LAHORE: Thirty mat­ches were played on the opening day of the inaugural Gujranwala Gymkhana Badminton Tournament in Gujranwala on Wednesday.

Results:

Men’s singles (first round): Murad Ali (KP) bt Abul Hassan (Army) 21-10, 21-9; Tayyab Shafiq (SNGPL) bt M. Waqas Aslam (Islamabad) 11-21, 21-19, 21-13; Muqeet Tahir (Wapda) bt P.A. Nabeel (Railway) 21-8, 21-9; Yasir Ali (Army) bt Mohammad Umer (Punjab) 21-11, 21-13; Raja Zulqarnain Haider (Army) bt Fahad Ahmad (KP) 21-14, 21-17; Amraiz Khalid (HEC) bt Abdullah Siddique (Sindh) 17-21, 21-17, 21-10; Ali Mehdi (Wapda) bt Burhan Yaseen (Punjab) 21-17, 21-15; Aashan Tanveer (HEC) bt Rai Abdul Manan (Army) 21-15, 21-13; M. Ibrahim (Punjab) bt Sohaib Yasir (Punjab) 21-16, 21-13; Aoun Abbas (Wapda) bt Fazal Rehman (KP) 21-14, 21-11; Jalees Konain (SNGPL) bt M. Akif Badar (Punjab) 21-19, 21-6; M. Ali Larosh (Wapda) bt M. Naveed (Wapda) 21-9, 21-9; Tahir Khan (Police) bt Shahzaib Shabbir (Punjab) 21-14, 21-13; Raza Ali Adil (HEC) bt Mohammad Jamal (Army) 20-22, 21-8, 22-20; Muqsit Islam (Punjab) bt Umer Jahanghir (SNGPL) 16-21, 21-19, 21-12; Abdul Manan (Punjab) bt Ahsan Asif (Wapda) 21-3, 21-2; Abuzar Rasheed (SNGPL) bt Afnan Khan (KP) 21-17, 21-15; Mohammad Adnan (Wapda) bt Yousuf (Punjab) 21-19, 21-16; Mohammad Rizwan (Wapda) bt Usama Shafi (Punjab) 21-7, 21-5; Shayan Tannveer (HEC) bt Abdullah Latif (Army) 19-21, 22-20, 21-12; Amir Saeed (Wapda) bt Taimur Khan (KP) 21-13, 21-14; Anjum Bashir (Army) bt Shabbar Hussain (Wapda) 22-20, 21-12; Hamza Khan (KP) bt Ahmad Faizan (Wapda) 21-4, 21-10; Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) bt Mohammad Ibrahim (Islamabad) 21-10, 21-16; Raja Hassan (Army) bt Tehseenullah (Wapda) 17-21, 21-19, 21-9; Shoaib Riaz (Army) bt Shehroz Jamil (Wapda) 21-16, 21-18; Zohaib Khan (Police) bt Zain Mughal (Punjab) 21-7, 21-14; Uzair Khan (Army) bt Sohail Manj (Faisalabad) 21-10, 21-10; Danyal Shahzad (KP) bt Abdul

Rehman (Wapda) 13-21, 21-11, 22-20; Irfan Saeed (Wapda) bt Ahmed Butt (Army) 21-9, 21-14.

Published in Dawn, November 30th, 2023

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