LAHORE: Irfan Saeed and Mohammad Ali Larosh set up the men’s final while Mahoor Shahzad and Ghazala Siddique will vie for the women’s crown after the quartet won their last-four clashes in the National Ranking Badminton Championship on Saturday.

Results (semi-finals):

Men’s singles: Irfan Saeed (Wapda) bt Muqeet Tahir (Wapda) 21-18, 23-21; M Ali Larosh (Wapda) bt Awais Zahid (Wapda) by 21-12, 21-16.

Women’s singles: Ghazala Siddique (Wapda) bt Laiba Masood (Wapda) 21-13, 21-8; Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda) bt Ammarah Ishtiaq (Army) 22-20, 16-21, 21-9.

Men’s Doubles: Raja Zulqarnain (Army)/Mohammad Ali Larosh (Wapda) bt Azeem Sarwar (Wapda)/Murad Ali (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 21-18, 21-12; Awais Zahid/Zunain Javed (both Wapda) bt Muqeet Tahir (Wapda)/M Adnan (Army) 21-14, 21-10.

Published in Dawn, December 8th, 2024