Wajid, Ahsan reach quarters

Published October 31, 2007

LAHORE, Oct 30: Pakistan’s top seed Wajid Ali and Ahsan Qamar entered the quarter-finals of the Syrian International Satellite badminton tournament in Damascus, according to a message received here on Tuesday.

Wajid beat Syria’s Ammer 21-11, 21-13 in the third round to make the last-eight stage.

Ahsan proved too good against Patric of Portugal, the world No 91, to register a 21-18, 21-16 win.

Earlier, in the second round Wajid ousted Algeria’s Nabil Lasmeri.

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