LAHORE, July 3: The Lahore Junior Open Squash Championship entered semi-final stages in various age categories at the Punjab Squash Complex here on Tuesday.

The girls’ under-15 event has reached the quarter-final stage.

Results: Quarter-finals: Boys’ under-11: Farhan Hashmi bt Ahmed Anwar 11-3, 11-7, 11-3; Hamza Ali Shahid bt Khaqan Farooq Malik 11-6, 11-4, 11-5; Hammad Khan bt Ibtisam Riaz 11-5, 11-5, 11-5; Baaz Ali Khan bt Uzair Raja 11-5, 11-0, 11-3.

Boys’ under-13: Darosham Khan bt Saram bin Shaukat 11-4, 11-4, 11-3; Haris Qasim bt Rehan Tahir 11-4, 11-1, 13-11; Shahzad Ali Khan beat Aun Abbas 11-6, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9; Uzair Rashid bt Salman Khan 11-7, 11-5, 11-3.

Boys’ under-15: Abdul Qadir bt Asad Abid Khan 11-2, 11-9, 11-2; Khizer Qasim bt Ijaz Khan 11-5, 11-3, 10-12, 11-9; Usman Hasan bt M. Kibria 11-4, 11-6, 11-13, 11-4; Arsalan Ramzan bt Wajid Akbar 19-17, 9-11, 11-8, 11-2;

Girls’ under-15: First round: Bisma Ashraf bt Hina Riaz 12-10, 11-4; Sana Munir bt Fatima Munir 11-1, 11-4; Noor-ul-Ain bt Laiba Shahid 11-2, 11-2; Farah Manzoor bt Sidra M Ayub 11-7, 11-6.

Quarter-finals: Nimra Shahid bt Bisma Ashraf 11-1, 11-2; Aiman Shahbaz bt Sana Munir 11-0, 11-1; Noor-ul-Ain bt Roma Yousuf 12-10, 11-3; Kainat Liaquat bt Farah Manzoor 11-2, 11-1.

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