KARACHI, Feb 13 The two-day qualifying rounds of the inaugural Rehana Nazar National Junior Squash Championship commenced at Rashidabad, Tando Allahyar on Saturday.

According to the details made available here, 116 boys and 26 girls are competing in the event which carries Rs300,000 prize money.

Results

First round

Boys' under-17 Shoaib Memon (Sindh) bt Imran Faiz (Sindh) 11-8, 6-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-5; Moin Rauf (Punjab) bt M Aslam (Punjab) 11-7, 11-4, 11-9; M. Nouman (NWFP) bt Najeebullah (NWFP) 11-6, 6-11, 11-4, 11-9; Safiullah Kakar (Balochistan) bt M. Riaz (NWFP) 11-8, 11-9, 5-11, 11-7.

Boys' under-15 Abdullah Bashir (Punjab) bt Sulaiman Aijaz (Sindh) 11-2, 11-3, 11-4; Hamza Bhatti (Punjab) bt Ukkasha Rafique 11-2, 11-1, 11-0; Asim Khan (Punjab) bt M. Faisal (Sindh) 11-1, 11-0, 11-5; Hamza Imtiaz (Punjab) bt Raja Bilal (Sindh) 11-2, 11-2, 11-2; Salman Hashmi (Punjab) bt Babar Muaz (Sindh) 11-0, 11-2, 11-1; Kamran Khan (Sindh) bt Abdul Basit 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-7; Hasnain Ali (Balochistan) bt Umair Tahir (Sindh) 11-5, 11-4, 11-2; M. Farhan (Punjab) bt Umer Awais (Punjab) 11-5, 11-4, 11-3.

Boys' under-13 Aqib Rasheed (Sindh) bt Sarosh Irfan (Sindh) 11-3, 11-2, 11-5; Essa Usmani (Punjab) bt M. Javed (Punjab) 11-2, 11-5, 11-1; Amir Khan (NWFP) bt Irshad Ahmed (Sindh) 11-1, 11-2, 11-6; Umair Gul (Punjab) bt Ashfaque Ahmed (NWFP) 11-9, 11-6, 11-8.

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