LAHORE: All-Pakistan National Junior Squash Championship-2017 reached the semi-finals stage in all the five different age categories at the Punjab Squash Association Complex here on Saturday.

While Abbas Zeb and Nasir Khan, both from KP, went to four games to carve out victories. The other quarter-finals were decided in straight ways in the boys U-19 category.

Abbas trounced Saifullah 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, after spending 35 minutes on the court. Nasir outsted Haris Iqbal with the score being 11-8, 10-12, 11-7, 11-6. The match lasted 30 minutes.

Zeeshan Gul (KP) beat Furqan (KP) 11-4, 11-4, 11-5 in just 13 minutes, while, Mansoor Zaman (KP) overpowered Abdul Qadir (Punjab) 11-4, 11-4, 11-6 in 16 minutes.

The quarter-finals of U-17, U-15, U-13 and U-11 were also held which results are as under:

Results:

Under-17: Uzair Rasheed (Punjab) bt M.Saqib Iqbal (PAF) 11-5,11-5,11-7; Haris Qasim (Punjab) bt Zohair Shahid (Punjab) 11-8,11-3,11-9; Uzair Shaukat (PAF) bt Hamza Sharif (PAF) 11-10,11-0,11-7; Oan Abbas (Punjab) bt Rashid Daulat (PAF) 11-6,11-5,11-6.

Under-15: AsadUllah (KP) bt Ibtisam Riaz (Punjab) 8-11,11-9,11-2,11-7; Ali Sher (PAF) bt Ghulam Mohammad (KP) 13-11,11-5,9-11,11-8; Hammad Khan (Punjab) bt Usman Allaudin (Punjab)11-7,11-4,12-10; Khushal Riaz (PAF) bt Farhan Hashmi (Punjab) 11-1,11-8,11-5,15-13,11-6.

Under-13: Tayyab Rauf (Punjab) bt Abbas Nawaz (PAF) 3-11,3-11,12-10,11-9,11-9; M.Hamza (PAF) bt Fahad Sharif (KP) 5-11,11-6,11-9,11-6; M.Ammad (PAF) bt Huzaifa Zahid (KP) 5-11,11-6,11-9,11-6; Ashab Irfan (Punjab) bt Abdullah (KP) 11-7,11-2,11-6.

Under-11: Usman Nadeem butt (Punjab) bt Abdullah Rasheed (Punjab) 11-7,11-7,11-7; Shiraz Akbar (KP) bt Ahad Shaukat (Punjab) 13-11,9-11,6-11,11-7,11-6; Khaqan Malik (Punjab) bt Huzaifa Shahid (Punjab) 11-6,12-10,11-9,11-8,13-11;Yaseen Khattak (KP) bt Mir Fayyaz (Punjab) 7-11,11-7,11-8,5-11,11-9.

Published in Dawn, February 26th, 2017