles (first round): Javeria (SNGPL)/Laiba Masoud (Punjab) bt Quratulain/Hadia Ashfaq (both Punjab) 21-18, 21-9.

Men’s singles (last 16): Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) bt M. Rizwan (Wapda) 21-18, 19-21, 21-14; Muqeet Tahir (Punjab) bt Raja Hasnain (NBP) 12-21, 21-19, 21-19; M. Ali Larosh (SNGPL) bt Amir Saeed (Wapda) 21-15, 23-21; Ali Mehdi (Wapda) bt Hashir Bashir (Wapda) 21-16, 21-14; Anjum Bashir (NBP) bt Muteeb Sohail (Punjab) 21-9, 21-13; Awais Zahid (Wapda) bt Shahmeer Iftikhar (SNGPL) 21-17, 21-10; Abdur Rehman (Wapda) bt Raja Zulqarnain (NBP) 17-21, 23-21, 21-11; Murad Ali (NBP) bt Shabbar Hussain (Wapda) 21-11, 21-16.

Published in Dawn, April 25th, 2019