LAHORE, Aug 11 Hamza Bokhari stormed into U-19 semi-finals of the Punjab National Junior squash championship by overpowering Haroon Rashid 11-6, 12-10, 13-11 at the Punjab Squash Complex here on Tuesday.

In other quarter-finals, Waqas Mahboob of the NWFP defeated PAF's Owais Khan 11-7, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8 and Punjab's Saqib beat Balochistan's Abbas Ali 12-10, 11-6, 11-6.

In a tough encounter, Aurangzeb Mehmund of Punjab succeeded in outclassing PAF's Raees Khan 11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8.

Raees resisted strongly by wining second and fourth games.

Results

Quarter-finals

Boys

Under-11

Ahsan (PAF) bt Shoaib Ahmed (NWFP) 11-6, 11-3, 12-10; Sumaid Rashid (Punjab) bt Kabeer Alam (Sindh) 11-6, 11-5, 7-11, 11-9; Ismail Rauf (NWFP) bt Mehran (PAF) 11-7, 6-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-5; Marwan (PAF) bt Daud Riaz (Punjab) 11-7, 11-9, 11-5.

Under-13

Asim Khan (Punjab) bt Zeeshan Khan (PAF) 5-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-9; Abbas Shoukat (NWFP) bt Hamza Bhatti (Punjab) 11-7, 11-7, 11-8; Israr Ahmed (Punjab) bt Rishwan (PAF) 12-10, 11-9, 11-4; Umar Alauddin (Punjab) bt Imam Sher Khan (Punjab) 11-5, 10-12, 11-6, 11-9.

Under-15

Ali Bukhari (Punjab) bt Amad Farid (Punjab) 11-6, 11-3, 9-11, 11-2; Saad Shahid (Sindh) bt Ali Nasir (PAF) 7-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-0; Rizwan Gul (PAF) bt Safiullah Kakar (Balochistan) 11-3, 7-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-7; Bilal Zakir (PAF) bt Tayyab Aslam (Punjab) 12-10, 11-6, 8-11, 12-10.

Under-17

Nasir Iqbal (PAF) bt Faraz Khan (PAF) 12-10, 12-10, 5-11, 13-11; Shanullah (PAF) bt M. Ayaz (NWFP) 11-8, 11-8, 11-9; Noor Ali Khan (Punjab) bt Noman (Sindh) 11-5, 11-2, 11-8; Slaman Mohib (PAF) bt Salman Zeb (PAF) 11-5, 11-6, 11-2.

Under-19

Waqas Mahboob (NWFP) bt Owais Khan (PAF) 11-7, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8; Hamza Bokhari (Punjab) bt Haroon Rashid (Punjab) 11-6, 12-10, 13-11; Aurangzeb Mehmund (Punjab) bt Raees Khan (PAF) 11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8; Saqib (Punjab) bt Abbas Ali (Balochistan) 12-10, 11-6, 11-6.

Girls

Under-15

Mehak Shakil (Sindh) bt Neha Khan (Sindh) 11-0, 5-11, 2-11; Ayesha Zafar (Sindh) bt Sehrish Siraj (Punjab) 1-3, 11-1, 11-1; Sadia Gul (PAF) bt Amna Latif (Punjab) 11-2, 11-2, 11-9; Monisa (Punjab) bt Anosha (Punjab) 11-5, 3-11, 11-4, 11-1.

Under-19

Zoya Khalid (Army) bt Samar Anjum (Punjab) 11-4, 11-6, 11-8; Riffat Khan (Punjab) bt Rabia Mahboob (Punjab) 11-2, 11-0, 11-3; Zahab Khan (Sindh) bt Anam Shoukat (Punjab) 11-3, 11-4, 11-4; Rushna Mahboob (ZTBL) bt Habiba Khan (Sindh) 11-2, 11-7, 11-7.

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