KARACHI, May 22 The two-day qualifying round of inaugural Tughral Shah Khan Memorial National Junior Squash Championship commenced at PN Roshan Khan-Jahangir Khan Squash Complex on Saturday.

The final qualifying round will be held on Sunday while the main round gets into action from Monday.

Results

Boys' under-19 first qualifying round

Shahid Hussain (Punjab) bt Sulman Khan (NWFP) 9-11, 13-11, 11-7, 11-8; Muqaddar Shah (NWFP) bt Adeel Ahmed (Sindh) 11-3, 13-11, 11-9; Waqas Gul (NWFP) bt Amir Habib (NWFP) 11-7, 11-8, 11-4; M. Jahangir Khan (Sindh) bt Talha Mukhtar (Sindh) 11-5, 11-3, 11-8; Bilal Naveed (Sindh) bt Azeem Shariq (Sindh) 11-5, 11-6, 12-10; Noor Ali Khan (Punjab) bt Zeeshan Khan (Sindh) 11-3, 11-4, 9-11, 11-5.

Boys' under-17 first qualifying round

Adil Khan (NWFP) bt Asif Zafar (NWFP) 12-10, 9-11, 11-3, 11-5; Bilal Choudhry (Sindh) bt Imran Fayyaz (Sindh) 11-7, 11-6, 11-8; Safiullah (Balochistan) bt Israr Ahmed (Sindh) 11-0, 11-2, 11-1; Wahid Khan (NWFP) bt Mansoor Jan (NWFP) 15-13, 6-11, 11-4, 11-8.

Boys' under-15 second qualifying round

Kamran Khan (Sindh) bt Ijaz Ahmed (NWFP) 12-10, 11-9, 11-9; Reshwan Gul (PAF) bt chaudhry Aziz (Sindh) 11-2, 11-4, 11-3; Javed Ali (Balochistan) bt Suleman Hassan (Punjab) 11-13, 11-5, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7; Arsalan Khan (NWFP) bt Imran Khan (Punjab) 11-4, 11-2, 11-7; M. Adil Faqir (NWFP) bt Naeem Hussain (NWFP) 11-6, 11-5, 11-4, Haseeb

Gul (Punjab) bt Arbab Dilawar (NWFP) 11-5, 4-11, 11-7, 11-4; Arif Gul (NWFP) bt Umar Siraj 11-1, 11-4, 11-1; Abdul Basit (Sindh) bt Husnain Ali (Balochistan) 9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-6.

Boys' under-15 first qualifying round

Ijaz Ahmed (NWFP) bt Hasnain Mubashir (Sindh) 11-2, 11-2; Reshwan Gul (PAF) bt Ali Imran (Sindh) 11-2, 9-11, 11-2; Chaudhry Azizuddin (Sindh) bt Urwa Adnan (Sindh) 11-7, 11-6; Salman Hashmi (Punjab) bt Shoaib Memon (Sindh) 11-2, 11-3; Javed Ali (Balochistan) bt M. Ibrahim (NWFP) 11-4, 11-3; M Arsalan Khan (NWFP) bt Ahsan Wyne (Sindh) 11-3, 11-2; Imran Khan (Punjab) bt Kawer M. Talha (Sindh) 11-2, 11-2; Naeem Hussain (NWFP) bt Waleed Malhi (Sindh) 13-11, 11-5; M. Adil Faqir (NWFP) bt M. Farhan (Sindh) 11-8, 11-5; Umar Siraj (Punjab) bt Sharukh Shaikh (Sindh) 11-6, 11-2; Arif Gul (NWFP) bt Farhan Iqbal (NWFP) 11-3, 11-6; Abdul Basit (Sindh) bt M. Usama (Sindh) 11-1, 11-1.

