LAHORE, Sept 4: The 2nd Asian Masters Squash Championship has reached the semi-final stage in different age categories on its second day at the Punjab Squash Complex here on Tuesday.

Results:

Quarter-finals:

Age 35-39: Zulfiqar Khan (Pakistan) bt M Faisal Khan (Pakistan)11-0, 11-5, 11-0; Lal Wickrama Singhe (Sri Lanka) bt Hemant Nadkarni (Sri Lanka) 14-12, 11-5, 9-11, 11-4; Saurab Nayar (India) bt Asghar Khan (Pakistan) 11-5, 11-9, 11-3; Jahangir Khan (Pakistan) bt Vikas Nayar (India) 11-3, 11-9, 6-11, 6-11, 11-7.

Age 40-44:

Abdul Rashid (Pakistan) bt Chaminda Tbalagala (Sri Lanka) 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-4, Aseem Verma (India) got w/o against Khalid (Pakistan), Sajjad Ahmed (Pakistan) bt Abid Javed Malik (Pakistan) 11-2, 11-4, 11-6; Adnan Latif (Pakistan) bt Wing Cdr. Irfan Asghar (Pakistan) 8-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-7.

Age 45-49: Sohail Qaiser (Pakistan) bt Abid Aziz (Pakistan) 11-2, 11-4, 11-5; Deepak Moolani (India) bt Mohammad Rizwan (Sri Lanka) 11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7; Rohit Thawani (India) bt Yousuf Ali (Pakistan) 13-11, 10-12, 6-11, 11-6, 11-3; Mohammad Fayyaz (Hong Kong) bt Asif Idrees (Pakistan) 11-5, 11-9, 11-5.

Age 50-54: Ghulam Farooq Butt (Pakistan) bt Qayyum Gul (Pakistan) 11-2, 11-7, 11-7; Hassan Raza (Pakistan) bt Mohammad Azmi (Sri Lanka) 11-2, 11-7, 11-2, Ali Hassan Habib (Pakistan) got w/o against Zaheer Uddin Qari (Pakistan), Jaideep Singh Grewal (India) bt Ajay Manchanda (India) 11-7, 11-7, 11-5.

Age 55-59: Lalit Kumar Agnihotri (India) w/o against Marzio Dare (Pakistan), Abdul Qayyum (Pakistan) bt Syed Sohail Bukhari (Pakistan) 11-6, 11-5, 11-1; M Hanif Lodhi (Pakistan) got w/o against Suresh Kumar Gurung (Nepal); Imtiaz Ahmed (Pakistan) v Bhusan Krishna Shrestha (cancelled after both the players did not appear on the court).

Over 60: Gogi Alauddin (Pakistan) bt Raja Raza Arshad (Pakistan) 11-5, 11-6, 11-5; Munir Sait (India) w/o against Shahid Arain (Pakistan), Sajjad Munir (Pakistan) got w/o against Imtiaz Ahmed (Pakistan), Rajiv Reddy (India) bt Ajaz Mohammad Khan (Pakistan) 11-6, 11-5, 11-2.

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