National Badminton gets under way

LAHORE: National Junior Badminton Championship 2020 started Tuesday at Wapda Sports Complex Lahore. Muhammad Aamir Jan, President Punjab Olympic Association, inaugurated the event. Also present on the occasion were Muhammad Khalid Mehmood, Secretary General Pakistan Olympic Association, Khawaja Idris Haider, Secretary Punjab Olympic Association, Muhammad Razzaq Gil, Chairman Pakistan Badminton Federation, and Wajid Ali Chaudhry, Secretary General Pakistan Badminton Federation.

Results: Boys singles U-14: Mudassar (Balochistan) beat Moosa Ali Wajid (Punjab) 21-17, 21-12; M. Ahmad (Army) beat Abdul Ahad (Sindh) by 21-3, 21-7; Tayyab Subhani (Punjab) beat M. Akbar (Balochistan) 21-11, 19-21, 21-15, Fahad Khan (KP) beat Shahzain Khan (Islamabad) 21-5, 21-3; Aman Gul (KP) beat Hussain Shahzad (Punjab) 21-4, 21-11, Usama Habib (Army) beat Hamood Ali Wajid (Punjab) 14-21, 21-13, 21-13; Taimoor Khan (KP) beat Tahir Subhani (Punjab) 21-7, 21-6; M Saad (Punjab) beat Bilawal Ch (Balochistan) 21-19, 12-21, 21-18; Zain Bajwa(Punjab) beat, M. Umer Iqbal (Army) beat 21-12, 21-7; Abdullah Tahir (Punjab) beat Ali Danish (Sindh) 21-6, 21-8, Fazal Karim (Army) beat Zain Subhani (Punjab) 21-16, 21-9; Basim Abdullah (Islamabad) beat Mudassir (Balochistan) 21-8, 21-13; M. Akbar (Balochistan) beat Hashim Umer (Army) 21-8, 21-16; Saim Shakeel (Punjab) beat Ayan Saad (Sindh) 21-8, 21-13; M. Hashir Shah (KP) beat Ghazal Ali (Balochistan) by 21-12, 21-9.

Boys Single U-18: Fayyazur Rehman (Sindh) beat Numan Habib (Army) 21-12, 21-16; Khizer (Islamabad) beat Ahmed Ata (Army) 21-14, 21-12;

Hamza Khan (KP) beat Syed Hassan (Balochistan) 21-4, 21-10; Haseeb Ahmad (Army) beat Talha Younis (Punjab) 21-1, 21-8; Malik Danyal (KP) beat Abdullah Asim (Punjab) 21-9, 21-12; M. Taha (Sindh) beat Haris Fareed (Punjab) 21-19, 21-18; Mekael Khan (KP) beat Abdullah Siddiqui (Sindh) 21-13, 21-10; Ahmad Arif (Punjab) beat Rafay Shahid (Army) 9-21, 21-12, 23-21; Mahad bin Rafay (Islamabad) beat Sohail Javed (Army) 21-16, 21-17; Zainul Abdin (Punjab) beat Iqbal Hussain (Balochistan) 21-16, 21-7; Abdul Malik (Punjab) beat Usman Iftikhar (Sindh) by 21-7, 21-7.

Girl singles U-16: Aeman Fatimah (Punjab) beat Mariam Hanif (Sindh) 21-6, 21-3; Kanzul Eman (Islamabad) beat Tayyaba Shafiq (Punjab)21-16, 10-21, 21-16; Haleema Saliha (Army) beat Maha Aqif (Punjab) 21-11, 21-13; Sarwat (Balochistan) beat Noor Amalia (Punjab) 21-6, 21-13; Soha Fatima (Punjab) beat Hannan Irfan (Islamabad) 21-4, 21-8.

Girls singles U-18: Maria (Balochistan) beat Saman Shafiq (Punjab) 21-14, 21-13; Hadiqa (Punjab) Zoha Khan (Sindh) 21-8, 21-7; Tanzila Khan (KP) beat Deena Shahzad (Islamabad) 21-12, 21-6; Aqsa (Balochistan) beat Naba Jawa (Punjab) 21-12, 21-8.