KARACHI, Nov 28: The two-day qualifying rounds of one million rupees fifth DG Rangers Sindh national ranking squash championship commenced at the Rangers Jahangir Khan squash complex on Monday.

According to officials, 215 players including women across the country were participating in the annual event.

The qualifying rounds conclude on Tuesday followed by the main rounds.

Results: Men’s: Second qualifying round: Ammad Farid (Punjab) bt Ali Bukhari (Punjab) 11-9, 11-9, 13-11; Tayyab Aslam (Punjab) bt Shahid Hussain (Punjab) 11-3, 11-9, 16-14; Naseem A. Tekhali (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Azam Khan junior (Sindh) 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 13-11.

First qualifying round: Ammad Farid (Punjab) bt M. Mehdi (Balochistan) 11-3, 11-2, 11-3; Nouman Khan (Sindh) bt Ahmed Ameen (Punjab) 5-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7; M. Waseem (Punjab) bt Naveed Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 6-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-2; Saad Shahid (Sindh) bt Zain Khan (Punjab) 11-9, 11-8, 11-5; Rizwan Gul (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Khurram Shahzad (Sindh) 11-8, 11-3, 9-11, 11-7; Tayyab Aslam (Punjab) bt M. Jahangir Khan (Sindh) 11-6, 11-6, 11-6; Suleman Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Zeeshan Khan (Sindh) 9-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-2, 11-9; Noor Ali (Punjab) bt Saabhat Khan (Sindh) 11-0, 11-2, 11-0; Azam Khan junior (Sindh) bt Moin Rauf (Punjab) 11-8, 5-11, 11-4, 11-2; Naseem A. Tekhali (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Naqash Shahid (Punjab) 11-9, 6-11, 11-6, 11-3; Raees Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Yasir Sarwar (Punjab) 2-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-6; Saddamul Haq (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Haider Ali (Sindh) (walkover); M. Naeem (Pak Navy) bt Mohibullah (Sindh) (walkover).

Boys’ under-17: Second qualifying round: Kamran Khan (Sindh) bt Sajid Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-0, 11-2, 11-7; Ali Imran (Sindh) bt Abrar Ahmed (Punjab) 11-2, 11-3, 11-0; Imam Sher Khan (Punjab) bt Nabeel Ahmed (Punjab) 11-4, 11-3, 11-3; Salman Hashmi (Punjab) bt M. Farhan (Punjab) 11-6, 11-9, 11-4; Naeem Hussain (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt M. Tayyab Ashraf (Punjab) 10-12, 11-4, 11-5, 11-5; Abdullah Bashir (Punjab) bt Attaullah Shah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-7, 11-2, 11-1; Asim Khan (Punjab) bt Ibrahim Noor (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-6, 11-4, 11-4.

First qualifying round: Ali Imran (Sindh) bt Maaz Gadit (Sindh) (walkover); Imam Sher Khan (Punjab) bt Waqas Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-9, 11-9, 11-0; Salman Hashmi (Punjab) bt M. Arif (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 15-13, 11-5, 11-8; Naeem Hussain (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Hamza Danial (Sindh) 12-10, 11-7, 9-11, 8-11, 11-5; Attahullah Shah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Uzair Mahmood (Sindh) 11-6, 11-5, 11-8.

Boys’ under-15: First qualifying round: Hamza Bhatti (Punjab) bt Waqas Younus (Punjab) 12-10, 11-1, 5-11, 5-11, 11-3; Iqtidar Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Majid Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-3, 12-10, 11-6; Hussain Aijaz (Punjab) bt Shaham A. Tarar (Sindh) (walkover); Abdul Basit (Sindh) bt Anas Ghazanfar (Sindh) 11-7, 11-5, 11-0; Hasnain (Balochistan) bt Saleem (Sindh) 11-4, 11-2, 11-4; Liaquat Ali (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Dawar Shahid (Punjab) 13-11, 11-6, 11-8; Shahzad U. Khan (Punjab) bt Maaz Khurram (Sindh) 11-7, 11-5, 11-3; Arslan Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Zulfiqar A. Qureshi (Sindh) 11-4, 11-4, 11-7.

Boys’ under-13: First qualifying round: Sumaid Rasheed (Punjab) bt Faizan Khan (Sindh) 11-6, 3-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-7; Asad Gul (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Alamgir Khan (Balochistan) 12-14, 11-8, 11-7, 12-10; M. Waleed Malik (Sindh) bt Shahzaib Ali (Sindh) 11-2, 11-3, 11-0; Usman Yaqoob (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Wajid Akber (Punjab) 12-10, 11-5, 11-5; Asad Khan (Sindh) bt Ukasha Khan (Sindh) 11-0, 11-6, 11-6; Sikander Khan (Sindh) bt Uzair Faiz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-2, 11-5, 11-1; Mehran Javed Punjab) bt Danish Waheed (Sindh) 11-5, 11-6, 11-1.

Boys’ under-11: First qualifying round: Shahzad Khan (Punjab) bt Ibrahim Qayyum (Sindh) 11-2, 11-2, 11-3; Darosham Khan (Punjab) bt Ismail Qayyum (Sindh) 11-1, 11-0, 11-0; M. Abdul Qadir (Punjab) bt Sarmad (Sindh) 11-3, 11-0, 11-3.

Tuesday’s fixtures: Final qualifying rounds: Boys under-11 and boys under-13 11am; boys under-17 12.30pm; boys under-15 and men 3pm.

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