LAHORE: The All-Pakistan National Ranking Badminton Tournament began at Quetta’s Ayub Stadium on Thursday with all affiliated units of the Pakistan Badminton Federation participating.

Results:

Men’s singles (first round): Murad Ali (NBP) bt M Uaakeph (KRL) 21-15, 21-9; Ahmer Jalal (HEC) bt Waqas Aslam (Wapda) 21-13, 21-12; Muhammad Adnan (Wapda) bt Zohaib Khalil (Police) 21-18, 21-16; Irfan Saeed (wapda) bt Abuzar (HEC) 22-20, 21-12; Shahmeer Iftikhar (SNGPL) bt Abdullah Latif (Army) 22-20, 21-14; Anas Akhtar (PB) bt Shehroz Jamil (Wapda) 21-14, 21-13; Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) beat Shabbar Hussain (Wapda) by 21-18, 21-5; M Noman (SNGPL) bt Raja Hassan Mujtaba (PB) 21-16, 21-10; Shoaib Riaz (Wapda) bt Umer Jhanghir (KP) 21-12, 21-13; Hashir Bashir (Wapda) bt Ahmed Faizan (Wapda) 21-13, 21-13; Muteeb Sohail (KRL) bt Kashif Nawaz (Wapda) 21-12, 21-8; Raja Muhammad Hasnain (NBP) bt Soban Jamil (Wapda) 21-9, 21-13; M. Rizwan (Wapda) bt Fazal Rehman (KP) 21-14, 21-17; Ahmed Tariq (PB) bt Mehmood-Ur-Rehman (PB) 21-15, 19-21, 21-16; Ahsan Asif (Wapda) bt Rai Abdul Manan (Army) 21-18, 21-9; Hasheem-Ul-Hassan (PB) bt Amir Saeed (Wapda) 21-14, 21-16; Rehman Haider (Army) bt Abdullah Siddique (Sindh) 11-21, 21-9, 21-17; Yasir Ali (PB) bt Malik Faraz (KP) 21-5, 21-10; Raja Zulqarnain Haider (Wapad) bt Ashan Tanveer (PB) 19-21, 21-14, 21-16;M. Jamal (Army) bt Abul Hassan (Army) 21-16, 21-19; Anjum Bashir (NPP) bt Ariz Ali (PB) 21-15, 21-7;Ammar Masood (KRL) bt Raza Ali Adil (PB) 21-14. 21-15; Awais Zahid (Wapda) bt Uzair Khan (Army) 21-4, 22-20; Muqsit Islam (Army) bt Arbab Noman (Army) 21-17, 21-13; Tayyab Shafiq (HEC) bt Syed Hasnain Gilani (PB) 21-13, 21-14.

Women singles (first round): Minal Tariq (NBP) bt Shahnaz Shah (Wapda) 21-7, 21-7; Huma Javeed.

(Wapda) bt Mehmoona Amir (Wapda) 20-22, 21-19, 21-18; Alja Tariq (Balochistan) bt Sumiya Tariq (Army) 21-18, 21-15; Bushra Qayum (Wapda) bt Aneeqa Rana (Wapda) 21-6, 21-9; Mehwish Khan (Army) bt Sidra Irfan (Wapda) 22-20, 21-12; Laiba Masoud (HEC) bt Shehra Akram (Wapda) 22-20, 21-15; Amal Munib (PB) bt Aqsa Zikriya (SNGPL) 21-10, 21-6; Khizra Rasheed (Wapda) bt Farzana Ali (Wapda) 18-21, 21-16, 22-24; Zubaira Islam (SNGPL) bt Anmol Rasheed (Wapda) 21-14, 21-17; Palwasha Bashir (NBP) bt Mariyam.

Amir (Wapda) 21-5, 21-4; Rubab Imtiaz (Wapda) bt Mariyam Hanif (Sindh) 17-21, 22-20, 21-13; Yasmeen Shahzadi (Army) bt Asna Shahnaz (PB) 11-21, 28-26, 21-18; Rida Hanif (Army) bt Aneela Tariq (Wapda) 21-13, 21-16.

Published in Dawn, September 17th, 2021

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