LAHORE: Amal Munib and Laiba Masoud reached the women’s U-18 final while Raja Zulqarnain Haider and Muqsit Amir qualified for the men’s U-18 decider here at the Punjab Junior Badminton Championships on Tuesday.

Amal ousted Meerub Bhandara 21-14, 21-4 in the first semi-final while Laiba outclassed Amna Jawad 21-13, 21-9 in the other semi-final.

In the men’s singles semi-finals, Raja Zulqarnain got the better of Anas Akhtar 21-15, 21-18 while Muqsit Amir faced tough opposition before he overpowered Tayyab Shafiq 18-21, 21-5, 21-19.

Results:

Women’s U-18 singles (semi-finals): Amal Munib (Lhr) bt Meerub Bhandara (Lhr) 21-14, 21-4; Laiba Masoud (Lhr) bt Amna Jawad (Lhr) 21-13, 21-9

Men’s U-18 singles (semi-finals): Raja Zulqarnain Haider (Hzd) bt Anas Akhtar (Lhr) 21-15, 21-18; Muqsit Amir (Fsd) bt Tayyab Shafiq (Lhr) 18-21, 21-5, 21-19.

Boys U-14 singles (quarter-finals): Saad Amir (Lhr) bt Ahmad Niazi (Bhakar) 21-9, 21-10; Amar Hassan Janjua (Rwl) bt M. Rehan (Lhr) 21-10, 21-10; Moeez Faisal (Lhr) bt Burhan Ahmad Lodhi (DGK);Muhammad Ibrahim (Rwl) bt Malik Ghasif Raza (Hzd) 21-15, 21-18

Boys U-16 singles (Pre-quarterfinals): Raza Ali (Lhr) bt Haseeb Ahmad (Hzd) 21-13, 21-16; M. Haneef (Jhang) bt Bilal Nadeem (Lhr) by 16-21, 21-8, 21-16; Haris Fareed (Swl) bt Nouman Habib (Rahim Yar Khan) 21-20, 21-10; Raja Hassan (Hzd) bt Hasin Masoud (Lhr) 21-11, 21-12.

Girls U-16 singles (quarter-finals): Zainab Chaudhry (Lhr) bt Hajra Nabeel (Lhr) 21-19, 21-17; Mehr-Un-Nisa (Lhr) bt Saman Shafique (Lhr) 21-9, 21-14; Hadiqa Aftab (Lhr) bt Arwa Rasheed (Lhr) 21-11, 21-13; Tayyaba Shafiq (Lhr) bt Laiba Anwar (Lhr) — walkover

Men U-18 singles (quarter-finals): Muqsit Amir (Fsd) bt Faizan Afzal (Bwn) 21-17, 21-19; Raja Zulqarnain Haider (Hzd) bt Jalees Yousaf (Vehari) 22-20, 21-12; Anas Akhtar (Lhr) bt Hasheem-Ul-Hassan (Lhr) 21-11, 17-21, 21-17; Tayyab Shafiq (Lhr) bt Asad Tahir (Lhr) 21-9, 21-16

Men’s U-18 doubles (quarter-finals): Raja Zulqarnain (Hzd)-Tayyab Shafiq (Lhr) bt Hamza-Asad Ali (Bhakar) 21-16, 21-14; Ahsan- Shayan (Jehlum) bt Hammad-Jalees (Vehari) 21-18, 13-21, 21-18; Yasir Jibran-Hanif (Chiniot) bt Munib Haider-Hassan (Hzd) 21-18, 26-24; Muqsit-Anas (Fsd) bt M Khubaib-M. Taqueer (TTS) 21-18, 21-17

Published in Dawn, October 10th, 2018

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