Squash event begins

Published January 23, 2013

LAHORE, Jan 23: The Bank of Punjab National Senior Squash Championship started here on Thursday.

The winners have entered the quarter-finals, which will be played on Thursday.

Results: Men’s: Nasir Iqbal (Wapda) bt Shoaib Hassan (Army) 11-3, 2-0 rtd hurt; Amir Atlas Khan (Wapda) bt Owais Khan (PAF) 11-5, 11-5, 11-7; Waqas Mehboob (ZTBL) bt Ammad Farid (Punjab) 11-2, 1-0 rtd hurt; Tayyab Aslam (ZTBL) bt Mansoor Zaman (PIA) 11-9, 11-5, 11-4; Bilal Zakir (Army) bt Shah Nawaz (Punjab) 11-5, 11-8, 11-6; Aqib Hanif (Police) bt Sheikh Saqib Yousaf (Police) 11-5, 9-11, 12-10, 3-11, 2-1 rtd hurt; Hamza Bukhari (PAF) bt Ali Bukhari (PAF) 11-9, 12-10, 12-10; Danish Atlas Khan (KP) bt Saddam- ul-Haq (Army) 11-5, 11-9, 10-12, 12-10.

Women’s: Nimra Shahid (Punjab) bt Noor-ul-Ain (Punjab) 11-9, 11-8, 10-12, 11-4; Samar Anjum (Punjab) bt Zoya Khalid (ZTBL) 9-11, 16-14, 11-9, 11-3; Muqaddas Ashraf (Wapda) bt Mahwish Hanif (Punjab) 11-5, 11-1, 5-11, 11-3; Saima Shoukat (Wapda) bt Arooma Kamran (Punjab) 11-1, 11-2, 11-1; Riffat Khan (ZTBL) bt Amna Latif (Punjab) 11-8, 11-4, 11-1; Habiba Khan (ZTBL) bt Monisa Nasir 11-2, 11-6, 11-7; Aliya Sarfraz (Wapda) bt Noor Fatima (Punjab) 11-5, 11-5, 11-5; Rushna Mehboob (ZTBL) bt Roma (Punjab) 11-0, 11-1, 11-2.

Thursday’s fixtures: Men’s: Aamir Atlas Khan v Bilal Zakir; Waqas Mehboob v Tayyab Aslam; Nasir Iqbal v Hamza Bukhari; Aqib Hanif v Danish Atlas Khan.Women’s: Samar Anjum v Nimra Shahid; Muqddas Ashraf v Riffat Khan; Rushna Mehboob v Habiba Khan; Aliya Sarfraz v Saima Shoukat.—Sports Reporter

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