ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Noor Zaman and Nasir Iqbal of Wapda qualified for the men’s senior category final of the PSF National Squash Championship here at the Mushaf Squash Complex on Saturday.

Noor edged past Zeeshan Zeb, also of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 11-6, 11-8, 11-9 in a 26 minute semi-final while Nasir thrashed PAF’s Farhan Zaman 11-5, 11-9, 11-6 in their last-four match lasting 25 minutes.

In the women’s senior category semi-finals, Noor-ul-Ain of SNGPL beat Sindh’s Anam Mustafa 6-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-6 in 28 minutes and Marium Malik of Army trounced SNGPL’s Sadia Gul 11-6, 7-11, 11-8, 11-6 in 28 minutes.

Meanwhile in the masters category semi-finals, Bilal Khudadad of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa outplayed Punjab’s Omar Qadoosi 11-5, 11-4, 11-6 in 21 minutes while Mohammad Mehdi of Balochistan routed Punjab’s Zubair Sheikh 11-6, 11-4, 11-3 in 18 minutes.

Published in Dawn, December 25th, 2022