LAHORE, March 23: All seeded players both in the men’s and women’s category cruised into the semi-finals of the 50th national badminton championship at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex on Friday.

In men's singles, defending champion Wajid Ali faced little opposition from Hashir Basheer before registering a straight 21-14,21-19 set win.

In women's singles quarter-finals, national defending champion Asma Butt beat upcoming Sara Khan 21-15,21-11. Uzma Butt stretched to full distance to beat Sara Mohmand 21-14,17-21,21-10. Farzana Ali beat Shahnaz Shah 21-14,21-11.

Ayesha Akram beat Saima Manzoor 21-17,21-11.

Results (men's doubles).

Zeeshan Umer-Zafar Tasneem beat Murad Ali-Masood 21-16,21-15, Waqas Ahmed- Imran Mohib beat Waqas Zahid-Hafiz Javed 21-9,21-11. Ijaz-Hashir Basheer beat Wajid Ali and Ahsan Qamar 21-19,19-21,23-21, Kashif-Danish beat Umer Rabani- Ahmed 21-14,12-21,21-19, Nabeel-Zohaib beat Nadim Ishaq-Amjad Mala 21-14,21-17, Tahir Ishaq-Rizwan beat Naveed-Shahid 21-18,21-17,Amir Islam-Faisal Afzal beat Shabbar-Sahfiq 21-14,21-11, Atiq-Rizwan Azam beat Atif Nadeem-Ashraf Masih 23-21/21-11.

Mixed Doubles (Quarter-finals): Saima Manzoor-Waqas Ahmed beat Afshan Shakeel- Shakeel Hayat 21-15,21-17, Sara Mohmand-Rizwan Azam beat Uzma Butt-Ahsan Qamar 21-15-21-19, Farzana Ali-Attique beat Palwasha-Rizwan Rana 21-19,21-11, Sara Khan-Hashir Basheer beat Atif Nadeem-Salma 21-8/21-7.