LAHORE, Nov 28 Dania Khan defeated Anila in the girls' under-19 semi-final of the National Junior badminton championship at the New Khan hall here on Saturday.

In the other semi-final, Monisha Kotiya proved too good for Sumaira, defeating her 21-12, 21-19.

The pairs of Sama / Saba Rasheed and and Dania / Anum entered the doubles final.

Sama and Saba Rasheed (Sindh) beat Fareeha Imtiaz and Hira Tahir (Punjab) 21-12, 20-22, 21-15 while Dania-Anum (Punjab) overcame Sofia Mughal-Tahira (Sindh) 21-9, 21-14.

Results

Girls' U-19 singles semi-finals Dania Khan (Punjab) bt Anila (Railway) 21-9, 21-14; Monisha Kotiya (Sindh) bt Sumaira (Railway) 21-12, 21-19.

Girls' U-16 singles semi-finals Sama Asif (Sindh) bt Fareeha Imtiaz (Punjab) 21-10, 20-22, 21-14; Marina Khan (Balochistan) got walkover against Anila Arshad (Railways).

Girls' U-16 singles quarter-finals Fariha Imtiaz (Punjab) bt Hira Tahir (Punjab) 21-15, 21-14; Sama Asif (Sindh) bt Sana Nawaz (Punjab) 21-7, 21-4; Marina Khan (Balochistan) bt Saba Rasheed (Sindh) 21-16, 21-8; Anila Irshad (Punjab) bt Ayesha (Punjab) 21-3, 21-4.

Girls' U-19 doubles semi-finals Sama-Saba Rasheed (Sindh) bt Fareeha Imtiaz-Hira Tahir (Punjab) 21-12, 20-22, 21-15; Dania-Anum (Punjab) bt Sofia Mughal-

Tahira (Sindh) 21-9, 21-14.

Boys' U-19 singles pre-quarter-finals Adil Haseeb (Punjab) bt Hammad Yaseen (Punjab) 21-9, 21-15; Adnan (Punjab) bt Usman Raza (Punjab) 22-20, 22-20; Hafiz Irfan Saeed (Punjab) bt Faizan (Punjab) 21-12, 21-17; Azeem Sarwar (Punjab) bt Subhan (Punjab) 21-12, 19-21, 21-13; Zeeshan Khan (Punjab) bt Taimur Arab (Punjab) 21-16, 21-17; Hannan Raza (Punjab) bt M. Naseer (NWFP) 21-17, 20-22, 28-26; Arsalan Khan (Punjab) bt Tahir Ali Shah (NWFP) 21-12, 21-18; Awais Zahid (Punjab) bt Hassan Abbas (Sind) 21-8, 23-21.

Boys' U-19 doubles pre-quarter-finals Adil Haseeb-Tahir Ali Shah (Punjab) bt Ammar Rasheed-Ghulam Farid (Punjab) 21-15, 21-11; Adnan-Anwar-ul-Haq (Punjab) bt Subhan-Azeem Sarwar (Punjab) 21-16, 22-20; Faizan-Hammad Yaseen (Punjab) bt Ali Raza-Moeen Khan (Balochistan) 21-10, 21-9; Hassan Rehman-Salman (NWFP) bt Omer Shahzad-Aqib 21-10, 21-10; Shujaat Ahmad-Shabil Ahmad (Rabwa) bt M. Sohail-M. Harris (Punjab) 21-10, 21-15; Haroon-Naseer (NWFP) bt M. Tayyab-Attique-ur-Rehman (Punjab) 21-7, 11-21, 21-12; Naseer-Haroon (NWFP) bt Amir-Junaid (Punjab) 21-17, 17-21, 21-13; Awais Zahid-Taimur (Punjab) bt Imran-Sajid (Punjab) 21-11, 21-14.

Boys' U-16 doubles pre-quarter-finals Subhan-Mohtasim (Punjab) bt Sajid Khan-Jazib Nadeem 21-19, 21-12; M. Sajid-Abdul Rehman (Punjab) bt Nadeem Sarwar-Bilal (NWFP) 21-11, 21-18; Mozam-Anjum bt Sajid Haider-Awais-ur-Rehman (Punjab) 21-5, 21-17; Hamza Yasin-Burhan Yasir (Punjab) bt Talha-Shahmeer (Punjab) 21-16, 16-21, 21-19; Aamir Saeed-Junaid Fareed (Punjab) bt Awais-M. Ali 21-13, 21-15; Abdul Basit-M. Arsalan (Sindh) bt Javed Iqbal-Akbar Ali (Punjab) 21-9, 21-10; Raja Husnain-Inzamam-ul-Haq (Punjab) bt Harris Naveed-Hamza Naveed (Punjab) 21-16, 21-11. -

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