National Badminton gets under way

LAHORE: The 55th National Badminton Championships started here on Friday at Gymnasium Hall Punjab University New Campus.

The championship will continue till January 11. Seventeen men and 11 women teams are participating in this event Pakistan Wapda are the defending champions in both male and female categories. In the men’s singles, Awais Zahid (Wapda) and Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda) will defend their titles.

Friday’s results: Team event and men’s singles qualifying matches:

Team event men: Punjab beat Balochistan 3-0; Gohar Azam (Pb) beat Shujaat Ali (Balo) 21-7, 21-17, Ahmar & Raja Zulqarnain (Pb) beat Shujaat Ali & Ali Akbar (Balo) 21-10, 21-8, Ahmer Jalal (PB) beat Ali Akbar (Balo) 21-5, 21-14.

Pakistan Army beat Islamabad 3-0; Ihtisham (Army) Beat Junaid (Isl) 21-17, 21-10, Ali & Yousaf (Army) Beat Shahab & Junaid (Isl) by 21-18, 21-18, Ahmad Khalid (Army) beat Shahab Khan (Isl) 21-10, 21-18.

SNGPL beat Pakistan Railways 3-0; Anjum Bashir (SNGPL) beat M Omer (RLY) 21-5, 21-13, M Ali Larosh & Noman (SNGPL) beat Zohaib & Nabeel (RLY) 21-12, 14-21, 21-17, Ahmed Tariq (SNGPL) beat Nadeem Sarwar (RLY) by 21-16, 21-12.

Pakistan Police beat Sindh 3-0; Haroon Ur Rehman (Police) beat Maaz Ali (Sindh) by 21-15, 21-18, Tahir Khan & Masood (Police) beat Qasim & Hamza (Sindh) by 21-11, 21-11, Tahir Khan (Police) beat Mawan (Sindh) 21-4, 21-8.

Karachi Port Trust beat Pakistan Military Account 3-0; Ahsan Rana (KPT) beat Muhammad Ali (PMAD) 21-8, 21-6, Tariq & Asad (KPT) beat Asif & Abdul Salam (PMAD) by 21-12, 21-9, Mohtsim Jamil (KPT) beat Asim Alvi (PMAD) 21-11, 21-12.

Higher Education Commission beat KP 3-1; Hamza (KPK) beat Ammar Masood (HEC) 17-21, 22-20, 21-9, Uaakeph & Muteeb (HEC) beat Tehseen & Basit (KP) by 21-17, 20-22, 21-14, Muqeet Tahir (HEC) beat Farzal Rehman (KP) by 21-13, 21-15, Ammar Masood & Muqeet Tahir (HEC) W/O Hayyan & Fazal Rehman (KP).

Men Singles qualification: Nabeel (RLY) beat Muneeb (Lahore) 21-12, Hamza (Sindh) beat Imran Ali (Balo) 21-15, Musaddaq (Army) beat Mutaba (Chkwal) 21-18, Ariz (Gujranwal) beat Abdul Manan (Lahore) 21-19, Yousaf (Army) beat Shahab (ISL) 21-17, Hayyan (KP) beat Farzan Bin Khalid (Silakot) 21-1, Usama (Punjab) beat Raza Ali (Lahore) 21-11, Ahmad Janjua (Army) beat Hafiz Wasif (Punjab) 21-13, Faizan Ahmad (Wapda) beat M Sultan (Punjab) 21-17, Rohan Haseeb (Gujranwal) beat Abdul Wahab (Samundri) 21-10, Zunain (New Khan) beat Shoaib (Army) by 21-7, Ozair (KP) beat Saqib (Lahore) 21-4, Zohaib (Police) beat Awais (RLY) by 21-16, Mohtasim (Punjab) beat Shahzad (RLY) 21-14.