KARACHI: Five upsets — three in boys and two in girls contests — highlighted the second day of the National Bank of Pakistan fourth Rehana Nazar national junior squash championship which entered last four stage at Rehana Nazar Squash Complex, Rashidabad, district Tando Allahyar, on Sunday.

Ali Karamat created quite a stir when he shocked second seed Mansoor Zaman straight 11-7, 13-11, 11-1 in the boys under-17 quarter-final. This was Mansoor’s back-to-back defeat as he had lost to Iqtedar Khan in quarters of the recently held Champion Hunt Initiative Programme for Squash (CHIPS) in the city.

Fourth seed Talha Alam went down to Zeeshan Zeb straight 5-11, 5-11, 10-12 in under-15 quarters while Rashid Dulat sent third seed Humza Sharif packing 11-9, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9.

Meanwhile, unseeded Roshail Shaikh and Aiman Shahbaz pulled of stunning upsets in girls under-19 and under-15 categories respectively. The former was home 11-3, 11-9, 11-9 over third seed Maria Saleem while the latter defeated third seed Fehmina Asim 13-11, 12-10, 11-6 to surge into last four.

Results:

First round):

Boys under-19:

Ahsan Ayaz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Shah Zaib (Sindh) 11-0, 11-2, 11-8; Ahmed Ali Khan (Punjab) bt Afzal Khan (Sindh) 11-2, 11-7, 11-4; Umair Gul (Punjab) bt M Fawad Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-3, 11-0, 11-2; Faizan Khan (Sindh) bt Taimoor Ayaz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-4, 11-4, 11-1; Mohammad Farhan (SNGPL) bt M Faraz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-1, 11-4, 11-3; Salman Saleem (Punjab) bt Sikandar Khan (Sindh) 4-11, 10-12, 12-10, 11-7, 12-10; Salman Jilani (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Hamza Khan (Sindh) 11-0, 11-1, 11-5; Zain Ramzan (Punjab) bt Asfand Yar Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-9, 11-8, 11-3.

Boys under-11: M Huzaifa Ibrahim (Sindh) bt Abdul Hadi (Balochistan) 11-3, 11-5, 11-3; Usman Butt (Punjab) bt Ammar Ali (Sindh) 11-4, 11-1, 11-4; Ashab Irfan (Punjab) bt Farhan Sharif (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 11-4; Afaq Khan (PAF) bt Junaid Khan (Punjab) 14-12, 11-6, 11-8; Khaqan Malik (Punjab) bt Adbullah Sadiq (Sindh) 11-2, 11-1, 11-1; Huzaifa Shahid (Punjab) bt Afnan Mudassir (Punjab) 11-3, 13-11, 11-6. Ammad (PAF).

Quarter-finals:

Boys under-19: Ahsan Ayaz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Ahmed Ali Khan (Punjab) 11-5, 11-2, 11-9; Faizan Khan (Sindh) bt Umair Gul (Punjab) 11-3, 11-3, 11-9; Mohammad Farhan (SNGPL) bt Salman Saleem (Punjab) 11-9, 11-4, 11-5; Zain Ramzan (Punjab) bt Salman Jilani (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-8, 17-15, 11-9.

Boys under-17: Mehran Javed (PAF) bt Kabeer Alam (Sindh) 11-4, 11-2, 11-7; Arslan Ramzan (Punjab) bt Usmar Hassan (Punjab) 11-8, 1-11, 12-10, 11-6; Fawad Khalil (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt M Mubeen (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-5, 11-2, 7-11, 11-5; Ali Karamat (PAF) bt Mansoor Zaman (PAF) 11-7, 13-11, 11-1.

Boys under-15: Abbas Zaib (PAF) bt Hamid Habib (PAF) 13-11, 11-6, 13-11; Zeeshan Zeb (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Talha Alam (Sindh) 11-5, 11-5, 12-10; Junaid Khan (PAF) bt Haris Qasim (Punjab) 8-11, 13-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7; Zeeshan Gul (PAF) bt Naveed Rehman (Sindh) 11-5, 11-6, 11-6.

Boys under-13: Zeeshan Malik (PAF) bt Ahmed Hassan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-9, 11-4, 6-11, 14-12; Rashid Dulat (PAF) bt Humza Sharif (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-9, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9; Mavia Hussain (PAF) bt Ibtisam Riaz (Punjab) 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9; Uzair Shukat (PAF) bt Usman Allauddin (Punjab) 11-5, 11-4, 9-11, 11-3.

Girls under-19: Sadia Gul (SNGPL) bt Warsha (Sindh) 11-2, 11-3, 11-2; Madina Zafar (SNGPL) bt Sarah (Sindh) 11-2, 11-3, 11-1; Roshail Shaikh (Sindh) bt Maria Saleem (Sindh) 11-3, 11-9, 11-9; Faiza Zafar (NUST) bt Shazia Khan (Sindh) 11-2, 11-1, 11-4.

Girls under-15: Noor-ul-Huda (Sindh) bt Aina Shaikh (Sindh) 11-4, 11-2, 11-6; Ilsa Imran (Sindh) bt Uzma Naz (Sindh) 12-10, 11-5, 11-4; Aiman Shahbaz (Punjab) bt Fahmina Asim (Sindh) 13-11, 12-10, 11-6; Komal (PAF) bt Noor-ul-Ain Ijaz (Punjab) 13-11, 11-6, 11-9.

Published in Dawn, February 9th, 2015

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