ISLAMABAD: Sindh’s Anas Dilshad and Punjab’s Usman Nadeem beat their respective opponents in contrasting fashion in the U-15 contest on the opening day of the National Junior Squash Championship here at the Mushaf Squash Complex on Friday.

Anas beat Majid Ahmed of KP 6-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-4 3-1 in 29 minutes while Usman overcame Hikmat Yar of Pakistan Ordinance Factories 9-11,11-4, 11-6, 11-3 3-1 in 27 minutes.

Meanwhile, in the U-13 event, Punjab’s Yashwa Yousaf beat Raja Sikander.

Results:

U-15:

M Ammad (PAF) beat M Azan Khalil (KP) 11-5, 11-1, 13-11 3-0 (20 Min)

Yasin Khattak (PAF) beat M Talha (KPK) 11-1,11-1, 11-3 3-0 (15 Min)

Hassan Zahid (PAF) beat Talha Haq (PB) 11-3, 11-7, 11-7 3-0 (18 Min)

M Hanif (PAF) beat Salahuddin (PB) 11-2,11-0,11-2 3-0 (22 Min)

Shoaib Afzal (KPK) beat Haider Butt (PB) 11-5,11-3,11-8 3-0 (18 Min)

Ehsan Ali (KPK) beat M Idrees Khan (KPK) 11-1, 11-6, 11-2 3-0 (13 Min)

Anas Dilshad (Sindh) beat Majid Ahmed (KPK) 6-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-4 3-1 (29 Min)

Usman Nadeem (PB) beat Hikmat Yar (POF) 9-11,11-4, 11-6, 11-3 3-1 (27 Min)

Humam Ahmed (PAF) beat Shahzad Khan (KPK) 11-3,11-3, 11-1 3-0 (21 Min)

Saboor Khan (PAF) beat Zulkifal Ahmed (PB) 11-3, 11-5, 11-7 3-0 (23 Min)

M Ashar Butt (PB) beat M Huzaifa (KPK) 11-1, 11-1, 11-4 3-0 (17 Min)

Mubashir Khan (PB) beat Haziq Sheikh (PB) 11-3, 11-3, 11-3 3-0 (21 Min)

Azlan Khawar (PB) beat Talha Bin Zubair (PB) 11-3, 13-11, 13-11 3-0 (29 Min)

M Zubair (PB) beat Ahmad Javed (KPK) 11-2, 11-1, 11-5 3-0 (11 Min)

Moin Uddin (PB) beat Hamza Shaukat (PB) 11-5, 11-5, 13-11 3-0 (17 Min)

Mutahir Ali (KPK) beat Abdul Basit (KPK) 11-4, 11-0, 11-5 3-0 (9 Min)

U-13:

Mehmood Mehboob (PB) Got Bye

Yashwa Yousaf (PB) beat Raja Sikandar (PB) 8-11, 11-4,11-4,11-7 3-1 (24 Min)

Hurraira Khan (PAF) beat Abdul Moeed (KP) 11-2. 11-3, 11-2 3-0 (25 Min)

Abdullah Nawaz (PAF) beat Habib Khan (POF) 11-0,11-2,11-1 3-0 (22 Min)

Varun Asif (PB) beat Usman Tahir (PB) 11-3,11-6,11-7 3-0 (20 Min)

Mobeen Khan (PAF) beat Abdullah Amir (PB) 11-2, 11-4, 11-0 (18 Min)

Labeeb Butt (SINDH) beat Yahya Khan (KPK) 11-0, 11-5, 14-12 (20 Min)

Zuraiz Naeem (PB) Got Bye

Omar Arshad (PB) beat Abdullah Arsalan (PB) 11-8, 11-5, 11-9 3-0 (14 Min)

M Zaman (Sindh) beat Mufariq Ali (KPK) 11-1, 11-4, 11-5 3-0 (14 Min)

Luqman Hassan (PAF) beat Rana Zohaib (PB) 11-7,11-6,9-11,12-10 (24 Min)

Abdullah Nadeem (PB) beat Fawad Asad (KPK) 11-1,11-5,11-0 3-0 (11 Min)

Saim Asif (PB) beat Abdullah Afzal (PAF) 12-10, 11-8,8-11, 16-14 3-0 (32 Min)

Shayan Ali (KPK) beat Hussain Ahmed (KPK) 11-2, 11-6, 11-7 3-0 (19 Min)

Abdul Basit (Sindh) beat Syed M Qasim (PB) 11-2, 11-4, 11-3 (12 Min)

Sakhiullah Tareen (KP) Got Bye.

Published in Dawn, September 14th, 2019

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