LAHORE: The National Badminton Champ­ionships entered the last-eight phase at the Ayub Stadium, Quetta on Friday after the pre-quarterfinals were decided in men’s and ladies’ singles, and men’s and women’s doubles events.

Results (pre-quarterfinals);

Men’s singles: Murad Ali (NBP) bt Mohammad Adnan (Wapda) 21-18, 24-22; Shoaib Riaz (Wapda) bt Irfan Saeed (Wapda) 16-21, 21-14, 21-15; Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) bt Muteeb Sohail (KRL) 21-15, 21-17; Raja Zulqarnain Haider (Wapda) bt Anjum Bashir (NBP) 21-17, 21-12; Muqeet Tahir (SNGPL) bt Mohammad Muqsit Islam (Army) 18-21, 21-10, 21-13;

Awais Zahid (Wapda) bt Ammar Masood (KRL) 12-21, 21-18, 21-14; Raja Hasnain (NBP) bt Mohammad Rizwan (Wapda) 21-16, 14-21, 21-13; Mohammad Ali Larosh (Wapda) bt Usama Shafi (PB) 21-14, 21-11.

Women’s singles: Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda) bt Minal Tariq (NBP) 21-3, 21-10; Alja Tariq (Balochistan) bt Huma Javed (Wapda) 21-17, 21-19; Bushra Qayum (Wapda) bt Mehwish Khan (Army) 21-11, 21-17; Amal Munib (PB) bt Laiba Masoud (HEC) 21-14, 21-19; Ghazala Siddique (Wapda) beat Saima Waqas (Wapda) 21-10, 21-6; Khizra Rasheed (Wapda) bt Zubaira Islam (SNGPL) 21-19, 19-21, 21-18; Palwasha Bashir (NBP) bt Rubab Imtiaz (Wapda) 21-9, 21-6; Rida Hanif (Army) beat Yasmeen Shahzadi (Army) 21-23, 21-16, 24-22

Men’s doubles: Awais Zahid/Mohammad Ali Larosh (Wapda) bt Amir Saeed/Mohammad Rizwan (Wapda) 21-13, 21-23, 21-16; Yasir Ali (PB)/Zunain Javed (Wapda) bt Shabbar Hussain/Shujaat Ali Khan (Wapda) 21-13, 21-14; Shahmeer Iftikhar/Mohammad Noman (SNGPL) bt Ashfaq Mehmood/Irfan Mehmood (PTCL) 21-9, 21-12; Uaakeph Khan (KRL)/Ali Chishti (Islamabad) bt Ali Khan/Shoaib Riaz (Wapda) 21-16, 21-14; Kashif Sulehri (NBP)/Muqeet Tahir (SNGPL) bt Abuzar (HEC)/Umer Zeshan (Wapda) 21-10, 21-11; Azeem Sarwar/Irfan Saeed (Wapda) bt Khalil-ur-Rehman/Fazal-ur-Rehman (KP) 21-8, 21-14; Anjum Bashir (NBP)/Mohammad Atiq (Wapda) bt Ahmed Tariq/Ahmed Faizan (Wapda) 21-15, 21-16

Women’s doubles: Palwasha Bashir (NBP)/Zubaira Islam (SNGPL) bt Mariam Amir (Wapda)/Rosheen Ijaz (Sindh) 21-10, 21-7; Aqsa Zikriya (SNGPL)/Laiba Masoud (HEC) bt Asna Shahbaz/Sehar Majeed (PB) 21-16, 21-19; Saima Waqas/ Khizra Rasheed (Wapda) Urooj Ahmad/Kainaat Khattak (KP) 21-11, 21-17; Mehmoona Ameer/Farzana Ali (Wapda) bt Hameeda/Nadia (Balochistan) 21-6, 21-6; Hadia Ashfaq/Quratulain (PB) bt Rubab Imtiaz/Shehnaz Shah (Wapda) 21-13, 21-14; Sehra Akram/Huma Javed (Wapda) bt Rida Hanif/Yasmeen Shahzadi (Army) 21-14, 21-8.

Published in Dawn, September 18th, 2021