Adnan stuns top seed Waqar

Published April 13, 2003

LAHORE, April 12: In a major upset, Adnan Khan a qualifier from Punjab, upset top seed Waqar Ahmed (PAF) to enter the quarterfinals of the Faysal Bank national junior boys and girls squash championship Under-15 (boys) event on first day at the Punjab Squash Complex on Saturday.

Adnan took only 20 minutes to stun a strong rival Waqar in three sets 9-4, 9-4, 9-6.

In other categories, all top seeds made the last eight without any upsets.

In Under-19, ranked no 1, Safeer Khan (PAF) toppled Adnan Gul (NWFP) without dropping a single point in a match that lasted 12 minutes only

Safeer won with the score of 9-0, 9-0, 9-0.

In Under-17 event, top seed Farhan Mehboob (PAF) proved too good against teammate Majeed Hussain. Farhan spent 15 minutes to dispose off the challenge from Majeed.

In Under-13, Waqar Mehboob faced little difficulty before beating Waqar Rauf (Punjab) in 28 minutes encounter 9-0, 9-2,9-1.

In a well competed encounter of this age category, Aaqib Ahmed of Sindh went to full distance to beat Kashif Javed of Punjab 9-4, 4-9, 9-4, 4-9, 9-4. The result came out after a 45 minutes long battle.

Following are the results:

Boys: U-19. Safeer Khan (PAF) bt Adnan Gul (NWFP) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Basit Ashfaq (Punjab) bt Atique Rehman (NWFP) 9-1, 9-0, 9-3; Faisal Zaman (PAF) bt Naveed Nasir (PAF) 9-5, 9-4, 9-3.

U-17: Farhan Mehboob (PAF) bt Majeed Hussain (PAF) 9-2, 9-3, 9-4; Yasir Sarwar (Punjab) bt M Rashid (Punjab) 7-9, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3; Wasim Gul (Punjab) bt Awais Amin (Punjab) 9-7, 9-0, 9-4; Farzan Rasheed (Punjab) bt Sharoom Khan (NWFP) 9-2, 9-1, 9-0.

U-15: Adnan Khan (Punjab) bt Waqar Ahmad (PAF) 9-4, 9-4, 9-6; Alamzeb Jnr (PAF) bt Zohaib Ahmed (Sind) 9-1, 9-4, 9-0; Khurram Shehzad (Sind) bt Hamza Ahmed (Punjab) 9-3, 9-4, 7-9, 9-3; Rehmanullah (NWFP) bt Naeem Khan (NWFP) 9-2, 9-5, 9-1; Amir Atlas (PAF) bt M Ali (Balochistan) 9-0, 9-1, 9-2; Naeem (Sindh) bt Alamgir Rehman (PAF) 9-5, 9-4, 3-9, 9-1; Alam Khan (PAF) bt Arshad Shafi (Punjab) 9-0,9-5, 9-1.

U-13: Waqar Mehboob (PAF) bt Waqar Rauf (Punjab) 9-0, 9-2,9-1; Aqib Ahmed (Sind) bt Kashif Javed (Punjab) 9-4, 4-9, 9-4, 4-9, 9-4; Danish Atlas (PAF) bt Farhan Zaman (PAF) 9-4, 9-5, 9-2; Owais Khan (PAF) bt Noor Ali Khan (Punjab) 10-9, 9-0, 9-7; Faizan Ashraf (Punjab) bt M Ali Ayub (Punjab) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Shoaib Hassan (Punjab) bt Sheikh Sqqib (Punjab) 9-1, 9-1, 2-9, 9-6; M Asif Khan (NWFP) bt Aurangzeb (Punjab) 9-3, 9-0, 9-0; Ibrahim Omar (Punjab) bt Owais Rahim (Punjab) 9-6, 9-3, 9-3.

Girls: U-19: Saima Shaukat (Punjab) bt Alisha Khalid 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Misbah Rani (Punjab) bt Mubashira Zia 9-1, 9-1, 9-2; Muqqadas Ashraf (Punjab) bt Shafaq Naeem 9-6, 9-1,9-7. U-17 . Mahwish bt Farha Nabeel 9-5, 9-0, 9-2; Gul Zaman (Punjab) got bye.

U-15: Zainib Arhsad bt Misbah Shaukat 9-2, 9-1, 9-0.

U-13. Riffat Khan (Punjab) bt Fatima (Punjab) 9-0, 9-0,9-0; Beenish Khan (Punjab) bt Shaher Bano (Punjab) 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Rabia Mehboob (Punjab) bt Asifa Shaukat (Punjab) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Aniqa Awan (Punjab) bt Zahrah Rehmat Khan 9-0, 9-0,9-0; Roshana (Punjab) bt Sana (Punjab) 9-1, 9-0, 9-4; Ana Batool (Punjab) bt Samar Anjum (Punjab) 9-0, 9-3,9-1; Qandeel Fatima (Punjab) bt Javeria (Punjab) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0.

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