Seeded Ayaz, Sumaid crash out of Jr squash
KARACHI, May 24 At least two seeded players were knocked out in the first round in different categories on the opening day of the inaugural Tughral Shah Khan Memorial National Junior Squash Championship at PN Roshan Khan-Jahangir Khan Squash Complex on Monday.
Unseeded Rizwan Gul of PAF sprang a surprise when he inflicted 11-7, 11-7, 10-12, 13-15, 11-4 defeat on second seed M. Ayaz Khan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to advance into boys' under-17 quarter-finals.
Similarly, another second seed Sumaid Rashid of Punjab made his exit losing 8-11, 11-13, 12-10, 7-11 to province-mate Ahmed Ali Khan in boys' under-11.
Earlier, provincial secretary of Sports and Youth Affairs, Shoaib Siddiqui, formally inaugurated the event.
The girls' under-15 and under-19 matches begin on Tuesday.
Results
Boys' under-19 first round
Waqas Mehboob (KP) bt Noor Ali (Punjab) 11-2, 11-2, 11-6; Raees Khan (KP) bt Saddam-ul-Haq (KP) 11-3, 11-8, 13-15, 4-11, 11-5; Sheikh Saqib (Punjab) bt Waqas Gul (KP) 3-11, 7-11, 11-3, 11-5, 11-2; Mahad Javed (Sindh) bt Shahid Hussain (Punjab) 14-12, 12-10, 2-11, 9-11, 11-9; Naqash Shahid (Punjab) bt Haroon Rashid (Punjab) 9-11, 3-11, 11-7, 11-1, 11-6; Hamza Bukhari (Punjab) bt Moqadar Shah (KP) 11-8, 11-3, 11-6; Haroon Samad (Punjab) bt Ahmed Amin (Punjab) 0-11, 5-11, 11-5, 14-12, 15-13; Aurangzeb Mehmund (Punjab) bt Arbab Dilawar (PAF) 16-14, 11-9, 11-6.
Boys' under-17 first round
Salman Mohib (KP) bt Moin Rauf (Punjab) 11-7, 11-5, 11-8; Babar Ghafoor (Punjab) bt Adil Khan (KP) 11-6, 11-5, 11-5; Salam Zeb (PAF) bt Fahim Gul (PAF) 7-11, 11-3, 11-2, 11-3; Malik Omar Balaj (Punjab) bt Babrak Khan (KP) 2-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-7; Saad Shahid (Sindh) bt Farman Ahmed (Punjab) 11-9, 11-5, 11-4; Faraz Mohammad (PAF) bt Shah Jehan (Punjab) 7-11-, 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9; Ali Bukhari (Punjab) bt Noman Khan (Sindh) 11-8, 11-4, 11-7; Rizwan Gul (PAF) bt M. Ayaz Khan (KP) 11-7, 11-7, 10-12, 13-15, 11-4.
Boys' under-15 first round
Bilal Zakir (PAF) bt Abdullah Bashir (Punjab) 11-4, 11-5, 11-6; Noman Shahid (PAF) bt Asim Khan (Punjab) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5; Ali Nasir (PAF) bt M. Arif (NWFP) 11-2, 11-3, 8-11, 11-5; Akif Zaib (NWFP) bt Kamran Khan (Sindh) 11-5, 11-9, 11-3; M. Tayyab (Punjab) bt M. Adil Faqir (KP) 11-4, 11-3, 11-7; Ammad Farid (Punjab) bt Mohammad Farhan (Punjab) 11-7, 11-9, 12-10; Mehmood Mehboob (NWFP) bt Javed Ali (Balochistan) 11-9, 12-10, 13-11; Fazal Mehmood (PAF) bt Arif Gul (KP) 11-7, 11-7, 12-14, 11-3.
Boys' under-13 first round
Zeeshan Khan (PAF) bt Ahsan Ayaz (PAF) 6-11, 12-10, 10-12, 11-5, 11-3; Kabeer Alam (Sindh) bt Shaham Ahmed Tarar (Sindh) 116, 11-3, 11-4; ShanUllah (PAF) bt Shoaib Khan (NWFP) 11-7, 11-7, 11-5; Umair Gul (Punjab) bt Liquat Ali (NWFP) 11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-8; Essa Usmani (Punjab) bt Aqib Rasheed (Sindh) 7-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-6; Imam Sher Khan (Punjab) bt Marwan (NWFP) 13-11, 11-4, 11-6; Firasat Ali (PAF) bt Majid Khan (NWFP) 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7.
Boys' under-11 first round
Mehran Javed (PAF) bt Sikandar Khan (Sindh) 11-8, 11-8, 11-3; Hammas Ahmed Tarar (Sindh) bt Zeeshan Gul (NWFP) 11-8, 11-1, 11-7; Bilal Khan (Punjab) bt Alber Khan (Balochistan) 11-5, 11-1, 11-6; M. Shahzad Umar Khan (Punjab) bt Suleman Gillani (NWFP) 11-5, 11-7, 15-13; Faizan Khan (Sindh) bt Talha Alam (Sindh) 11-7, 11-2, 11-2; M. Zain Ramzan (Punjab) bt Mujtaba Raza (Sindh) 11-3, 11-5, 11-5; Ali Karmat (PAF) bt Kashif Asif (Punjab) 11-9, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9; Ahmed Ali Khan (Punjab) bt Sumaid Rashid (Punjab) 11-8, 13-11, 10-12, 11-7.
Tuesday's fixtures
Quarter-finals
Boys' under-19 and under-17 at 10.00am; boys' under-15 and under-11 at 11.30am; boys' under-13 at 12.30pm; girls under-19 and under-15 at 4.00pm.