LAHORE, Feb 2: A good number of matches were decided on the first of the two-day qualifying round in the National Junior squash championship at the Punjab Squash Complex here on Wednesday.

The main draw will run from Friday.

Results: U-11:

First round: Usmar Hassan (Punjab) bt Haider Asghar (Punjab) 11-3, 11-5; Salman Saleem (Punjab) bt Waheed Khan (KP) 11-1, 11-8; Abdul Qadir (Punjab) bt Adnan Tehkali (KP) 11-7, 11-3; M. Umair (KP) bt Ilam Khan (KP) 11-5, 11-2; Salman Saleem (Punjab) bt Waheed Khan (KP) 11-1, 11-8; Usmar Hassan (Punjab) bt Haider Asghar (Punjab) 11-3, 11-5; Adil Khan (KP) bt Junaid Khan (Punjab) 11-3, 11-2; Khizar Hayat (KP) bt Rashid Daulat (KP) 11-6, 11-7; M. Hamza Khan (KP) bt Haris Qasim (Punjab) 11-7, 11-2; M. Asghar (KP) bt Sheraz Khan (KP) 11-2, 11-4; Dorosham Khan (Punjab) bt Safiullah Khan (Punjab) 11-5, 11-6; Anas Bin Farooq (Punjab) bt Nosherwan Baloch (Punjab) 11-3, 11-4; Saram Bin Shoukat (Punjab) bt M. Farooq (Punjab) 11-4, 11-2; Uzair Rashid (Punjab) bt Khizar Qasim (Punjab) 11-4, 11-2; Shahzad Khan (Punjab) bt Mahad Amin (Punjab) 11-3, 11-3.

Second round: Dorosham Khan (Punjab) bt M. Umair (Punjab) 11-5, 11-5; Salman Saleem (Punjab) bt Shahzad Khan (Punjab) 11-5, 14-12; Mansoor Zaman (KP) bt Abdul Qadir (Punjab) 11-6, 11-8; Usmar Hassan (Punjab) bt Saram Bin Shoukat (Punjab) 11-2, 11-5; Uzair Rashid (Punjab) bt Khizar Hayat (KP) 11-5, 11-8; Arsalan Ramzan (Punjab) bt Anas Bin Farooq (Punjab) 11-4, 11-3; M. Asghar (KP) bt Adil Khan (Punjab) 11-6, 11-5; Hamza Islam (KP) bt M. Hamza Khan (KP) 11-8, 8-11, 11-7.

U-13:

Bilal Khan (Punjab) bt Talha Rafiq (Punjab) 11-3, 11-3; Kashif Asif (Punjab) bt Safdar Khan (Punjab) 11-0, 11-3; Waqas Younas (Punjab) bt Dawar Shahid (Punjab) 11-2, 13-11; Shahzad Umar Khan (Punjab) bt M. Arsalan Aqeel (Punjab) 11-6, 3-11, 11-4; Noman Wali (KP) bt Uzair Fayaz (KP) 11-6, 10-11, 11-7; M. Zain Ramzan (Punjab) bt M. Kibria (Punjab) 11-3, 11-2; Ahmed Ali Khan (Punjab) bt Haroon Khan (KP) 11-5, 15-17, 11-2; Faizan Khan (Sindh) bt Mubeen (KP) 11-1, 11-3.

U-15:

First round: Ejaz Ahmed (KP) bt Daniyal Butt (Punjab) 11-1, 11-0; Umar Alauddin (Punjab) bt Ahmed Butt (Punjab) 11-0, 11-0; Salman Saeed (KP) bt Bilal Afzal (Punjab) 11-0, 11-3; Majid Khan (KP) bt Nabeel Ahmed (Punjab) 11-4, 11-1; Imam Sher Khan (Punjab) bt Alamgir Khan (Punjab) 11-0, 11-3; Abdul Basit (Sindh) bt Essa Usmani (Punjab) 11-3, 11-5; Zarak Jahan (Punjab) bt Ayaz Khan (Punjab) 11-7, 12-10; M. Azeem (Punjab) bt Hafiz Bilal (Punjab) 11-2, 13-11; Farasat Hussain (KP) bt Hassan (Punjab) 11-4, 11-8; Israr Ahmed (Punjab) bt Sikandar Khan (Punjab) 11-1, 11-3; Abdul Ahsan (Punjab) bt Farhan Iqbal (KP) 10-12, 11-9, 11-6.

Second round: Hamza Bhatti (Punjab) bt Zarak Jahan (Punjab) 11-3, 11-4; Farasat Hussain (KP) bt M. Azeem (Punjab) 11-7, 11-9; Imam Sher (Punjab) bt Ejaz Ahmed (KP) 11-6, 11-8; Shanullah (PAF) bt Majid Khan (KP) 11-4, 11-8; Israr Ahmed (Punjab) bt Abbas Shoukat (KP) 11-3, 9-11, 11-4; Zeeshan Khan (PAF) bt Abdul Ahsan (Punjab) 11-1, 12-10; Umar Alauddin (Punjab) bt Abdul Basit (Sindh) 11-3, 11-7; Hasnain Ali (Balochistan) bt Salman Saeed (KP) 11-1, 11-8.

U-17:

Aqif Zeb (KP) bt Omer Awais (Punjab) 11-2, 11-7; Fazal Mehmood (PAF) bt Salman Hashmi (Punjab) 11-8, 11-5; Naeem Khan (KP) bt M. Naveed (Punjab) 11-7, 11-3; Ali Nasir (KP) bt Rizwan (Punjab) 11-3, 11-3; Waqas Khan (KP) bt Naeem Hussain (KP) 11-4, 11-4; Arsalan Bhatti (Punjab) bt Attaullah Shah (KP) 11-2, 11-2; M. Waheed Khan (KP) bt Absar (Punjab) 7-11, 11-6, 14-12; Babrak Khan (KP) bt M. Ibrahim (KP) 11-4, 11-5.

U-19:

Sajad Ali Khan (Punjab) bt Faisal (Punjab) 11-7, 11-2; Usman Ahmed (Punjab) bt Siraj Khan (Punjab) 11-6, 11-6; Aamir (Punjab) bt Syed Shifa Naqvi(Punjab) 11-6, 11-8.

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