LAHORE: Several mat­ches of different age categories were decided on the first day of the DHA National Junior Badminton Championship here at the DHA courts on Friday.

Results (first round):

Boys singles U-15: Faham Bukhari (Punjab) bt Ahsan (Balochistan) 21-6, 21-10; Mutahir Subhani (Islamabad) bt Taha Yaseen (New Khan) 21-13, 21-23, 21-16; Ali Danish (Sindh) bt Mohammad Raza (Balochistan) 20-22, 21-12, 21-14; Mohammad Arham Sattar (Army) bt M Suleman (Islamabad) 21-17, 16-21, 21-16; Hamza Waseem (Punjab) bt Deeraj Dodani (Sindh) 21-3, 21-8; Shahab Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Mohammad Ahmad Malhi (New Khan) 21-7, 21-11; Usman Habib (Punjab) bt Mohammad Mahid Ali (Sindh) 21-3, 21-3; Mirza Ahmad Hafeez (Islamabad) bt Danyal Khan (DHA) 21-18, 22-20

Boys singles U-17: Mohammad Hashim Ali (Sindh) bt Shayan Waseem (Islamabad) 21-10, 21-23, 21-12; Abdullah Tahir (Punjab) bt Mudasar (Balochistan) 21-15, 21-8; Mohammad Hashir (Khyber Pakhtunkhwan) bt Muhammad Haroon (Army) 18-21, 21-6, 21-14; Malik Ghasif (Punjab) bt Usman (Balochistan) 21-11, 21-7; Husnain Shahzad (New Khan) bt Ghazan (Balochistan) 21-19,

21-14; Ibrahim Iftikhar (Islamabad) bt Mohammad Abdullah (DHA) 21-7, 21-5

Men’s singles U-19: Hasnain Ahmad (KP) bt Abdullah Asim (New Khan) 19-21, 21-13, 21-11; Adnan Hafeez (Islamabad) bt Ali Zain Sheikh (Sindh) 21-13, 21-18; Mahad bin Rafay (Islamabad) bt Zeshan Naseer (Army) 21-9, 21-14; Ibrahim Tahir (Punjab) bt Ghadeer (Balochistan) 21-10, 21-13; Abdullah Siddiqui (Sindh) bt Zaid Safi ((Khyber Pakhtunkhwan) 25-23, 24-22, 21-11; Mehaeel Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwan) bt Shahryar Abid (New Khan) 21-15, 21-13; Sohail Javed (Punjab) bt Hammad Asad

(Army) 21-9, 21-14; Hamza Ali (Sindh) bt Muzammil (Balochistan) 21-6, 21-5; Hamza Khan (KP) bt Abdul Maalik (New Khan) 21-16, 21-17; Mohammad Afnan Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Haris Fareed (Punjab) 21-19, 21-12

Girls singles U-17: Marwa Jadon (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Aina Muneeb (Punjab) 21-8, 21-4; Sarwat Fatima (Balochistan) bt Kashmine Nadeem (Punjab) 21-6, 21-3; Aiman Fatima (Punjab) bt Khadija (KP) 21-6, 21-6; Kanzul Eman (Islamabad) bt Hiba Tariq (Sindh) 21-10, 21-12;Sapna (KP) bt Aisha Shafique (Punjab) 21-9, 21-19

Women’s singles U-19: Alja Tariq (Balochistan) bt Laiba Bahram (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 21-4, 21-2; Musfira Zahid (Sindh) bt Imama Khuram (Punjab) 23-21, 21-10; Sana Hanif (Sindh) bt Naba Ali Jawa (Punjab) 21-8, 21-11; Zainab Chaudhry (Punjab) bt Minahil Khan (Islamabad) 21-19, 22-20

Published in Dawn, February 26th, 2022