KARACHI, June 3: Beenish Sharif and Mehwish Zaman sailed into the women's singles final of Karachi regional badminton championship after winning their semifinals at National Sports Training and Coaching Centre on Saturday.

Beenish offered a great challenge in the first game before going down to Humaira Raees 21-18, 21-10 while Mehwish defeated Soofia Mughal 21-17, 21-11 also after keenly contested pre-final.

Regional competition is conducted to select Karachi men and women team for Sindh Games to be held at Hyderabad from June 12 to 16.

Results: Ladies singles: Beenish Sharif bt Irshad 21-9, 21-6, Salma bt Amber 21-5, 21-11, Saba Mughal bt Qudsia 21-10, 21-12, Samman Asif bt Kishwar 21-11, 21-12, Farah Naz bt Shereen 21-10, 21-9, Humira Raees bt Shakila 21-6, 21-9, Mehwish Zaman bt Fatima Umer 21-6, 21-6, Zahida Raza bt Sana Inam 21-10, 21-12, Nageen bt Ayesha Ali 21-16, 21-15, Dr. Samreen bt Anjum Khan 21-6, 21-7, Sehrish bt Alia 21-8, 21-10, Soofia Mughal bt Sabeen 21-6, 21-7.

Second round: Saba Mughal bt Salma 21-11, 21-12, Samman bt Farah Naz 21-10, 21-14, Nageen bt Zahida Raza 21-10, 21-16, Dr. Samreen bt Sehrish 21-5, 21-10

Quarterfinals: Mehwish bt Saba 21-5, 21-6, Humira bt Samman 21-13, 21-15, Mehwish bt Nageen 21-16, 21-9, Soofia bt Dr.Samreen 21-13, 21-8. Semifinal: Beenish bt Humira 21-18, 21-10, Mehwish bt Soofia 21-17, 21-11.--APP