LAHORE: Matches in men’s and women’s singles categories were played on the first day of the POF Board National Ranking Badminton Championship at Wah Cantt on Wednesday.

The men’s singles event includes 64 players while 32 contestants will vie in the women’s section.

Results:

Men’s singles round-of-64: Irfan Saeed (Wapda) bt Ahmed Faizan (Wapda) 21-9, 21-4; Mohammad Ahmad (Punjab) bt Abuzar Rasheed (SNGPL) 21-17, 21-12; Mohammad Adnan (Army) bt Mohammad Jamal (KP) 21-15, 21-15; Abdur Rehman (Wapda) bt Hussain Shahzad (Punjab) 19-21, 21-16, 21-9; Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) bt Qasim Rasheed (Islamabad) 21-11, 21-15; Abdullah Latif (Army) bt Sohaib Yaseen (Punjab) 21-7, 21-7; Jalees Konain (SNGPL) bt Hafiz Abdul Manan (Punjab) 21-13, 21-11; Muqeet Tahir (Wapda) bt Mekaeel Khan (KP) 21-8, 21-9; Tahir Khan (Police) bt Mohammad Uzair Khan (KP) 21-14, 21-13; Umer Jahanghir (SNGPL) bt Fahad Ahmed (KP) 21-11, 21-13; Ahsan Asif (Wapda) bt Faiz (Army) 19-21, 21-18, 21-12; Raja Zulqarnain (Army) bt Akif Badar (Punjab) 21-13, 21-10; Hamdullah (KP) bt Danyaal Shahzada (KP) 21-15, 21-13; Tehseenullah (KP) bt Hamza Khan (KP) 21-19, 18-21, 21-11; Aoun Abbas (Wapda) bt Faizan Ali (Punjab) 21-16, 21-18; Ali Mehdi (Wapda) bt Umair Khan (Islamabad) 22-20, 21-17; Ibrahim Rasheed (Punjab) bt Shabbar Hussain (Wapda) 21-12, 21-15

Women’s singles round-of-32: Ghazala Siddique (Wapda) bt Alja Tariq (Army) 21-14, 21-9; Ana Ali (Wapda) bt Sidra Asif (Wapda) by 13-21, 23-21, 21-11; Umama Usman (SNGPL) bt Shahnaz Shah (Wapda) 21-7, 21-3; Sehar Abdul Majeed (Punjab) bt Sehra Akram (Wapda) 21-4, 21-3; Saima Waqas (Wapda) bt Aimen Fatima (Punjab) 21-10, 21-18; Zubaira Islam (SNGPL) bt Zainab Azam (Islamabad) 21-7, 21-7; Kanzul Eman (Punjab) bt Aqsa Zikriya (SNGPL) 14-21, 21-12, 21-19; Laiba Masoud (Wapda) bt Palwasha Bashir (Sindh) 10-21, 23-21, 22-20; Sana Hanif (SNGPL) bt Faryal Arshad (KP) 21-5, 21-9.

Published in Dawn, December 5th, 2024