LAHORE, May 9: Shahzad Khan outclassed Noman Haider in straight sets in an under-19 event on Wednesday to qualify for next round of the National Junior squash championship.

Similarly, Zohaib Majeed thrashed Zain Ramzan 9-4, 9-0, 9-3 in an U-11 competition as 40 matches were decided in the qualifying round of the championship.

More qualifiers will be decided on Thursday.

Results:

Under-11: Zohaib Majeed bt Zain Ramzan 9-4, 9-0, 9-3; Ilyas Arshad bt Omair 9-3, 9-1, 9-1; Arslan Aqeel bt Salman 9-0, 9-5, 9-5; Imam Sheer Khan bt Arslan Ramzan 7-9, 9-2, 9-0, 9-0; Abdullah Bashir bt Haroon Arshad 9-0, 9-3, 9-0.

Under-13: Tayyab Ashraf bt Faraz Asad 9-6, 9-5, 9-6; Inamullah bt Kashif Bukshi 9-0, 9-2, 9-3; Aaqib Zaib bt Mohsin Mehmood 9-3, 9-4, 9-5.

Under-15: Babar Ghafoor bt Umar Balaj 9-3, 9-7, 6-9, 9-1; Khalid Khan bt Aman Ali 9-4, 9-1, 9-4; Naqash Shahid bt M. Waqas 9-0, 9-2, 9-2; Usman Ahmed bt Sulman Jaffar 9-4, 0-9, 9-4, 9-6; Danish Alam bt Danish Rasheed 10-8, 9-5, 9-4; Rizwan Ahmed bt Safiullah Khan 9-6, 9-4, 9-10, 9-2.

Under-17: Nowsherwan bt Bashir Khan 3-9, 8-10, 7-9; Aurangzeb Khan bt Raheel Aslam 9-0, 9-0, 9-6; Haroon bt Adeel Asghar 5-9, 7-9, 9-0, 9-6, 9-6; Owais Khan bt Abass Ali 9-6, 9-2, 9-0; Rameez Khan bt Wajid Khan 9-2, 9-7, 6-9, 6-9, 9-5.

Under-19: Shahzad Khan bt Noman Haider 9-0, 9-5, 9-5; Wasif Tufail bt Rehan Ali 9-3, 9-6, 9-5; Naveed Khan bt Azmatullah (walkover); Intikhab Alam bt Umair Mateen 9-0, 9-6, 9-7; Arshad Shafi bt Muqtadar Shah 4-9, 4-9, 5-9; Sarosh Raza bt Tahoor Ali 9-3, 9-5, 9-4; Izhar Khan bt Fizan Tanveer 9-3, 9-1, 9-1.

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