LAHORE: The first SNGPL All-Pakistan Ranking Badminton Tournament entered the quarter-finals stage at the POF Complex, Wah Cantt on Thursday night.

In the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals, Irfan Saeed, Abdul Siddique, Azeem Sarwar, Mohammad Adnan, Mohammad Ali Larosh (all from Wapda), Raja Zulqarnain Haider, Anjum Bashir (Army) and Murad Ali (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) won their respective matches.

Ghazala Siddique, Laiba Masoud, Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda), Sana Hanif, Umama Usman (SNGPL) and Mariyam Hanif (Sindh), Alja Tariq and Ammarah Ishtiaq (Army) reached the women’s singles quarter-finals.

Results:

Men’s singles (pre-quarterfinals): Irfan Saeed (Wapda) bt Tahir Khan (police) 21-15, 21-16; Raja Zulqarnain (Army) bt Shoaib Riaz (Army) 21-11, 8-21, 21-19; Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) bt Muqsit Islam (Punjab) 21-14, 21-15; Abdullah Siddique (Wapda) bt Awais Zahid (Wapda) 21-17, 21-10; Mohammad Adnan (Wapda) bt Umer Jehanghir (SNGPL) 13-21, 22-20, 21-18; M. Ali Larosh (Wapda) bt Raja Hassan Mujtaba (Army) 21-12, 21-14; Anjum Bashir (Army) bt Abuzar Rasheed (SNGPL) 21-7, 21-14; Murad Ali (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Ahmed Asif (Punjab) 21-15, 21-14.

Women’s singles (pre-quarterfinals): Ghazala Siddique (Wapda) bt Kanzul Eman (SNGPL) 21-13, 21-13; Sana Hanif (SNGPL) bt Saba Rasheed (Wapda) 21-15, 21-17; Alja Tariq (Army) bt Sehar Abdul Majeed (Punjab) 21-12, 21-7; Laiba Masoud (Wapda) bt Farzana Ali (Wapda) 21-19, 23-21; Umama Usman (SNGPL) bt Sarwat Fatima (Army) 18-21, 21-8, 21-13; Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda) bt Amal Munib (Punjab) 21-10, 21-12;Mariam Hanif (Sindh) bt Huma Javeed (Wapda) 21-16, 16-21, 21-17; Ammarah Ishtiaq (Army) bt Faryal Arshad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 21-12, 21-9

Women’s doubles (first round): Mariyam Hanif/Mariyam Hamza (Sindh) bt Rozail Waqar/Fatima Waqar (Sindh) 21-16, 21-12; Rubab Imtiaz/Anila Irshad (Wapda) bt Tayyaba Shafiq/Khadija Manzoor (Punjab) 21-12, 23-21; Saba Rasheed/Laiba Masoud (Wapda) bt Bakhtawar/Hamna (AJK) 21-7, 21-6; Hamna Irshad & Samha Naveed (Punjab) bt Sidra Irfan (Wapda)/Mehmoona Ameer (Islamabad) 16-21, 21-19, 21-17; Roshany Ihsan/Areeba Sajjad (Punjab) bt Zainab Azam (Wapda)/Faryal Arshad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 19-21, 21-18, 21-18.

Men’s singles (second round): Irfan Saeed (Wapda) bt Faiz Ahmed (Army) 21-9, 21-8; Tahir Khan (Police) bt Sohaib Yasir (Punjab) 23-21, 21-10; Shoaib Riaz (Army) bt Amir Saeed (Wapda) 21-18, 21-13; Raja Zulqarnain (Army) bt Yasir Ali (Army) 21-17, 21-16; Awais Zahid (Wapda) bt Ahtisham Ali (Army) 21-14, 13-21, 21-15; Abdullah Siddique (Wapda) bt Ibad Khan (Sindh) 21-10, 21-10; Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) bt Zohaib Khan (Police) 21-13, 21-15; Muqsit Islam (Punjab) bt Raza Ali Adil (Punjab) 21-19, 21-18; Umer Jahanghir (SNGPL) bt Uzair Khan (Army) 21-8, 21-5; M. Adnan (Wapda) bt Rai Abdul Manan (Army) 21-13, 21-12; Raja Hassan Mujtaba (Army) bt Ibrahim Rashid (Islamabad) 21-16, 21-13; Anjum Bashir (Army) bt Hamza Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 21-7, 21-16; M. Ali Larosh (Wapda) bt Ahsan Asif (Wapda) 15-21, 22-20, 21-15; Abuzar Rasheed (SNGPL) bt Aoun Abbas (Wapda) 21-17, 21-17; Murad Ali (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Shabbar Hussain (Wapda) 21-7, 21-15; Ahmed Asif (Punjab) bt Hammadullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 21-12, 21-10.

Published in Dawn, June 28th, 2025