KARACHI, Oct 18: All top seeded players cruised into the last four of boys’ and girls’ U-15 individual events of the Hasan Musa Squash Championship which commenced at Hyderabad Gymkhana on Saturday.

According to results made available here, those who advanced into the boys’ pre-finals include top seed Faraz Mohammad (PAF), second seed Bilal Zakir, also of PAF, third seed Ali Bokhari (Punjab) and fourth seed Saad Shahid (Sindh).

In girls’ U-15, three Sindh players namely top seed Habiba Khan, third seed Ayesha Zafar and fourth seed Mahrukh Shaikh were among four who completed the semi-final line-up. The other player is second seed Riffat Khan of Punjab.The semi-finals of boys and girls are slated for Sunday while the finals will be played on the next day.

According to secretary Sindh Squash Association, Tahir Khanzada, the individual events will be followed by the two-day team championship which begins from Tuesday.

Earlier, Mehdi Musa, son of Hasan Musa, inaugurated the championship.

Results:

Boys’ U-15:

Quarter-finals: Faraz Mohammad (PAF) bt Fazal Mehmood (PAF) 9-4, 9-3, 9-6; Saad Shahid (Sindh) bt Omar Balaj (Punjab) 9-0, 9-5, 2-9, 9-1; Ali Bokhari (Punjab) bt Rizwan Gul (PAF) 9-4, 9-3, 9-2; Bilal Zakir (PAF) bt Moin Rauf (Punjab) 9-4, 9-0, 10-8.

First round: Faraz Mohammad (PAF) bt Asbak Khan (Sindh) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0; Fazal Mehmood (PAF) bt Faisal Khan (Sindh) 9-0, 9-2, 9-1; Saad Shahid (Sindh) bt Mohammad Ejaz (Balochistan) 9-5, 9-3, 9-0; Omar Balaj (Punjab) bt Bilal Khan (Sindh) 9-1, 9-0, 9-2; Rizwan Gul (PAF) bt Hasnain Ali (Balochistan) 9-2, 9-0, 9-5; Ali Bokhari (Punjab) bt Saifullah (Balochistan) 9-2, 9-6, 9-0; Moin Rauf (Punjab) bt Javed Ali (Balochistan) 9-1, 9-2, 1-9, 5-9, 9-2; Bilal Zakir (PAF) bt Shah Jahan (Punjab) 9-1, 9-1, 9-1.

Girls’ U-15:

First round: Habiba Khan (Sindh) bt Kaiynat Liquat (Punjab) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Ayesha Zafar (Sindh) bt Komal Gill (Punjab) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0; Mahrukh Shaikh (Sindh) bt Monisa Nasir (Punjab) 9-3, 3-9, 9-7, 9-1; Riffat Khan (Punjab) bt Mehak Shakeel (Sindh) 9-1, 9-0, 9-1.

Sunday’s fixtures:

Boy’s semi-finals: Faraz Mohammad (PAF) v Saad Shahid (Sindh) at 3.00pm; Ali Bokhari (Punjab) v Bilal Zakir (PAF) at 3.30pm.

Girl’s semi-finals: Habiba Khan (Sindh) v Ayesha Zafar (Sindh) at 4.00pm; Mahrukh Shaikh (Sindh) v Riffat Khan (Punjab) at 4.30pm.