KARACHI, June 11: Topseed Bushra Haider and second seed Alia Sarfraz moved smoothly into the quarterfinal after recording straight set victories on the opening day of the the national women’s squash championship-2003” at Pakistan Navy Roshan Khan Jahangir Khan Squash Complex on Wednesday.

Bushra brushed aside the feeble challenge of Samina Ghafoor without dropping a game while Alia Sarfraz prevailed over Zeba Pervaiz in an emphatic fashion.

A total of eight matches were decided.

First round:

Misbah Rani (Punjab) bt Zainab Jamal (Sindh) 9-0,9-0,9-0. Bushra Haider (Sindh) bt Samina Ghafoor (Punjab) 9-0,9-0,9-0. Maliha Shahid (Punjab) bt Saadia Riaz (Sindh) 6-9,9-4,9-7,9-7. Musaddaq Ashraf (Punjab) bt Samia Sadiq (Sindh) 9-1,9-1,9-2. Mehwish Hanif (Punjab) bt Humaira Warsi (Sindh) 9-0,9-3,9-2. Saima Shaukat (Punjab) bt Sadaf Haq (Sindh) 9-1,9-2,9-3. Sumera Haq (Sindh) bt Sidra Sadiq (Sindh) 9-2,9-4,9-1. Alia Sarfraz (Punjab) bt Zeba Pervaiz (Punjab) 9-1,9-2,9-1.

Thursday’s fixture: (Thursday-Quarterffinal). Bushra Haider (Sindh) v Maliha Shahid (Punjab) 1400 p.m.

Misbah Rani (Punjab) v Musaddaq Ashraf (Punjab) 14.30 p.m. 1430 hours. Mehwish Hanif (Punjab) v Saima Shaukat (Punjab) 1400 p.m. Sumera Haq (Sindh) v Alia Sarfraz (Punjab) 14.30 p.m.