Babar wins first battle

Published May 27, 2007

PESHAWAR, May 26: Babar Ghafoor outclassed Jawad Noorani in straight sets in the qualifying round of the NWFP National Junior Under-17 squash championship which started at the PAF Hashim Khan Squash Complex on Saturday.

Farhan Zaman is the top seed in the championship with 28 players taking part in the qualifying round.

Results:

Awais Khan bt Owais Rahim 9-10, 9-1, 9-4, 9-0; Raees Khan bt Tariq Khan 4-9, 9-2, 9-4, 9-5; Athar Ali bt Kashif Javed 9-6, 10-8, 9-7; Adeel Asghar bt Mohammad Bilal 9-5, 4-9, 5-9, 10-9, 9-0; Babar Ghafoor bt Jawad Noorani 9-2, 9-0, 9-3; Ijaz Tehkali bt Noor Ali 7-9, 5-9, 9-2, 9-5, 9-8; Awais Khan bt Hamza Bukhari 9-6, 2-9, 9-0, 8-19, 10-8; Awais Rahim bt Haroon Samad 9-6, 10-8, 9-7; Tariq Khan bt Babar Ghafoot 9-6, 9-0, 6-9, 9-3; Owais Rahim bt Adeel Asghar 3-9, 9-4, 9-6, 5-9, 9-8.—APP

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