KARACHI, Feb 3: Three outsiders stunned seeded players to storm into boys’ under-19 semi-finals in the third Rehana Nazar national junior squash championship at Rashidabad, Tando Allahyar, on Sunday.

Sindh’s Noman Khan pulled off the biggest upset when he removed top seed Abbas Shaukat of the PAF straight 11-8, 11-4, 11-6 in the quarter-final.

Similarly, Kashif Asif sent third seed Salman Hashmi packing 11-9, 11-5, 11-5 while Zeeshan Khan shocked fourth seed Hamza Imtiaz 11-5, 11-6, 5-11, 11-7.

Second seed Abdullah Bashir survived a scare while getting the better of Ismail Rauf in the fully stretched battle 9-11, 11-7, 7-11, 12-10, 11-9.

Chief guest Major General Inam-ul-Haq graced the opening ceremony on Saturday followed by first round.

Results: Quarter-finals: Boys’ under-19: Noman Khan (Sindh) bt Abbas Shaukat (PAF) 11-8, 11-4, 11-6; Zeeshan Khan (PAF) bt Hamza Imtiaz (Punjab) 11-5, 11-6, 5-11, 11-7; Kashif Asif (Punjab) bt Salman Hashmi (Punjab) 11-9, 11-5, 11-5; Abdullah Bashir (Punjab) bt Ismail Rauf (PAF) 9-11, 11-7, 7-11, 12-10, 11-9.

Boys’ under-17: Ahsan Ayaz (PAF) bt Sikander Khan (Sindh) 11-6, 11-3, 11-9; Iqtidar Khan (PAF) bt Arbab Aizaz (PAF) 5-11, 12-10, 11-7, 12-10; Mehran Javed (PAF) bt Waqas Younis (Punjab) 11-7, 11-9, 11-7; Mohammad Farhan (ZTBL) bt Sumeed Rasheed (Punjab) 9-11, 11-6, 11-13, 11-6, 11-2.

Boys’ under-15: Hammas A. Tarar (Sindh) bt Faizan Khan (PAF) 11-8, 9-11, 14-12, 12-10, 11-6; Mansoor Zaman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Arsalan Ramzan (Punjab) 11-8, 11-8, 11-5; Mujtaba Raza (Sindh) bt Fawad Khalil (PAF) 11-8, 11-8, 3-11, 4-11, 11-9; Ali Karamat (PAF) bt Abdul Qadir (Punjab) 11-5, 11-3, 11-7.

Boys’ unddr-13: Abbas Zeb (PAF) bt Shaukat Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-5, 11-3, 11-2; Shahzad Ali Khan (Punjab) bt Khizer Qasim (Punjab) 5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-3; Salman Saleem (Punjab) bt M. Junaid (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 10-12, 11-4, 11-2, 11-4; Daroshan Khan (Punjab) bt Zeeshan Zeb (PAF) 11-7, 11-9, 11-13, 11-4.

Girls’ under-19: Ayesha Zafar (Sindh) bt Tehrema (Sindh) 11-6, 11-4, 11-3.

Girls’ under-15: Eman Shahbaz (Punjab) bt Maira Saleem (Sindh) 11-1, 11-1, 11-4; Noor-ul-Ain Ejaz (Punjab) bt Fatima Zafar (Sindh) 11-1, 11-1, 11-2.

Saturday’s results: Boys’ under-19: First round: Noman Khan (Sindh) bt Abdul Basit (Sindh) 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4; Zeeshan Khan (PAF) bt Safiullah Kakar (Balochistan) 12-10, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9; Hamza Imtiaz (Punjab) bt Ali Imran (Sindh) 11-5, 11-7, 11-5; Salman Hashmi (Punjab) bt Khurram Shehzad (Punjab) 11-7, 12-10, 11-5; Kashif Asif (Punjab) bt Ijaz Ahmed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-4, 11-3, 11-8; Ismail Rauf (PAF) bt Mahmood Mahboob (PAF) 11-9, 11-2, 11-1; Abdullah Bashir (Punjab) bt Mudassar Shahi (Punjab) 11-6, 11-2, 11-6.

Boys’ under-17: First round: Ahsan Ayaz (PAF) bt Faizan Khan (Sindh) 11-5, 11-5, 11-3; Sikander Khan (Sindh) bt Usman Yaqoob (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-7, 11-7, 11-8; Arbab Aizaz (PAF) bt Shahzad Umar (Punjab) 14-12, 8-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-9; Iqtidar Khan (PAF) bt Aamir Khan (PAF) 11-13, 11-4, 11-6, 9-11, 12-10; Waqas Younis (Punjab) bt Asfandyar Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 12-10, 11-9, 11-7; Sumeed Rasheed (Punjab) bt Mohammad Kibriya (Punjab) 11-7, 11-9, 11-8; Mohammad Farhan (ZTBL) bt Liaquat Ali (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-7, 11-6, 11-7.

Boys’ under-15: First round: Hammas A. Tarar (Sindh) bt Zeeshan Gul (PAF) 11-7, 11-6, 11-7; Arsalan Ramzan (Punjab) bt Saad Abdullah (Sindh) 11-2, 11-4, 11-3; Mansoor Zaman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt M. Asghar (PAF) 11-7, 11-5, 11-6; Mujtaba Raza (Sindh) bt Mahid Amin (Punjab) 11-9, 11-7, 11-5; Fawad Khalil (PAF) bt Usman Hassan (Punjab) 5-11, 11-8, 15-17, 11-8, 11-2.

Boys’ under-13: First round: Abbas Zeb (PAF) bt Aun Abbas (Punjab) 11-6, 11-4, 11-9; Shaukat Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt M. Hammad (Punjab) 15-13, 11-4, 11-2; Shahzad Ali Khan (Punjab) bt Hamid Habib (PAF) 10-12, 11-5, 12-10, 3-11, 11-5; Khizer Qasim (Punjab) bt Ukkasha Khan (Sindh) 11-6, 11-5, 13-11; Salman Saleem (Punjab) bt Ayyan Shaikh (Sindh) 11-5, 11-0, 11-5; M. Junaid (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Waleed Khan (PAF) 11-8, 11-5, 11-3; Zeeshan Zeb (PAF) bt M. Bilal Islam (Sindh) 11-2, 11-3, 11-9; Daroshan Khan (Punjab) bt Alamgir Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-4, 11-3, 11-8.

Monday’s fixtures: Semi-finals: Boys’ under-13 at 11:00am; boys’ under-15 at 11.45am; boys’ under-19 at 12.30pm; boys’ under-17 at 3:00pm; girls’ under-15 and under-19 at 3:00pm.

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