Nasir, Mariam claim national squash titles

Published December 26, 2022
NASIR Iqbal stretches for a shot against Noor Zaman during their final of the PSF National Ranking Championship at the Mushaf Squash Complex on Sunday.—courtesy PSF
NASIR Iqbal stretches for a shot against Noor Zaman during their final of the PSF National Ranking Championship at the Mushaf Squash Complex on Sunday.—courtesy PSF

ISLAMABAD: Experi­enced player Nasir Iqbal and Mariam Malik won the men’s and women’s titles of the PSF National Ranking Championship here at the Mushaf Squash Complex on Sunday.

Nasir took 38 minutes to defeat Noor Zaman 3-1 (11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9) in the final.

Mariam of Army beat SNGPL’s Noor-ul-Ain Ejaz 11-6, 11-6, 12-10 in the women’s decider lasting 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, after completion of the senior events, the junior contests began on Sun­day. Matches of boys U-11, 13, 15, 17, 19 and girls U-15 and U-19 categories were held.

Results:

Boys U-11: Faizan Ali (Punjab) bt Haseeb Ali (Punjab) 11-0, 11-0, 11-2; Atta-e-Mustafa (Punjab) bt Umar Ashraf (Punjab) 11-3, 11-3, 11-7; Abdul Rehman (KP) bt Abdullah Aniq (PAF) 11-0, 11-1, 11-1; Ahmed Safwan (KP) bt Ayan Mehboob (KP) 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6; Syed Zain Ali (Punjab) bt Moaz Khan (Balochistan) 11-7, 3-11, 11-8, 11-1; Salman Tahir (Punjab) bt Essa Nafay (KP) 11-2, 11-4, 11-5; Anas Rafay (KP) bt Mohammad Rayyan Zaman (Punjab) 11-4, 11-5, 11-9; Mustafa Khan (Punjab) bt Golden Arif (Punjab) 11-3, 11-5, 11-3; Mohammad Jasim (Punjab) bt Mohammad Salar (KP) 11-3, 11-6, 11-2; Malik Mohammad (KP) bt Ibrahim Ahmed (Punjab) 11-2, 11-1, 11-3; Ayan Noor (Punjab) bt Mohammad Essam (KP) 12-10, 11-7, 11-8; Talha Irfan (Punjab) bt Salman Adnan (Punjab) 11-3, 11-2, 11-1; Atif Ali Naz (KP) bt Shahzain Khawaja (Punjab) 11-2, 11-0, 11-2; Mustafa (KP) bt Abdur Rehman Shuraim (Punjab) 11-9, 11-7, 5-11, 4-11, 12-10; Raheel (Sindh) bt Mohammad Luqman (KP) 11-1, 11-2, 11-2; Abdul Kabir (KP) bt Huzaifa (KP) 11-0, 11-1, 11-2

Boys U-13: Huzaifa Shahid (Sindh) bt Joshua Tariq (Punjab) 11-2, 11-2, 11-2; Mohammad Faizan (KP) bt Salman Khan (Sindh) 11-4, 11-4, 11-4; Abdullah Shah (KP) bt Ahmed Ali (Punjab) 11-3, 12-10, 12-10; Rehan Siddiq (Punjab) bt Tahoor Tahir (Sindh) 11-2, 11-0, 11-1; Rana Ayyan (Punjab) bt Tauseef Ahmed (Punjab) 6-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9; Fawad (KP) bt Awais Jan (KP) 11-0, 11-4, 11-3; Raja Ali Amir (Punjab) bt Hamza Gul (KP) 7-11, 11-7, 11-4, 4-11, 11-7; Arslan Farman (KP) bt Amir Adnan (Punjab) 11-9, 11-8, 11-6; Noor Ali (Punjab) bt Zarak Khan (PAF) 11-2, 11-2, 12-10; Haris Khalil (Sindh) bt Sufyan Shahid 11-2, 11-3, 11-3; Shah Nawab (Punjab) bt Ansaar (KP) 11-9, 11-8, 13-11; Mamoon Khan (PAF) bt Adnan Sohail (Punjab) 11-3, 11-5, 12-10; Sameer Khan (Punjab) bt Mohammad Bin Atif (Punjab) 11-8, 11-8, 11-7; Rayyan Bahadur (KP) bt Rehmat Khan (KP) 11-4, 11-4, 11-4; Syed Mohammad Hussain (Punjab) bt Inshal Abbas (Punjab) 11-3, 11-2, 11-0; Shahazd (PAF) bt Danish Sikandar (KP) 11-1, 11-3, 11-7

