Waqas enters Squash U-19 semis

Published August 14, 2008

LAHORE, Aug 13: Waqas Mehboob defeated Haroon Rasheed in straight games in boys’ under-19 quarter-final of the National Junior Boys’ and Girls’ squash championship at the Punjab Squash Complex on Wednesday.

Results (quarter-finals):

Boys:

U-11: Israr Ahmed (Punjab) bt Mehran Javed (NWFP) 9-4, 9-3, 9-0; Shan (PAF) bt Asfand Yar (NWFP) 9-2, 9-0, 9-0; Ashan (PAF) bt Sumaid Rasheed (Punjab) 9-5, 9-4, 9-5; Marwan (PAF) bt Dawood Riaz (Punjab) 9-4, 9-4, 9-4.

U-13: M. Tayyab Aslam (Punjab) bt Farhan Ghulam (Punjab) 9-3, 9-5, 9-4; Aamad Farid (Punjab) bt Noman Shahid (NWFP) 9-4, 9-2, 9-2; M. Asim Khan (Punjab) bt Arif Gul (PAF) 9-1, 9-2, 10-8; Arbab Aizaz (PAF) bt Abdullah Bashir (Punjab) 9-3, 9-3, 6-9, 9-4.

U-15: Bilal Zakir (PAF) bt Faraz Khan (PAF) 7-9, 9-7, 9-4, 9-7; Moin Rauf (Punjab) bt M. Waheed (NWFP) 9-2, 9-1, 9-2; Rizwan Gul (PAF) bt Salman Zeb (NWFP) 9-6, 9-4, 9-2; Ali Bukhari (Punjab) bt Saad Shahid (Sindh) 9-7, 9-1, 9-1.

U-17: Haroon Samad (Punjab) bt Aamir Mehboob (NWFP) 9-3, 9-5, 9-2; Sadam-ul-Haq (PAF) bt Mahad Javed (Sindh) 9-2, 9-1, 9-3; Nasir Iqbal (PAF) bt Waqas Gul (PAF) 9-1, 9-1, 9-2; Ali Raza (Balochistan) bt Danish Alam (Sindh) 10-8, 9-3, 10-8.

U-19: Shoaib Hassan (Punjab) bt Mujahid Hussain (Punjab) 9-1, 9-0, 8-10, 9-5; Sheikh Saqib (Punjab) bt Waqar Rauf (Punjab) 9-1, 9-4, 9-3; Waqas Mehboob (NWFP) bt Haroon Rasheed (Punjab) 9-6, 9-1, 9-1; Aurangzeb Mehmund (Punjab) bt M. Bilal (NWFP) 9-2, 9-0 (retired hurt).

Girls:

U-15: Riffat Khan (Punjab) bt Fatima Noor (Punjab) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Kiran (Punjab) bt Monisa (Punjab) 9-4, 9-6, 9-0; Anzalna (Punjab) bt Ashfa (Punjab) 9-1, 9-3, 9-0; Habiba Khan (Sindh) bt Neha Mukhtar (Punjab) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0.

U-19: Zoya Khalid (Punjab) bt Anam Shoukat (Punjab) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Andleeb Younas (Punjab) bt Iqra Faiz (Punjab) 9-0, 9-1, 9-1; Hina Bashir (Sindh) bt Sara Faiz (Punjab) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Aliya Sarfraz (Punjab) bt Rabia Mehboob (Punjab) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2.

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