LAHORE: A number of matches were played as the 59th National Badminton Championship entered the quarter-final stage in men’s and women’s singles events here on Thursday.

Results:

Men’s singles (pre-quarter-finals): Murad Ali (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Shahmeer Iftikhar (SNGPL) 21-16, 21-10; M. Ali Larosh (Wapda) bt Ahmer Jalal (HEC) 21-8, 19-21, 21-2; Anjum Bashir (New Khan) bt Abdullah Latif (Army) 21-13, 21-15; Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) bt Yasir Ali (Punjab) 21-5, 21-13; Raja Hasnain (New Khan) bt Abdur Rehman (Wapda) 20-22, 21-18, 21-10; Muqeet Tahir (Wapda) bt Shoaib Riaz (Wapda) 21-17, 21-14; Raja Zulqarnain (Wapda) bt Awais Zahid (Wapda) 23-21, 21-11; Irfan Saeed (Wapda) bt Tahir Khan (Police) 21-15, 21-10.

Men singles (second round): Murad Ali (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Raza Ali Adil (Punjab) 18-21, 21-6, 21-10; Shahmeer Iftikhar (SNGPL) bt Shahanullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 21-12, 21-17; Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) bt Muteeb Sohail (KRL) 21-13, 21-19; Yasir Ali (HEC) bt Hashir Bashir (Wapda) 21-17, 23-21; M Ali Larosh (Wapda) bt Fazal Rehman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 21-18, 21-17; Ahmer Jalal (HEC) bt Amir Saeed (Wapda) 21-16, 13-21, 21-19; Anjum Bashir (New Khan) bt Tayyab Shafiq (HEC) by 21-15; 21-9; Abdullah Latif (Army) bt Ahsan Asif (Wapda) 28-26, 22-20; Abdur Rehman (Wapda) bt Uaakeph Khan (KRL) 21-9, 21-12; Raja Hasnain (New Khan) bt Muhammad Adnan (Wapda) 21-14, 21-18; Shoaib Riaz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Ibrahim Rasheed (Islamabad) 21-14, 21-18; Muqeet Tahir (Wapda) bt Zohaib Khan (Police) 21-9, 21-16; Raja Zulqarnain Haider (Wapda) bt Abuzar Rasheed (HEC) 21-19, 21-17; Awais Zahid (Wapda) bt Raja Hassan (New Khan) 21-10, 21-13; Irfan Saeed (Wapda) bt Ahmed Tariq (SNGPL) 21-11, 21-12; Tahir Khan (Police) bt Ali Mehdi (Wapda) 21-9, 13-21, 21-18.

Women’s singles (pre-quarter-finals): Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda) bt Saima Waqas (Wapda) 21-9, 21-5; Alja Tariq (Balochistan) bt Rosheen Ijaz (Sindh) by 21-9, 21-3; Ammarah Ishtiaq (Sindh) bt Aqsa Zikriya (SNGPL) 21-8, 21-14; Amal Muneeb (Punjab) bt Zubaira Islam (SNGPL) 21-19, 22-24, 21-14; Bushra Qayum (Wapda) bt Huma Javeed (Wapda) 15-21, 21-15, 23-21; Palwasha Bashir (Sindh) bt Musfira Zahid (Sindh) 21-4, 21-6; Sehra Akram (Wapda) bt Rubab Imtiaz (Wapda) 21-8, 21-6; Ghazala Siddique (Wapda) bt Rida Hanif (Army) 21-4, 21-7.

Women’s doubles (pre-quarter-finals): Mahoor Shahzad/Ghazala Siddiqui (Wapda) bt Farzana Ali/Hina Insad (Wapda) 21-17, 21-14; Aqsa Zikriya (SNGPL)/Sidra Irfan (Wapda) bt Maryam/Zainab (Army) 21-10, 21-13; Shera Akram/Huma Javeed (Wapda) bt Maryam/Khadija (HEC) 21-7, 21-10; Alja Tariq (Balochistan)/Sumiya Tariq (Army) bt Asna (HEC)/Sehar Majeed (Punjab) 21-6, 21-7; Khira Rasheed/Mehmoona Ameer (Wapda) bt Wirda Gohar (SNGPL)/Laiba Masoud (Wapda) bt 24-22, 21-6, 21-16; Ammarah Ishtiaq/Rosheen Ijaz (Sindh) bt Bushra Qayum/Zubaira Islam (SNGPL) 21-19, 21-18.

Published in Dawn, March 4th, 2022