HYDERABAD: Zynab Khan, Rushna Mehboob, Komal Khan and Noorul Husa entered the semi-finals as the Pakistan Women Squash Championship kicked off at Hyderabad Gymkhana on Sunday.

Sindh sports minister Imtiaz Ali Shah was the chief guest during a colourful ceremony in which players, officials and organising committee members were given appreciation shields, mementoes and certificates.

Results:

Quarter-finals: Zynab Khan (Army) bt Amna Fayaz (Army) 7-11, 11-13, 11-3, 11-6, 6-1 — Amna retired; Rushna Mehboob (ZTBL) bt Noorul Ain Ejaz (Punjab) 11-8, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7; Komal Khan (Wapda) bt Anum Mustafa Aziz (Sindh) 7-11, 11-8, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6; Noorul Husa (SNGPL) bt Elsa Imran (Sindh) 9-11, 6-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-1.

First round: Zynab bt Hira Aqeel (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-2, 11-3, 11-4; Noor-ul-Ain bt Aiman Shahbaz (Punjab) 11-6, 11-5, 11-5; Rushna bt Maira Hussain (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-5, 11-1, 11-5; Noor-ul Ain bt Kainat Amir (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-9, 11-4, 11-5; Elsa bt Roshelle Shaikh (Sindh) 11-7, 11-2, 11-2; Komal bt Fehmina Asim (Sindh) 11-8, 11-9, 12-14, 13-11.

Published in Dawn, January 18th, 2021