Farzan crosses first hurdle

Published May 12, 2007

LAHORE, May 11: Farzan Rasheed of Punjab outclassed Army’s Raza Yaqoob in straight sets (9-7, 9-6, 9-6) in boys’ under-19 event on the first day of the main round of the National Junior squash championship on Friday.

26 matches were played in various age categories.

Results:

Boys.

U-11: Arbab Alam (Sindh) bt Kabir Aizaz (PAF) 9-1, 9-2, 9-3; Farhan Ghulam (Punjab) bt Sikandar Shoaib (Punjab) 9-1, 9-0, 9-3; Adil Faqir (PAF) bt Mohammad Arif (NWFP) 9-3, 9-6, 9-6; Faizan Ullah (NWFP) bt Imam Sheer Khan (Punjab) 9-3, 9-6, 9-0; Abbas Shaukat(NWFP) bt Hanian Ali (Balochistan) 5-9, 9-4, 9-2, 9-7; M Tayyab (Punjab) bt Abdullah Bashir (Punjab) 9-0, 9-6, 9-1; Israr Ahmed (Punjab) bt Waqas Raheem (Punjab) 9-1, 9-3, 9-1; Iqtidar Khan (PAF) bt Hamza Bhatti (Punjab) 9-7, 9-1, 2-9, 9-1.

U-13: Bilal Zakir (PAF) bt Waheed Khan (NWFP) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2; Arslan Bhatti (Punjab) bt Faraz Khan (PAF) 8-10, 9-6, 9-4, 9-4; Ali Bukhari (Punjab) bt Noman Shahid (NWFP) 9-9, 9-1, 9-1; Moeen Rauf (Punjab) bt Ahmed Sethi (Punjab) 9-9, 9-2, 9-5; Fazal Mehmood (NWFP) bt Saad Shahid (Sindh) 9-5, 9-3, 4-9, 9-4; Rizwan Gul (PAF) bt Mohammad Asim(Punjab) 9-3, 9-1, 9-2; Rizwan Gul (PAF) bt Mohammad Asim (Punjab) 9-3, 9-1, 9-2; Aamad Farid (Punjab) bt Ali Nasir (PAF) 9-1, 9-6, 9-6; Salman Zaib (NWFP) bt Mehmood Mehboob (NWFP 9-1, 9-3, 9-4.

U-15: Waqas Mehboob (PAF) bt Shahid Hussain (Punjab) 9-1, 9-3, 9-2; Asif Mehmood (Punjab) bt Sadamul Haq (NWFP) 5-9, 9-7, 9-2, 9-1; Haroon Rasheed (Punjab) bt Naqash Shahid (Punjab) 9-4, 9-3, 9-2.

U-17: Farhan Zaman (PAF) bt Owais Raheem (Punjab) 9-5, 9-0, 9-4; Owais Khan (PAF) bt Shaheen Zaman (NWFP) 9-6, 9-3, 9-3; Aurangzeb Khan (Punjab) bt Waqar Rouf (Punjab) 9-4, 9-1, 9-2; Mujahid Hussain (Punjab) bt Haroon Samad (Punjab) 9-1, 6-9, 9-7, 9-6; Nowsherwan Khan (Punjab) bt Athar Ali (Punjab) 9-1, 9-3, 9-0.

U-19: Faheem Gul (NWFP)_ bt Naveed Khan (NWFP) 4-9, 9-3, 9-5, 9-2; Zaheer Sah (PAF) bt Adnan Khan (NAVY) 9-4, 9-5, 9-1; Farzan Rasheed (Punjab) bt Raza Yaqoob (Army) 9-7, 9-6, 9-6; Naveed Alam (Sindh) bt Shahzad Khan (PAF) 10-8, 9-7, 9-7.

Girls

U-15: Monisa (Punjab) bt Afshan (Punjab) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Arooma (Punjab) got walk over against Hamda Khan (Punjab).

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