National Badminton: Semifinalists decided

LAHORE: Murad Ali, M Ali Larosh, Hafiz Irfan and Azeem Sarwar qualified for the men’s singles semifinals of the National Badminton C’ship here on Wednesday.

Results: Men’s singles quarterfinals: Murad Ali (NBP) beat Anjum Bashir (NBP) by 21-18, 21-14; M Ali Larosh (Wapda) beat Ahmer Jalal (Pb) 21-10, 21-13; Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) beat Raja Muhammad Hasnain (NBP) by 21-8, 21-14; Hafiz Irfan Saeed (Wapda) beat Awais Zahid (Wapda) 21-12, 21-19

Women singles quarterfinals: Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda) beat Palwash Bashir (NBP) by 21-10, 21-9; Sehra Akram (Wapda) beat Zubaira Islam (SNGPL) 21-16, 21-10.

Mixed doubles quarterfinals: M Ali Larosh & Ghazala Siddique (Wapda) beat Adeel Anjum & Ridah Hanif (Army) by 21-8, 21-14; Waqas Ahmed (Wapda) & Aisha Akram (NBP) beat Atique Ch & Khizra (Wapda) by 21-17, 16-21, 21-18; Raja Zulqarnain Haider (NBP) & Saima Waqas (Wapda) beat Ammar Masood & Laiba Masoud (Punjab) by 21-17, 21-9.