ISLAMABAD: Sohail Adnan and Huzaifa Shahid won their respective U-13 semi-finals against foreign opponents of the Asian Junior Individual Squash Championship here at the Mushaf Squash Complex on Friday.

In the first semi-final, Sohail outclassed Malaysia’s Mohammad Iffat Zulkifli 11-8, 11-6, 11-2 while Huzaifa defeated Julius Tan, also of Malaysia, 11-2, 11-8, 11-5 in the other last-four match. Sohail and Huzaifa will play the final on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Pakistan players Abdullah Nawaz and Hamza Khan after winning their respective matches reached the U-17 and U-19 finals, respectively.

Abdullah faces Malaysia’s Nikhelswar in the final while Hamza in his decider takes on Harith Danial, also of Malaysia.

The semi-finals of boys and girls events in different age categories were also held on Friday.

Results (semi-finals):

Boys U-13: Sohail Adnan (Pakistan) bt Mohammad Iffat Zulkifli (Malaysia) 11-8, 11-6, 11-2; Huzaifa Shahid (Pakistan) bt Julius Tan (Malaysia) 11-2, 11-8, 11-5

Boys U-15: Mohammad Raziq Puttra (Malaysia) bt Abdullah Zaman (Pakistan) 11-7, 11-8, 11-6; Shiven Agarwal (India) bt Nouman Khan (Pakistan) 5-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-0

Boys U-17: Abdullah Nawaz (Pakistan) bt Altamis Aqhar (Malaysia) 11-4, 14-12, 11-6; Nikhelswar (Malaysia) bt Azaan Ali (Pakistan) 11-6, 11-6, 11-8

Boys U-19: Hamza Khan (Pakistan) bt Mohammad Ammad (Pakistan) 11-6, 11-5, 11-0; Harith Danial (Malaysia) bt Jooyoung NA (Korea) 11-9, 6-11, 11-6, 12-10

Girls U-13: Aadya Budhia (India) bt Chiu Hau (Hong Kong) 11-4, 11-7, 4-11, 12-10; Goushika (India) bt Maisarah Mohd (Malaysia) 11-6, 6-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-6

Girls U-15: Harleein Tan (Malaysia) bt Yek Rui Jean (Malaysia) 11-6, 11-5, 11-6; Lo Pui Yin Chloe (Hong Kong) bt Ooi Wen Min (Malaysia) 11-7, 6-11, 11-5, 11-7

Girls U-17: Enna Wong (Hong Kong) bt Doyce Lee (Malaysia) 11-9, 11-7, 11-5; Tang Helen (Hong Kong) bt Whitney Isabelle (Malaysia) 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 15-13

Girls U-19: Thanussa Uthrian (MAS) bt Leung Ka (Hong Kong) 11-6, 11-4, 5-11, 11-6; Akari Midorikawa (Japan) bt Goh Zhe (Malaysia) 7-11, 11-7, 11-6, 3-11, 11-8.

Published in Dawn, June 29th, 2024