KARACHI, June 4: Veteran shuttlers Anjum Nisar and Harrison Burnet moved into last-16 round of men's singles of Karachi Region badminton championship at National Sports Training and Coaching Centre Hall on Sunday.

Results:

Men's singles:

First round: Tayyab bt Hamid 21-11, 21-12; Mohammad Yousuf bt Ozair 21-11, 21-9; Khalid Saleem bt Yousuf Mundia 21-10, 21-9; Luqman Javed bt Haseeb 21-12, 21-16; Imran w/o Danish, Naveed w/o Abdul Qadir, Shah Raj bt Ashfaq 21-10, 21-12.

Second round: Anjum Nisar bt Sarwat 21-8, 21-11; Sohail Abbas bt Umer 21-10, 21-16; Basharat bt Akram 21-11, 21-16; Dr Sayid bt Mubashir 21-10, 21-16; Imran w/o Khawaja Iqbal; Harris bt Waqar 21-12, 21-16; Faraz Khurshid bt Shah Raj 21-9, 21-10; Waseem bt Shafiq 21-10, 21-18; Harrison Burnet bt Tayyab 21-8, 21-7.

Doubles: Harris/Ali Jamal bt Waseem/Shahid Iqbal 21-16, 21-20; Harrison Burnet/Dr Sayid w/o Khizer/Rehan; Basharat/Hasan bt Junaid/Abdullah 21-12, 21-14; Anisur Rehman/Aqib bt Imran/Yousuf Mundia 21-18, 21-17.—APP

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