LAHORE, July 3: Defending champion Umar Zeeshan (National Bank of Pakistan) continued his march to the finals by overcoming Wapda’s Atif Nadeem in the men’s pre-quarter final of the Amir Abdullah Khan Rokhari badminton tournament on Thursday.

Wajid Ali, Ahsan Qamar, Hashir Basheer, Arslan Khan, M. Atiq, Shabbar Hussain and Zafar Tasneem also reached the quarter-finals.

Results:

Umar Zeeshan (Wapda) bt Atif Nadeem (NBP) 21-17, 12-21 & 21-12;Zafar Tasneem (Wapda) bt Waqas Zahid (Railways) 21-14, 21-11; Ahsan Qamar (PIA) bt Rizwan Azam (NBP) 21-15, 21-13; Amer Islam (Wapda ) bt Rizwan Rana (Wapda) 21-23, 22-20, 21-10; M. Atiq (Wapda) bt Waqas Ahmed (Wapda) 21-7, 21-15;

Hashir Basheer (Wapda) bt M. Shafique (Wapda) 21-10, 21-11;

Syed Shabbar Hussain (Wapda) bt Imran Mohib (Wapda ) 16-21, 21-19 & 21-13; Wajid Ali (Wapda) bt Sabir Haneef (NBP) by 21-13, 21-15.

Women’s singles 1st round:

Rabia Malik (Wapda) bt Saira Razaq (Punjab) 21-19, 9-21, & 21-15; Aneeqa Rana (Wapda) bt Khizra (Railways) 21-6, 21-13; Sumaira Arshad(Railways bt Anum (Punjab) 21-6, 21-2; Saleema (Wapda) bt Salma Sharif (HEC) 21-10, 21-10.

Sara Mohmand (NBP) bt Amina Dar (Punjab) 21-12, 21-1.

Palwasha Basheer (NBP) bt

Maryam (Punjab) by 21-9, 21-7.

Razia Parveen (Wapda) bt Fareeha Imtiaz (Punjab) 21-9, 21-4.

Women’s doubles

Sadia & Aneeqa Rana (Wapda) bt

Fareeha & Aneela (Railways) 21-7, 21-11; Rabia Mailk-Shahnaz Shah (Wapda) bt Yasmin-Sumaira (Railways) 21-18, 21-17.

Farzana Ali - Uzma Butt (Wapda) Bt Salma Sharif & Saleema 21-11, 21-7.