KARACHI, May 27 Second seed Aurangzeb Mehmund of Punjab overcame third seed and province-mate Sheikh Saqib in five games final to land the boys under-19 title in the inaugural Tughral Shah Khan Memorial National Junior Squash Championship at PN Roshan Khan-Jahangir Khan Squash Complex on Thursday.

Sheikh, who upset top seed Waqas Mehboob the other day, recovered from two games down to drew level at two-all but could not maintain and lost the decisive game. Aurangzeb won the battle 11-4, 15-13, 9-11, 3-11, 11-8 that lasted for almost an hour.

The boys' under-17 title went to top seed Salman Mohib who accounted for Ali Bokhari 11-8, 11-4, 2-11, 6-11, 11-8. Similarly, top seed Bilal Zakir lived up to his billing by getting past fourth seed Ammad Farid 11-7, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8 in 48 minutes.

Israr Ahmed and Mehran Javed annexed the boys' under-13 and under-11 titles respectively.

Contrary to boys, the girls' under-19 and under-15 finals turned out to be one-sided affairs.

Top seed Zoya Khalid of the ZTBL whipped Punjab's Riffat Khan 11-2, 11-3, 11-6 in just 18 minutes while another top seed Sadia Gul of PAF was home 11-4, 11-1, 11-6 over Sindh's Ayesha Zafar in 23 minutes.

Squash legend and Emeritus President of the World Squash Federation (WSF) Jahangir Khan, who graced the occasion gave away the prizes.

Results

Boys under-19 final Aurangzeb Mehmund (Punjab) bt Sheikh Saqib (Punjab) 11-4, 15-13, 9-11, 3-11, 11-8.

Boys under-17 final Salman Mohib (KP) bt Ali Bokhari (Punjab) 11-8, 11-4, 2-11, 6-11, 11-8.

Boys under-15 final Bilal Zakir (PAF) bt Ammad Farid (Punjab) 11-7, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8.

Boys under-13 final Israr Ahmed (Punjab) bt Shanullah (PAF) 11-8, 12-10, 11-4.

Boys under-11 final Mehran Javed (PAF) bt Faizan Khan (Sindh) 11-13, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7.

Girls under-19 final Zoya Khalid (ZTBL) bt Riffat Khan (Punjab) 11-2, 11-3, 11-6.

Girls under-15 final Sadia Gul (PAF) bt Ayesha Zafar (Sindh) 11-4, 11-1, 11-6.

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