KARACHI, Oct 16: Four of the five Malaysians advanced to next round in the US $11,000 sixth DG Rangers Sindh international junior squash championship at Sindh Rangers Jahangir Khan squash complex on Tuesday.

Top seed Mohammad Amir Farhan bin Impandi got a first round bye in boys’ under-19 while other players won their matches to progress into second round.In addition to the Malaysians, a Sri Lankan girl and a Canadian of Pakistani origin Darosham Khan are among 166 players who have entered the contest which commenced the other day.

The competition concludes on Oct 20.

Results: Boys’ under-17: First round: Darren Chan Ti Lunn (Malaysia) bt Anas Ghazanfar (Sindh) 11-4, 11-5, 11-2; M. Amir Khan (PAF) bt Ejaz Khan (Punjab) 11-3, 11-2, 11-1; M. Kibriya (Punjab) bt Maaz Khurram (Sindh) 11-3, 11-4, 11-4; Ahmed Ali (Punjab) bt Zulfiqar Ali (Sindh) 12-10, 11-6, 11-4; Kwan Ka Laap (Malaysia) bt Iqtidar Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-7, 9-11, 11-3, 11-6; Ahsan Ayaz (PAF) bt Danish Waheed (Sindh) 11-7, 11-3, 11-7; Asfandyar (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt M. Umar Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-2, 11-4, 11-4; Waqar Younus (Sindh) bt M. Faraz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (walkover); Al Nick Ally Bin Abd Rahim (Malaysia) bt Waqas Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-3, 6-11, 11-5, 11-4.

Monday’s results: Boys’ under-19: First round: Zeeshan Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Aijaz Ahmed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-7, 11-9, 11-8; Babrak Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Abdul Qadir (Sindh) 11-2, 11-5, 11-7; A. Bashir (Punjab) bt Abdul Wasay (Sindh) 11-6, 11-3, 11-4; Ismail Rauf (PAF) bt Farhan Ahmed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-2, 8-11, 11-5, 12-10.

Boys’ under-17: First round: Andrew Lee Jia Hao (Malaysia) bt Mehran Javed (PAF) 11-13, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7; Anas Ghazanfar (Sindh) bt Taimoor Mazhar (Sindh) 11-1, 11-4, 11-5; Maaz Khurram (Sindh) Mohammad Hanan Elahi (Sindh) bt 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-7; M. Farhan Ghulam (Punjab) bt Usman Yaqoob (Punjab) 11-5, 11-9, 11-5; Liaquat Ali (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Sikandar Khan (Sindh) 11-9, 8-11, 14-12, 11-9; Arbab Aizaz (PAF) bt Fiazan Khan (Sindh) 6-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-9; Shahzad Khalil (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Majid Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 12-10, 11-6, 11-7; Ahsan Adil Butt (Punjab) bt Taimoor Ayaz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 5-11, 11-3, 12-10, 11-6; Shahzad Umar Khan (Punjab) bt Bilal Khan (Punjab) 7-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-9.

Boys’ under-15: First round: Usman Hassan (Punjab) bt Hamza Abbas (Sindh) 11-0, 11-0, 11-0; Hammas Ahmed Tarar (Sindh) bt Zeeshan Gul (PAF) 11-7, 11-9, 11-8.

Boys’ under-13: First round: Bilal Islam (Sindh) bt Bilal Sajjad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-4, 12-10, 3-11, 12-10; M. Hammad (Punjab) bt Yawar Ashraf (Sindh) 11-1, 11-0, 11-3; Shahzad Ali (Sindh) bt Malik Amanullah (Sindh) 11-3, 11-0, 11-0; Zeeshan Zaib (Sindh) bt Abdullah Mehmood (Sindh) 11-1, 11-2, 11-1; M. Junaid (KPT) bt Waleed Khan (PAF) 11-6, 11-6, 11-5; Shahzad Ali (Punjab) bt M. Amanullah (Sindh) 11-3, 11-0, 11-0; Darosham Khan (Canada) bt Ahmed Hassan (Punjab) 11-1, 11-0, 11-1; Uzair Rasheed (Punjab) bt Ukkasha Khan (Sindh) 11-0, (retired hurt); Hammad Sajjad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Rayyan Ahmed (Sindh) 11-8, 7-11, 4-11, 11-4, 11-7.

Boys’ under-11: First round: Ahmed Hussain (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Bilal Khan (Sindh) 11-1, 11-1, 11-1; Rayyan Atif (Sindh) bt Khizar Asad (Sindh) 11-5, 11-1, 11-8; Oman Sher Khan (Sindh) bt M. Suleman (Sindh) (walkover); Noel Arshad (Sindh) bt Areeb Imran (Sindh) 11-1, 11-0, 11-4; Rashid Daulat (PAF) bt Abdullah (Sindh) 11-4, 11-5, 11-6; Hamza Sharif (PAF) bt Uzair Shoukat (PAF) 10-12, 11-4, 4-11, 11-9, 11-4; Mujtaba Gadit (Sindh) bt Taimoor Hassan (Punjab) 11-2, 11-2, 11-6.

Tomorrow’s fixtures: Second round: Boys’ under-17 and boys’ under-15 at 9.30am; boys’ under-19 and boys under-13 at 11.30am; boys’ under-11 and girls under-19 and girls under-15 at 1.40pm;

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