KARACHI: Top four seeds propelled into last-16 round of men’s singles as the Sindh Satellite Squash Championships commenced here at the Roshan Khan-Jahangir Khan Squash Complex on Wednesday.

Men’s top seed Naveed Rehman carved out straight 11-1, 11-6, 11-2 victory over unseeded Mohammad Hikmat in 18 minutes. Similarly, second seed Saeed Abdul sent unseeded Ali Daud packing 11-4, 11-3, 11-4 in 16 minutes.

Third seed Faizan Khan defeated Chaudhry Nasir 11-3, 11-4, 11-7 while fourth seed Ashab Irfan outclassed Fawad Hussain 11-5, 11-5, 11-5.

Two lower seeded players – seventh seed Mian Abdul Mughni and eighth seed Ibrahim Noorani – crashed out in the first round losing to Uzair Shoukat and Anas Khan, respectively.

Meanwhile, the organisers were compelled to revise the women’s draw giving bye to top four namely Zaynab Khan, Noor-ul-Huda, Rooshna Mehboob and Anum Mustafa after their opponents failed to show up.

Results (first round):

Women’s: Alina Zehra bt Ume Kalsoom 11-3, 11-3, 11-1; Mehvish Ali bt Zohra Ali 11-3, 11-5, 11-2; Fehmina Asim bt Zarish Safdar 11-3, 11-3, 11-1; Sana Bahadur bt Syeda Aisha 11-1, 11-2, 11-3; Manahil Aqeel bt Sameera Shahid 11-3, 11-5, 11-8; Iqra Shah bt Roniq Saleem 11-0, 11-7, 11-1; Hira Aqeel bt Soliha Rashid 11-5, 11-4, 11-5; Aina Shaikh bt Aiman Butt 11-1, 11-1, 11-2; Aiman Shehbaz bt Wania Tahir 11-3, 11-4, 11-3; Komal Khan bt Syeda Sara 11-3, 11-5, 11-7; Ilsa Imran bt Syeda Mariam 11-3, 11-3, 11-2; Aina Aziz bt Wajiha Altaf 11-4, 6-11, 11-4, 11-9

Men’s: Naveed Rehman bt Mohammad Hikmat 11-1, 11-6, 11-2; Tayyab Rauf bt Moeenuddin 11-7, 11-4, 15-13; Mutahir Ali bt Bilal Islam 11-9, 11-8, 11-9; Anas Khan bt Ibrahim Noorani 4-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9; Uzair Shoukat bt Mian Abdul Mughni 1-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-3; Zeeshan Malik bt Asif Mahmood 11-5, 11-7, 11-5; Junaid bt Mehran Khan 11-5, 11-7, 11-5; Faizan Khan bt Chaudhry Nasir 11-3, 11-4, 11-7; Ashab Irfan bt Fawad Hussain 11-5, 11-5, 11-5; M Ammad bt Asher Butt 11-9, 11-5, 11-4; Talha Saeed bt Hassan Paracha 11-5, 11-7, 12-10; Huzaifa Shahid bt Mehmood 11-6, 11-6, 11-9; Khushal Riaz bt Yaseen Khattak 13-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-2; Nouman Khan bt Abdullah Khan 11-3, 11-4, 11-5; Khakan Malik bt Kavish Farrukh 11-9, 11-7, 11-9; Saeed Abdul bt Ali Daud 11-4, 11-3, 11-4.

Published in Dawn, January 27th, 2022