KARACHI: Eight players in men’s events and an equal number among women’s competitions have qualified for the main draw of the ninth DG Rangers Sindh National Open Squash Championship at the Rangers Jahangir Khan squash complex on Saturday.

Those who were through to the main round in the men’s events are Moin Rauf, Sadamul Haq, Raees Khan, Ali Imran, Mehran Javed, Salman Hashmi, Mohammad Naeem and Babrak Khan.

The women’s qualifiers include Mehwish Ayub, Zainab, Noureena Shams, Komal. Aina Shaikh. Irum Jehan. Alishbah Ibad and Uzma Naz.

Results:

Men’s second qualifying round:

Moin Rauf (Punjab) bt Owais Khan (PAF) 11-9, 12-10, 11-6; Sadamul Haq (Army) bt Safiullah Kakar (Balochistan) 11-8, 13-11, 11-6, 11-8; Raees Khan (Army) bt Mansoor Zaman (CHIPS) 11-5, 11-7, 11-9; Ali Imran (Sindh) bt Saad Abdullah (Sindh) 11-5, 11-9, 11-6; Mehran Javed (CHIPS) bt Rizwan Gul (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-9, 11-8, 11-1; Salman Hashmi (Punjab) bt Safeer Khan (PAF) 11-3, 13-11, 11-2; Mohammad Naeem (Sindh) bt Adnan Latif (Sindh) 11-1, 11-7, 11-3; Babrak Khan (ZTBL) bt Talha Alam (Sindh) 11-5, 11-9, 11-8.

Qualifying round one:

Owais Khan (PAF) bt M Adil Faqir (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 3-11, 13-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7; Moin Rauf (Punjab) bt Faizan Khan (Sindh) 11-7, 9-11, 11-1, 10-12, 11-8; Safiullah Kakar (Balochistan) bt Junaid Rehman (Sindh) 11-6, 11-0, 11-6; Sadamul Haq (Army) bt Sikandar Khan (Sindh) 11-7, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8; Raees Khan (Army) bt Salman Zeb (Army) 11-4, 11-7, 11-1; Mansoor Zaman (CHIPS) bt Abdul Qadir (Punjab) 11-7, 11-8, 11-5; Saad Abdullah (Sindh) bt Kabeer Alam (Sindh) 13-11, 11-13, 11-9, 7-11, 12-10; Ali Imran (Sindh) bt Hamza Imtiaz (Punjab) 12-10, 15-13, 7-11, 11-9; Rizwan Gul (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bt Abdul Basit (Sindh) 11-7, 11-5, 11-6; Mehran Javed (CHIPS) bt Arsalan Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-1, 11-1, 11-5; Salman Hashmi (Punjab) bt Bilal Islam (PIA) 11-3, 11-9, 11-3; Safeer Khan (PAF) bt Abdul Malik (Balochistan) 11-8, 11-4, 11-6; Adnan Latif (Sindh) bt Sajid Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 11-3, 11-4, 11-6; Mohammad Naeem (Sindh) bt Khurram Shahzad (Sindh) 12-10, 11-7, 11-7; Babrak Khan (ZTBL) bt Yawar Ashraf (PIA) 11-9, 11-9, 11-6; Talha Alam (Sindh) bt Sulemain Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 5-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-7.

Women’s qualifying round one:

Irum Jehan (Sindh) bt Nabia Imran (Sindh) 11-0, 11-2, 11-1; Alishbah Ibad (Sindh) bt Bisma (Punjab) 11-13, 10-3, 11-6; Uzma Naz (Sindh) bt Humaira Naz (Sindh) 11-7, 11-5, 11-5.

Sunday’s fixtures:

Men’s:

Nasir Iqbal (Wapda) v Noman Khan (Sindh), Mahad Javed (Sindh) v Ali Bokhari (Punjab), Chaudhary Nasir Anwar (Railway) v Safeer Khan (PAF), Mahran Javed (CHIPS) v M. Asim Khan (SNGPL), Ammad Farid (Punjab) v Raees Khan (Army), Asif Khalil (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) v Shahid Hussain (Sindh), Bilal Zakir (Army) v Ali Imran (Sindh), Moin Rauf (Punjab) v Tayyab Aslam (ZTBL), Farhan Mehboob (Wapda) v M. Naeem (Sindh), Kashif Asif (SNGPL) v M. Farhan (SNGPL), Ahmed Sethi (Punjab) v Zahir Shah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Babrak Khan (ZTBL) v Shaikh Saquib (Punjab), Waqar Mehboob (ZTBL) v Sadamul Haq (Army), Ibrahim Noorani (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) v Abbas Shoukat (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Faraz Mohammad (PN) v Zeeshan Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Salman Hashmi (Punjab) v Farhan Zaman (PAF).

Women’s:

Sadia Gul (SNGPL) v Aina Shaikh (Sindh), Madina Zafar (SNGP) v Mayral Shaikh (Sindh), Rushana Mehboob (ZTBL) v Habiba Khan (ZTBL), Uzma Naz (Sindh) v Zahab Kamal Khan (Sindh), Neha Kamal Khan (Sindh) v Komal (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Aiman Shahbaz (Punjab) v Fahmina Asim (Sindh), Noureena Shams (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) v Noou-ul-Ain Ejaz (Punjab), Alishba Ibad (Sindh) v Moqaddas Ashraf (Wapda), Saima Shoukat (Wapda) v Nabiha Imran (Sindh), Zainab (Sindh) v Noor-ul-Huda (SNGPL), Tehrima Islam (Sindh) v Faiza Zafar (Sindh), Bisma (Punjab) v Anam Aziz (Sindh), Raffat Khan (Wapda) v Irum Jehan (Sindh), Amna Fayyaz (Sindh) v Ilas Imran (Sindh), Maira Saleem (Sindh), v Sibgha Arshad (Punjab), Mehwish Ayub (Sindh) v Sammar Anjum (SNGPL).

Published in Dawn, December 27th, 2015