National Ranking Badminton gets under way

By Our Correspondent
July 17, 2018

LAHORE: All-Pakistan National Ranking Badminton Tournament started at Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Coaching Centre in Quetta on Monday.

About 200 shuttlers from around the country are participating in the tournament. The Secretary Sports Quetta Saleem Shahid along with Wajid Ali Chaudhry Secretary General Pakistan Badminton Federation inaugurated the championship.

Opening day’s results: Men’s singles 1st round: Ammar Masood (Pb) beat Tehseen (KP) by 21-11, 21-12, Ahmer Jalal (PB) beat Attique Ch. (Wapda) by 13-21, 21-19, 21-15, Waqas Aslam (Wapda) beat Ahmad Faizan (Wapda) by 21-23, 21-14, 21-13, Ali Nawab Dil (Wapda) beat Tayyab Shafiq (PB) by 22-20, 21-14, 21-16¸Shabbar Hussain (Wapda) beat Sherazur Rehman (Wapda) by 21-16, 21-9, Ahmed Tariq beat Saifullah (KP) by 16-21,23-21, 21-17, Raja Zulqarnanin Haider (PB) beat Ahsan Asif (Wapda) by 21-11, 17-21, 21-15, Fazal Rehman (KP) beat Adnan Aziz (Wapda) by 21-19, 21-15, Haseeb Khan (KP) beat Adeel Anjum (Army) by 21-18, 24-22¸M. Nouman beat Anas Akhtar (PB) by 21-17, 22-20¸Ahmer Jalal (PB) beat Attique Ch (Wapda) by 21-13, 19-21, 21-18, Sheroz Jamil (Wapda) beat Gohar Azam (PB) by 21-19, 10-21, 21-18, Shahmeer Iftikhar beat Fareed Butt (PB) by 21-11, 21-14, Muteeb Sohail Dar (PB) beat Ihtisham Ali (Army) by 22-20, 21-16.

Women singles 1st round: Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda) beat Aneeqa Rana (Wapda) by 21-12, 21-7, Mehmoona Ameer (Wapda) beat Manaal Tariq (Army) by 19-21, 21-16, 21-12, Saima Waqas (Wapda) Beat Anmol Rasheed (Wapda) by 23-21, 21-14, Anila Irshad (Wapda) beat Taj Bibi (Balochistan) by 21-5, 21-5, Sara Mohmand (NBP) beat Ilja Tariq (Balochistan) by 12-21, 21-19, 14-21, Rida Hanif (Army) beat Sumaiya Tariq (Balochistan) by 21-19, 21-17, Huma Javed (Wapda) beat Aisha (Balochistan) by 21-3, 21-1, Saba Rasheed (Wapda) beat Kousar Javed (Wapda) by 21-14, 21-6.

Men’s doubles: Irfan Saeed & Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) beat Ahmer Jalal & Uaakeph (PB) by 21-8, 21-14, Gohar Azam & Adeel Anjum (Army) beat Fareed Butt & Mutahir (PB) by 21-17, 21-13.