LAHORE: The All-Pakistan National Ranking Badminton Tournament entered the quarter-final stage in the both men and women’s singles section here on Wednesday.

In the men’s category, Awais Zahid, Azeem Sarwar, Irfan Saeed, Anjum Bashir, Amir Saeed, Abdur Rehman, Ahsan Qamar qualified for the last eight.

In the women’s section, Mahoor Shahzad, Palwasha Bashir, Ghazala Siddique, Sidra Hamid, Saba Mughal, Sehra Akram, Saima Waqas made it to the last-eight round.

Results:

Last 16 round:

Men’s singles:

Awais Zahid (Wapda) bt Rizwan Ahmed (Army) 22-20, 21-16; Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) bt Soban Jamil 21-9, 21-18; Irfan Saeed (Wapda) bt Waqas Zahid (Wapda) 21-6, 21-14; Anjum Bashir (SNGPL) bt Hashir Bashir (Wapda) 21-15, 21-18; Aamir Saeed (Wapda) bt Shabbar Hussain (Wapda) 21-6, 21-16; Ahsan Qamar (PIA) bt Muqeet Tahir (Wapda) 23-21, 21-16.

Women singles:

Mahnoor Shahzad (Wapda) bt Aqsa Zikria (HEC) 21-3, 21-4; Palwasha Bashir (NBP) bt Bushra Quyaam (Wapda) 21-14, 21-9; Ghazala Siddique (SNGPL) bt Mahmoona Ameer (Wapda) 21-13, 21-10; Sidra Hamid (Wapda) bt Huma Javed (Wapda) 21-15, 17-21, 21-9; Saba Mughal (Wapda) bt Javeria Tahir (SNGPL) 21-19, 21-16; Sehra Akram (Wapda) bt Kausar Javed (HEC) 21-7, 21-14; Saima Waqas (Wapda) bt Sara Mohmand (NBP) 21-15, 18-21, 21-14.

Published in Dawn, August 18th, 2016