HYDERABAD, Jan 14: The second Rehana Nazar Rashidabad National Junior Squash Championship commenced at the Rehana Nazar Squash Complex, Rashidabad District Tando Allayar on Saturday.

Results (first round): Boys U-19: Saad Shahid (Sindh) bt Faraz Mahmood (PAF) 3-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9; Ali Bukhari (Punjab) bt Ammad Farid (Punjab) 11-6, 11-6, 5-11, 11-5; Nouman Khan (Sindh) bt Shahid Hussain (Punjab) 8-11, 4-11, 12-10, 11-4, 15-13; Tayyab Aslam (Punjab) bt Rizwan Gul (KP) 15-13, 11-9, 11-5; Bilal Zakir (PAF) bt Mohammad Naeem (KP) 11-8, 11-4, 11-6.

Boys U-13: Zain Ramzan (Punjab) bt Rehan Quddos (Sindh) 11-4, 11-3, 11-1; Ahmed Ali Khan (Punjab) bt Zeeshan Javed (Army) 13-11, 11-7, 11-9; Ismail Rauf (PAF) bt Mehran Javed (PAF) 8-11, 11-7, 11-7, 2-11, 12-10; Kashif Asif (Punjab) bt M. Amir Khan (KP) 11-5, 11-3, 11-5; Sikandar Khan (Sindh) bt Usman Yaqoob (KP) 11-9, 11-4, 11-4; Faizan Khan (Sindh) bt Asad Khan (Sindh) 11-5, 11-7, 11-6.

Boys U-11: Usmar Hassan (Punajb) bt Ayan Sheikh (Sindh) 11-3, 11-5, 11-7; Hammad Habib (KP) bt Rashid Daulat (Punjab) 13-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-2; Mujtaba Raza (Sindh) bt Bilal (Sindh) 11-2, 11-3, 11-4; Abbas Zaib (PAF) bt Samiullah (KP) 9-11, 11-7, 4-11, 14-12, 11-7; Mansoor Zaman (KP) bt Saad Abdullah (Sindh) 11-5, 11-3, 11-3; Zeeshan Gul (PAF) bt Arsalan Ramzan (Punjab) 10-12, 12-10, 11-6, 11-7.Girls’ U-19: Sadia Gul (Wapda) bt Faiza Zafar (Sindh) 11-6, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11.

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