LAHORE, July 2: The Lahore Junior Open Squash Championships began on Monday with a full quota of matches here at the Punjab Squash Complex.

The competitions are being held in under-11, 13 and 15 age categories in which 40 boys are competing.

The girls are only participating in the under-15 event.

Results: Under-11 (qualifying round): Ahmed Maqbool bt Arsalan Khawar 11-3, 11-0; Hammad Khan bt Zain Anwar 11-3, 11-5; Ahmed Anwar bt Ghulam Mustafa 11-3, 11-1; Mir Faiz bt Farhan Tahir 11-2, 11-5; Hamza Ali Shahid bt Bilal Sultan 11-2, 11-4; M. Ayub bt Salman Ishaq 11-1, 11-5; Baaz Ali Khan bt Shahab Khan 11-7, 8-11, 11-7; Farhan Hashmi bt Ahmed Hasan – walkover.

Main rounds: Under-11 (first round): Rafay Hasnain bt Ahad Shaukat 11-8, 11-9; Arman Ali beat Ali Nadeem 11-1, 11-1; Khaqan Farooq Malik bt Hassan Mustafavi 11-1, 11-1; Hamza Ali Shahid bt Abdul Hannan 11-2, 11-1; Waleed Hasnain bt Abdullah Iqbal Khan 12-14, 14-12, 11-9; Abdul Moiz beat Huzaifa Shahid 11-4, 11-3; Ahmed Anwar bt Zeeshan 11-6, 11-6; Hammad Khan bt Afnan Mudassar 11-1, 11-4; Baaz Ali Khan bt Taimur Hasan 11-3, 11-3; Usman Butt bt Hasan Ali 11-9, 11-3; Uzair Raja bt Ghulam Mohiuddin 11-6, 4-11, 11-9; M. Ayub bt Mukarram Munir 11-3,11-4; M. Zubair bt Mir Faiz 11-0, 11-0; Nauman Tahir bt Ghulam Mustafa 11-1, 11-2; Ibtisam Riaz bt Ahmed Maqbool 11-6, 11-9; Farhan Hashmi bt Ahmed Hasan 11-2, 11-0.

Under-11 (second round): Baaz Ali Khan bt Usman Butt 11-9, 11-9; Khaqan Farooq Malik bt Waleed Hasnain 11-2, 3-11, 11-9; Hammad Khan bt Abdul Moiz 11-8, 11-3; Farhan Hashmi bt Arman Ali 11-3, 11-3; Uzair Raja bt Nauman Tahir 11-1, 11-2; Ibtisam Riaz bt M. Ayub 11-3, 11-9; Hamza Ali Shahid bt M. Zubair 11-9, 11-7; Ahmed Anwar bt Rafay Hasnain 11-3, 11-5.

Under-13 (first round): Haris Qasim bt M. Umar Nawaz 11-0, 11-1; Uzair Rashid bt Atif Malik 11-9, 11-6; Rehan Tahir bt M. Faizan Ashraf 11-0, 11-3; Salman Khan bt Mustafa Butt 11-0, 11-6; Darosham Khan bt Bilawal Bukhari 11-4, 11-1; Saram bin Shaukat beat Haseeb Hasan 11-2, 11-3; Shahzad Ali Khan bt Asadullah Khan 11-4, 11-2; Taimur Tariq bt Aun Abbas – walkover.

Under-15 (first round): Wajid Akbar bt M. Tahir Arshad 11-3, 11-8; Usama bin Salman bt Nauman Ahmed Aulakh 11-6, 11-6; Ijaz Khan bt M. bin Sohail 11-1, 11-2; Mian M. Shahzad Shaukat bt Salman Khan 11-7, 10-12, 11-9; M. Kibria bt M. Abdullah Ashraf 11-0, 11-1; Azhar Ali Khan bt M. Akhnas Jamil 11-2, 11-3; Asad Abid Khan bt M. Usman 13-15, 11-6, 11-3; Hamza Arif bt Zia Shahid 11-7, 11-9; M. Nadeem Butt bt Huzaifa Mahmood 11-6, 11-2.

Under-15 (second round): Arsalan Ramzan beat Usman bin Salman 11-2, 11-4; Ijaz Khan beat Mahid Amin 10-12, 11-9, 12-10; Asad Abid Khan bt Hamza Arif 11-8, 11-7; M. Kibria beat Kashif Arif 11-3, 11-5; Abdul Qadir bt Azhar Ali Khan 11-1, 11-7; Usman Hasan bt M. Nadeem Butt 11-2, 11-2; Wajid Akbar bt Mian M. Shahzad Shaukat 11-5, 11-7, 11-4; Khizer Qasim bt M. Farooq 11-4, 11-5.

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