KARACHI, Aug 18 At least three seeded players, including a girl, met their fate as top seeds in all categories moved into semi-finals of the 3rd DG Rangers Sindh National Squash Championship at the Jahangir Khan Squash Complex on Tuesday.

The players who suffered astonishing defeats were second seed Farhan Zaman of the Pakistan Navy in the boys' under-19 category; second seed Arbab Aizaz of the PAF in the boys' under-13 and second Sindh's Faiza Zafar in the girls' under-15.

Shaikh Saqib toppled Farhan 14-12, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9 in 52 minutes. Zeeshan Khan (PAF) took just 15 minutes to prevail over Arbab 11-2, 11-4, 11-8 while Punjab's Monisa got the better of Faiza 14-12, 11-13, 11-7, 13-11 in almost half-an-hour battle.

The semi-finals in all the categories will be played on Wednesday.

Results

Boys' under-19 quarter-finals

Danish Atlas (PAF) bt Auranzeb Mehmund (Punjab) 11-9, 11-9, 12-10; Nousherwan (NWFP) bt Owais Khan (PAF) 11-7, 12-10, 10-12, 9-11, 11-3; Haroon Samad (Punjab) bt Mahad Javed (Sindh) 11-7, 12-10, 13-11; Shaikh Saquib (Punjab) bt Farhan Zaman (Navy) 14-12, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9.

Boys' under-17 quarter-finals

Nasir Iqbal (NWFP) bt Danish Alam (Sindh) 11-4, 11-5, 11-7; Salman Zeb (PAF) bt Noor Ali Khan (Punjab) 11-7, 6-11, 11-5, 11-9; Shanullah (PAF) bt M. Ayaz (NWFP) 11-8, 12-10, 11-6; Salman Mohib (PAF) bt Faraz Mohammad (PAF) 4-11, 11-5, 12-10, 4-11, 11-4.

Boys' under-15 quarter-finals

Ali Bokhari (Punjab) bt Saifullah Kakar (Balochistan) 11-8, 11-5, 11-6; Saad Shahid (Sindh) bt Fahim Gul (NWFP) 13-11, 11-7, 13-11; Ammad Farid (Punjab) bt Tayyab Aslam (Punjab) 7-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8; Bilal Zakir (PAF) bt Mansoor Jan (NWFP) 11-8, 11-4, 11-1.

Boys' under-13 quarter-finals

Asim Khan (Punjab) bt Hasnain Ali (Balochistan) 11-3, 2-1 (retired); Arif Gul

(NWFP) bt Shanullah (PAF) 11-4, 7-11, 11-7, 2-11, 11-8; Rishwan (PAF) bt Israr Matloob (Punjab) 11-5, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7; Zeeshan Khan (PAF) bt Arbab Aizaz (PAF) 11-2, 11-4, 11-8.

Boys' under-11 quarter-finals

Ahsan Ayaz (PAF) bt Kabeer Alam (Sindh) 11-4, 11-6, 11-7; M. Shahzad Umer (Punjab) bt Daud Riaz (Punjab) 6-11, 7-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-7; Mehran Javed (PAF) bt Shoaib Ahmed (PAF) 11-8, 7-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-4; Ismail Rauf (NWFP) bt Kashif Asif (Punjab) 11-4, 11-7, 11-1.

Girls' under-19 quarter-finals

Maria Toor Pakay (Wapda) bt Zahad Khan (Sindh) 11-2, 11-1, 11-0; Zoya Khalid (Army) bt Samar Anjum (Punjab) 11-5, 11-4, 11-6; Habiba Khan (Sindh) bt Noor Fatima (Punjab) 11-3, 11-1, 11-2; Rushana Mehboob (ZTBL) bt Riffat Khan (Punjab) 11-5, 11-5, 11-6.

Girls' under-15 quarter-finals

Ayesha Zafar (Sindh) bt Kaiynat (Punjab) 11-4, 11-3, 11-2; Sadia Gul (PAF) bt Mahak Shakeel (Sindh) 11-8, 11-3, 11-8; Madina Zafar (Sindh) bt Neha Khan (Sindh) 11-7, 12-10, 11-8; Monisa (Punjab) bt Faiza Zafar (Sindh) 14-12, 11-13, 11-7, 13-11.

Wednesday's fixtures

Semi-finals Boys' under-11, under-13, under-15, under-17 at 12.00noon; boys' under-19 and girls' under-19 at 1.00pm; girls' under-15 at 2.30pm.