Boys'under-13 second qualifying round

Aqib Rasheed (Sindh) bt Sarosh Irfan (Sindh) 11-8, 11-2, 11-5; Majid Khan (NWFP) bt Arshad Khan (Punajb) 11-6, 11-5, 11-5; Ahsan Ayaz (PAF) bt Mohammad Suhail (Sindh) 11-2, 11-3, 11-1; Mohammad Asif (Sindh) bt M. Waleed Malik (Sindh) 11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 5-11, 12-10; M. Shahzad (NWFP) bt Nouman Zafar (Punjab) 11-2, 11-7, 11-4; Faizan Ahmed (NWFP) bt Danish Waheed (Sindh) 11-5, 11-4, 11-8; Marwan (NWFP) bt Mohammad Saqib (Sindh) 11-0, 11-3, 11-0; Owais Gul (Sindh) bt Ahmed Mukatay (Sindh) 11-0, 11-3, 11-4.

Boys' under-13 first qualifying round

Sarosh Irfan (Sindh) bt Ghashorib Shoukat (Sindh) 11-6, 5-11, 11-1; Majid Khan (NWFP) bt Fahad Khan (Sindh) 11-5, 12-10; Ahsan Ayaz (PAF) bt Anil Kumar (Sindh) 11-3, 11-1; Mohammad Waleed Malik (Sindh) bt Abdul Ghani Moiz (Sindh)11-7, 10-12, 11-5; M. Shahzad (NWFP) bt Ashok Kumar (Sindh) 11-4, 11-4; Danish Waheed (Sindh) bt Jawad Irfan (Sindh) 11-3, 11-0; Marwan (NWFP) bt Ajmal Khan (Sindh) 11-1, 11-1.

Boys' under-11 second qualifying round

Mujtaba Raza (Sindh) bt Abdullah Masood (Sindh) 12-10, 11-1, 11-0; Salman Gillani (NWFP) walkover M. Fafay Shoukat (Sindh); Ali Karamat (PAF) bt Razzik Sial (Sindh) 11-3, 11-0, 11-4; Faizan Khan (Sindh) bt Usman Hassan (Sindh) 11-3, 11-7, 11-3; Zeeshan Gul (NWFP) bt Nouman Khan (Sindh) 11-4, 11-0, 11-3; Alber Mahmood (Balochistan) bt Sharez Shahid (Sindh) 11-4, 11-3, 11-0; Faizan Khan (NWFP) bt Talha Arshad (Sindh) 11-3, 11-0, 11-5; Ahmed Ali Khan (Punjab) bt Rashid Daulat (Sindh) 11-1,11-4, 11-1.

Boys' under-11 first qualifying round

Mujtaba Raza (Sindh) bt M. Ahrar Shaikh 11-3, 11-1; Abdullah Masood (Sindh) bt Arham Yassin (Sindh) 11-5, 11-2; Suleman Gillani (NWFP) bt Safi-ul-Islam (Sindh)---; A. Rafay Shoukat (Sindh) bt Obaid Ahmed (Sindh) 11-3, 11-1; Ali Karamat (PAF) bt Waji-ul-Islam (Sindh)—; Razzik Sial (Sindh) bt Ammar Yasin (Sindh) 11-5, 10-12, 11-4; Usman Hassan (Punjab) bt Usman Ahmed Shaikh (Sindh) 11-2, 11-0; Faizan Khan (Sindh) bt Asim Abdullah (Sindh) 11-0, 11-0; Noman Khan (Sindh) bt Waqas Asif (Sindh) 11-6, 11-3; Zesshan Gul (NWFP) bt Hassan Masood (Sindh) 11-2, 11-2; Sharez Shahid (Sindh) Rafay Bin Rafique (Sindh) 11-1, 11-1; Akber Mehmood (Balochistan) bt Saad Abdullah (Sindh) 11-2, 11-2; Faizan Khan (NWFP) bt Sher Afzal (Sindh) 11-1, 11-1; Talha Arshad (Sindh) bt M. Zain Bin Rafique (Sindh) 11-0, 11-0; Rashid Daulat (Sindh) bt Safdar Khan (Punjab) 11-9, 12-10; Ahmed Ali Khan (Punjab) bt M. Shahzaib Bhatti (Sindh) 11-3, 11-3.

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