The matches of first and second rounds were played on the opening day. - File photo

LAHORE: The Punjab National Open Squash Championship for men and women began at the Punjab Squash Complex here on Thursday.

The matches of first and second rounds were played on the opening day.

The third and final qualifying round will be played on Friday after which four players will qualify for the main round starting on Saturday.

Results: First round: Sadam-ul-Haq (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Athar Ali (Punjab) 11-5, 11-4; Umer Balaj (Punjab) bt Haseeb Gul (Punjab) 11-9, 11-8; Abdullah H Bashir (Punjab) bt Umer Allauddin (Punjab) 11-7, 10-12, 11-5; Asim Khan bt Yasir Sarwar (Punjab) 11-7, 11-9; Ahmad Amin (Punjab) bt Salman Hashmi (Punjab) 11-2, 11-4; Zain Khan (Punjab) bt Sheraz Saleem 11.9, 11-8; Moin Rauf (Punjab) bt Usama Ahmad (Punjab) 11-2, 11-4; Israr Ahmad (Punjab) bt Naeem (Punjab) 12-10, 12-10; Naqash Shahid (Punjab) bt Basit Samad (Punjab) 11-7, 12-10; Tayyab Aslam (Punjab) bt Kashif Asif (Punjab) 11-5, 11-7; M Waseem (Punjab) bt M Farhan (Punjab) 11-8, 12-10; Noor Ali Khan (Punjab) bt Hamza Imtiaz (Punjab) 11-6, 11-6; Faisal Sarwar (Punjab) bt Tariq Khan (Punjab) 11-7, 11-6; Wahab Khan (Punjab) bt Hashim (Punjab); Shahid Hussain (Punjab) bt Noman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 8-11, 11-8, 11-6; Ammad Fareed (Punjab) bt Amir Yaqoob (Punjab) 11-8, 11-7,

Second round: Sadam-ul-Haq bt Umer Balaj 12-10, 11-5, 11-9; Asim Khan bt Abdullah Bashir 11-5, 11-9, 11-6; Ahmad Amin bt Zain Khan 11-6, 11-2, 11-6; Israr Ahmad bt Moin Rauf 12-10, 11-0, 11-7; Tayyab Aslam bt Naqash Shahid 11-7, 11-6, 8-11, 9-11, 11-6; M Waseem bt Noor Ali Khan 11-3, 11-7, 11-8; Wahab Khan bt Faisal Sarwar 11-8, 11-9, 11-5; Amaad Farid bt Shahid Husain 8-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-6.