Top seeds enter National Junior Squash semis

LAHORE: All the top seeded players moved in to the semifinals as quarterfinal matches in different categories of the 1st Punjab National Junior Squash Championship were played on Thursday here at the Punjab Squash Complex.

In under 15 boys, Noor Zaman (KP) beat Huzifa Zahid (KP) 11/5, 11/13, 11/9, 11/2 (25 minutes), Tayyab Rauf (PB) beat Abbas Nawaz (KP)11/7, 8/11, 11/4, 8/11, 11/4 (23 minutes), Muhammad Hamza (KP) beat M.Ahsab Irfan (PB) 11/8, 10/12, 9/11, 11/6, 11/9 (42 minutes), Waleed Khalil (KP) beat Syed Hussnain (BAL) 11/8, 11/9, 11/2 (18 minutes).

In Under-13 boys quarterfinals, Usman Nadeem (PB) beat Mehmood Mehboob (PB) 11/2, 11/6, 11/4 (16 minutes), M. Shoaib Afzal (KP) beat Humam Ahmad (KP) 12/10, 11/9, 11/6 (24 minutes), Anus Bukhari (PB) beat Ehsan Ali (KP) 11/2, 11/2, 11/5 (13 minutes), M. Hanif (KP) beat Yaseen Khattak (KP) 5/11, 8/11, 11/4, 12/10, 11/6 (35 minutes).

In under-11 boys quarterfinals Varun Asif (PB) beat Moinuddin (PB) 10/12, 11/3, 11/5, 11/9 (27 minutes), Abdullah Nawaz (KP) beat Azan Ali (PB) 11/3, 11/3, 11/4 (17 minutes), Abdullah Nadeem (PB) beat Muhammad Zubair (PB) 12/10, 4/11, 11/7, 11/6 (28 minutes), Mobeen Khan (KP) beat Saifullah Tareen (KP) 11/8, 11/3, 11/2 (15 minutes).