Ayesha, Madina lose in semis

Published August 20, 2009

KARACHI, Aug 19 Top seed Ayesha Zafar and her fourth seed sibling Madina Zafar, both from Sindh, went down straight to unseeded players in the two girls' under-15 semi-finals of the 3rd DG Rangers Sindh National Juniors' Squash Championship at the Jahangir Khan Squash Complex on Wednesday.

Unseeded Sadia Gul of the PAF pulled off the biggest upset notching up an 11-3, 11-4, 11-4 victory over Ayesha while Punjab's Monisa got past Madina 11-9, 11-5, 11-7.

Barring an exception, top seeds in other events were through to the finals, to be played on Thursday.

Results

Boys' under-19 semi-finals

Danish Atlas (PAF) bt Nousherwan (NWFP) 11-9, 11-6, 11-5; Shaikh Saquib (Punjab) bt Haroon Samad (Punjab) 11-8, 5-11, 11-9, 11-4.

Boys' under-17 semi-finals

Nasir Iqbal (NWFP) bt Salman Zeb (PAF) 11-3, 11-4, 11-3; Salman Mohib (PAF) bt Shanullah (PAF) 11-3, 11-8, 16-14.

Boys' under-15 semi-finals

Ali Bokhari (Punjab) bt Saad Shahid (Sindh) 7-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-5; Bilal Zakir (PAF) bt Ammad Farid (Punjab) 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-5.

Boys' under-13 semi-finals

Asim Khan (Punjab) bt Arif Gul (NWFP) 11-7, 11-13, 11-5, 12-10; Zeeshan Khan (PAF) bt Rishwan (PAF) 7-11, 11-4, 11-2, 8-11, 11-9.

Boys' under-11 semi-finals

Ahsan Ayaz (PAF) bt M. Shahzad Umer (Punjab) 11-3, 11-5, 11-9; Ismail Rauf (NWFP) bt Mehran Javed (PAF) 11-9, 11-7, 4-11, 14-12.

Girls' under-19 sei-finals

Maria Toor Pakay (Wapda) bt Zoya Khalid (Army) 11-3, 11-7, 11-3; Rushana Mehboob (ZTBL) bt Habiba Khan (Sindh) 11-2, 11-3, 11-7.

Girls' under-15 semi-finals

Sadia Gul (PAF) bt Ayesha Zafar (Sindh) 11-3, 11-4, 11-4; Monisa (Punjab) bt Madina Zafar (Sindh) 11-9, 11-5, 11-7.

Thursday's fixtures Finals start at 1.00pm. —

Sports Correspondent