LAHORE, April 17 Emerging player Waqas Zahid caused a major upset to enter the semi-finals of the All Pakistan Ranking Badminton Tournament in Sialkot on Friday.

Waqas (Railways) defeated the former national champion Umer Zeeshan in the quarter-finals.

Losing the first game against Umer by 16-21, Waqas came back into the match by winning the second game 22-20 and the third 21-18.

National champion Wajid Ali, Atif Bashir and Ahsan Qamar also entered the pre-final by winning their respective quarter-final matches.

Results

Men`s singles (quarter-final)

Wajid Ali (Wapda) bt Kashif Sulehri (21-13), (21-9); Waqas Zahid (Railways) bt Umer Zeeshan (Wapda) (16-21), (22-20),(21-18); Atif Nadeem (NBP) bt Rizwan Rana (Wapda) (21-18), (21-19); Ahsan Qamar (PIA) bt Zafar Tasneem (Wapda) (18-21), (21-18), (21-15).

Women`s double quarter-finals

Aisha Akram-Palwasha Bashir (NBP) bt Sumaira and Aneela (Railways) (21-18), (21-14); Farzana Ali- Rabia Malik (Wapda) bt Khizra and Sidra (ISL) (21-18), (21-13); Sara Khan-Sara Mohmand (NBP) bt Saira-Dania (FSD) (21-16), (21-19).

Aneeka Rana-Sadia (Wapda) bt Asma-Uzma Butt (Wapda) (21-18), (12-21), (21-16).

Men`s doubles pre-quarter finals

M. Attique and Rizwan Azam walkover M. Ali and Waseem (LHR).

Hashir Bashir-Danish (Wapda) bt M. Ijaz and Atif (NBP) (21-11), (18-21), (21-15).

M. Waqas-Kashif Sulehri bt Adnan-Farhan (21-14), (20-22), (21-15).

P.A. Nabeel-Zahaib Qamar (Railways) bt Faisal Afzal-M. Ali (Wapda) (21-9), (16-21), (21-19); Amir Islam-Naveed (Wapda) bt Shafique-Shoaib (21-12), (16-21), (21-15).

Umer Zeeshan-Zafar Tasneem (Wapda) bt Waqas Zahid-Taimoor (Railways) (21-14), (21-16).

Rizwan Rana-Imran Mohib (Wapda) bt Tahir Khan and M. Masood Rahman (NWFP) (21-17), (21-12).

Ahsan Qamar-Wajid Ali bt Azhar Javed and M. Ali (New Khan) (21-17), (21-19).