Ali sisters storm into squash semis

ISLAMABAD: Mahnoor Ali from KP overwhelmed Faiqa Fida of Punjab in straight games to make it to the semi-finals of the girls’ Under-15 category in the National Junior Squash Championship here at the Mushaf Squash Complex Friday.

Mahnoor won 11-1, 11-3, 11-2 to earn a place in the pre-finals. Her sister Sehrish Ali also checked into the semis beating KP’s Sadia Zahoor 11-9, 11-2, 11-5. Results: Boys’ Under-13: Faizan Ali Khan (Army) bt Raheel Masih (Sind) 11-7, 11-3, 11-9, Syed M Hussain (Pb) bt Yahya Farman (KP) 11-7, 11-4, 11-2, Danish Sikandar (KP) bt Abdul Rehman Shuraim (KP) 11-6, 11-5, 11-7, Fawad Khan (KP) bt Ibrahim Ahmed (Pb) 11-4, 11-4, 11-5.

Boys’ Under-15: Shahzeb (PAF) bt Awais Jan (KP) 11-3, 11-0, 11-3, Shahnawaz Butt (Pb) bt Shayan Zeb (KP) 11-7, 11-4, 11-8, Huzaifa Shahid (Sindh) bt Harmas Ali Raja (Army) 11-2, 11-4, 11-4, Mamoon Khan (PAF) bt Arham Khan (PAF) 15-17, 11-2, 11-2, 12-10.

Boys’ Under-17: Yahya Asad (PAF) bt Azan Ali Khan (Army) 4-11, 11-7, 11-9, 8-4 (Retd), M Ali (PAF) bt Abdullah Zaman (PAF) 11-9, 8-11, 11-5, 11-6, Mustafa Irfan (PAF) bt M Furqan (KP) 11-6,

11-1, 11-4, Mubeen Khan (PAF) bt Usman Tahir

(Pb) 11-9, 11-8, 4-11, 6-11, 11-7.

Girls’ Under-15: Sehrish Ali (KP) bt Sadia Zahoor (KP) 11-9, 11-2, 11-5, Nimra Batool (Sind) bt Hadia Farman (KP) 11-7, 11-7, 11-4, Damia Khan (Sindh) bt Maiha Shah (Pb) 11-7, 11-3, 11-2, and Mahnoor Ali (KP) bt Faiqa Fida (Pb) 11-1, 11-3, 11-2.