Boys U-15: Asmatullah (Balochistan) bt Mohammad Malik (KP) 11-9, 11-4, 10-12, 10-12, 11-9; Faseeh-ur-Rehman (Punjab) bt Arslan Khawar (Punjab) 11-2, 11-8, 12-10; Yahya Khan (KP) bt Mustafa Azad (PAF) 11-9, 11-6, 11-5; Ahmed Rayyan Khalil (PAF) bt Hassan Ramzan (Punjab) 11-2, 11-1, 11-1; Abdullah (KP) bt Omar Farooq Butt (Punjab) 11-7, 11-6, 11-6; Talha Butt (Punjab) bt Hamza Khan (KP) 11-4, 11-4, 11-7; Zohaib Khan (Sindh) bt Junaid (KP) 11-1, 11-0, 11-3; Rehan Alamgir (KP) bt Arham Khan (PAF) 11-5, 11-13, 15-13, 5-11, 11-9; Haris Zahid (PAF) bt Hassan Fahim (KP) 13-11, 11-9, 11-1; Nouman Khan (PAF) bt Umar Ahmed Usmani (Sindh) 11-2, 11-4, 11-6; Kamran Khan (Punjab) bt Adil Ahmed (Punjab) 11-1, 11-7, 11-3; Abdullah Zaman (PAF) bt Arman Ali (KP) 1-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-4; Raheel (KP) bt Habib Moazzam (Punjab) 11-8, 11-8, 12-10; Ibrahim Zeb (KP) bt Nasrullah (Balochistan) 11-1, 11-1, 11-8

Boys U-17: Ibrahim Mohib (Army) bt Huzaifa Jahanzeb (KP) 11-4, 11-9, 12-10; Azan Ali (Army) bt Raja Sikandar (Punjab) 11-9, 11-0, 11-4; Noor Khan (KP) bt Hammad (KP) 11-9, 11-4, 11-7; Mohammad Babar (Punjab) bt Furqan (KP) 11-6, 11-9, 11-8; Adnan Zaman (Sindh) bt Waqif (KP) 11-1, 11-3, 11-2; Mohammad Shamlan Gul (KP) bt Arslan Ali (Punjab) 11-6, 11-4, 11-4; Mohammad Zubair (Punjab) bt Rohan Ali (KP) 10-12, 11-5, 11-3, 11-5; Mubeen Khan (PAF) bt Labib Butt (Sindh) 10-12, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5; Mohammad Zaman (SNGPL) bt Huzaifa (KP) 11-2, 11-2, 11-1; Saim Asif (Punjab) bt Mohammad Raza (KP) 11-6, 11-3, 11-5; Rana Zohaib Ali (Punjab) bt Salahuddin Ayaz (Punjab) 11-5, 5-11, 11-4, 11-5; Ahmed Kamran (Punjab) bt Abdullah Butt (Punjab) 11-9, 11-8, 2-11, 11-9; Shayan Ali (Sindh) bt Mir Khawaja (Punjab) 11-4, 11-2, 11-5; Abdul Basit (Sindh) bt Ali Ahmed Usmani (Sindh) 11-1, 11-5, 11-8; Mufarik Ali Shah (KP) bt Mohammad Aliyan Khan (Sindh) 11-4, 11-3, 11-3

Girls U-15: Mahnoor Ali (Sindh) got bye; Zynab Fatima (PAF) bt Saha Noor (KP) 11-5, 11-1, 11-3; Hafsa Umar (KP), Sunzil Safdar (KP), Bushra Shahbaz (Punjab), Zymal Khan (PAF), Zynab Zubair (Punjab) and Sehrish Ali (Sindh) also got bye in the first round.

Published in Dawn, December 26th, 2022

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