LAHORE, Nov 27: Anila, Monisha, Sumaira and Dania have qualified for the semi-final of the girls Under-19 event on the first day of the National Junior Badminton Championship at the New Khan Hall here on Thursday.

Anila (Railways) went to full distance against Mehwish Zaman (Sindh) to book a place in the last four. It was also the lone match of Under-19 category, which stretched to three games with the score being 19-21, 21-14, 21-13.

While Monisha (Sindh) toppled Anjum (Punjab) 21-16, 21-17, Dania (Punjab) ousted Tahira Tabbassum (Punjab) 21-14, 21-9 to complete the semifinalists line up.

Results:

Girl’s Singles U-19 (1st Round).

Anum (Lahore) bt Zoha Nawaz (Baluchistan) 21-17, 21-7; Tahira Tabassum (Punjab) bt Tahira Mohammad Taqi (Baluchistan) 21-9, 21-8; Sadia Ramzan (Punjab) bt Mariyam Ayub (Punjab) 21-7, 21-8; Humaira (Railways) bt Nadia (Sargodha) 21-6 ,21-10; Anila (Railway) bt Sofia Mughal (Sind) 21-13, 21-8.

Dania (Punjab) bt Sadia Ramzan (Punjab) 21-6, 21-7;Sumeira (Railway) bt Kausar Manzoor (Punjab) 21-2, 21-6; Mehwish Zaman (Sind) bt Fareeha (Punjab) 21-6, 21-3.

Girl’s Singles U-19 (quarter-finals).

Anila (Railway) bt Mehwish Zaman (Sind) 19-21,21-14, 21-13; Monisha (Sind) bt Anum (Punjab) 21-16, 21-17; Sumeira (Railways) bt Hadia Saad 21-7, 21-9; Dania (Punjab) bt Tahira Tabassum (Punjab) 21-14, 21-9.

Girl’s doubles U-19 (quarter-finals).

Dania-Anum (Punjab) bt Zoha Nawaz-Tahira M. Taqi (Baluchistan) 21-7, 21-10.

Boy’s singles U-16 (pre-quarter-final)

Shahroz Altaf bt Junaid Farooq 21-17, 9-21, 21-9; Subhan bt Umaar Rasheed (Faisalabad) 21-16, 21-18; Abdul Rehman (FSD) bt Javed Iqbal (BOL) 21-9, 21-10.

Umair Saeed (Punjab) bt Raza Ali (FSD) 21-13 21-18; Hamza Naveed (Punjab) bt M. Wadood (FSD) 21-11 21- 14; Abdul Basit (Sind) bt Burhan Yaseen (LHR) 21-16 9-21 21-12; Hassan Abbas (Sind) bt M. Arslan (Sind) 21-8 21-10.

Girl’s singles (U-16 pre quarter finals):

Fareeha Imtiaz (Punjab) bt Mahnoor Shaheed 21-10 21-12; Hira Tahir (Punjab) bt Amna Sehar (Punjab) 21-18 21-6; Sana Nawaz (BOL) bt Minahil (Pub) 21-15, 21-12;

Sama Asif (Sind) bt Sana Saleem (Punjab) 21-10 21-18;Saba Rsheed (Sind) bt Farwa (Punjab) 21-18 21-10; Marium Khan (Bol) bt Resham Talat (Pub) 21-9 21-16; Aisha (Pub) bt Minahil (Pub) 21-9 21-4.