KARACHI, Feb 14 The main round of the National Junior Squash Championship gets into action at the Rehana Nazar Squash Complex in Rashidabad (Tando Allahyar), on Monday.

Meanwhile, the two-day qualifying rounds were completed on Sunday.

Results

Boys' under-19 Arbab Dilawar (NWFP) bt Shahid Hussain (Punjab) 11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 13-11; Muqaddar Shah (NWFP) bt Wajid Rasool (Punjab) 11-3, 11-2, 11-0; Waqas Gul (NWFP) bt Salman Khan (NWFP) 11-8, 11-3, 12-10; Noor Ali Khan (Punjab) bt Wahab Khan (Punjab) 11-3, 5-11, 4-11, 11-5, 11-6.

Boys' under-17 Moin Rauf (Punjab) bt Bilal Ahmed (Sindh) 11-1, 11-2, 11-3; Ali Bokhari (Punjab) bt M. Nouman (NWFP)11-4, 11-3, 11-4; Safiullah Kakar (Balochistan) bt Faheem Gul Jr (PAF)13-11, 11-5, 11-6; Shah Zeb (NWFP) bt Shoaib Memon (Sindh) 11-2, 11-0, 11-6.

Boys'under-15 Abdullah Bashir (Punjab) bt Hamza Bhatti (Punjab) 12-10, 11-9, 11-6; Asim Khan (Punjab) bt Hamza Imtiaz (Punjab) 11-4, 11-0, 11-9; Kamran Khan (Sindh) bt Salman Hashmi (Punjab) 11-9, 9-11, 6-11, 11-6, 13-11; M. Farhan (Punjab) bt Hasnain Ali (Balochistan) 11-5, 11-9, 11-4.

Boys' under-13 Kabir Alam (Sindh) bt Saad Saleem (Sindh) 11-0, 11-0, 11-0; Amir Khan (NWFP) bt Usman Yaqoob (Punjab) 9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8; Umair Gul (Punjab) bt Ameer Hamza (Sindh) 11-0, 11-0, 11-0; Essa Usmani (Punjab) bt Aqib Rasheed (Sindh)11-2, 11-0, 11-3.

Monday's fixtures

First round Boys' under-11 at 8.00am; boys' under-19 at 10.00am; boys' under-13 at 12noon; girls' under-15 at 4.00pm; boys' under-17 at 5.30pm; boys' under-15 at 7.00pm.

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