LAHORE, May 12: The national junior boys and girls squash championship has entered the semi-final stage at the Punjab Squash Complex on Saturday.

The competitions are being held in U-11, 13, 15, 17 and 19 categories. Around 200 players from all over the country are competing in the championship.

Results:

BOYS.

U-11:

M Tayyab bt Farhan Ghulam 9-5,9-10,9-2,9-4; Adil Faqir bt Israr Ahmed 9-6,9-2,9-3; Arbab Aizaz bt Abbas Shoukat 9-2,9-10,9-7,9-2;Iqtidar Khan (PAF) bt Faizan Ullah (NWFP) 9-0,9-0,9-4.

U-13.

Bilal Zakir bt Moen Rouf 9-1,9-3,9-3; Fazal Mehmood bt Rizwan Gul 1-9,9-4,8-10,9-6,9-6; Arsalan Bhatti bt Aamad Farid 6-9,9-5,9-3,9-10,9-5; Ali Bukhari bt Salman Zaib 9-0,9-1,9-0.

U-15.

Waqas Mehboob bt Asif Mehbood 9-1,9-0,9-1; Nasir Iqbal bt Haroon Rasheed 4-9,9-4,4-9,9-4,9-4; Danish Atlas bt Waqas Gul 9-1,9-7,9-2; Hamza Bukhari bt Noor Ali Khan 9-0,10-9,9-5;

U-17.

Aurangzeb Khan (Pb) bt Farhan Zaman 6-9,9-4,9-4,10-9; Owais Khan bt Mujahid Hussain (Pb)10-8,9-2,9-3; Sheikh Saqib bt Nowsherwan 9-3,9-3,1-9,5-9,9-6; Asif Khan (PAF) bt M Bilal (PAF) 9-5,9-5,5-9,9-5.

U-19.

Zaheer Shah (PAF) bt Faheem Gul (NWFP) 9-5,9-1,9-7; Farzan Rasheed bt Naveed Alam (Sindh) 8-10,9-1,9-2,9-1; Alamzeb Jnr bt Hafiz Riaz Ali 9-5,9-5,9-3; Shoaib Hassan bt M Naeem 9-0,9-1,9-2.

GIRLS.

U-15.

Habiba Khan (Sindh) bt Monisa 9-0,9-1,9-0; Roshna Mehoob bt Anam Rafiq 9-1,9-0,9-0; Sana Shahid bt Huma 9-1,9-1,9-2; Aroma

got walk over against Riffat Khan.

U-19.

Zoya Khalid Bye; Aliya Sarfraz bt Sara Jabeen 9-0,9-0,9-0; Andleeb Younas bt Yusra Waheed 9-0,9-0,9-0; Hina Bashir bt Mehwish Zara 9-1,9-3,9-1.

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