PESHAWAR
Current National Champion Murad Ali of National Bank, Amir Saeed of WAPDA, Anjum Bashir of Punjab and Raja Muhammad Hasnain reached the quarter finals of the All Pakistan National Ranking Badminton Tournament jointly organized by Pakistan Badminton Federation and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Badminton Association here at Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex.
In the pre-quarter finals, Murad Ali defeated SNGPL’s Shah Mir Iftikhar 21-17 and 21-16, Amir Saeed defeated Raza Ali of Punjab 17-21, 21-6 and 21-12, Anjum Bashir beat Abdul Rashid of Punjab by 21-13 and 21-18 and Raja Muhammad Hasnain defeated Raja Zulqarnain Haider of WAPDA 21-17 and 21-11 to make it to the quarter-finals.
In Boys U13 Pre-Quarter Final, Khazeema Shehzad of Punjab defeated Muhammad Aryan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 21-18 and 21-11, Muhammad Suleiman of Islamabad defeated Raad Ahmed of Punjab 21-13 and 21-15. Haseeb Khan defeated Ragheb Shah of Punjab 21-14, 19-21 and 21-16, Hasnain Farid of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa defeated Mirza Hameed of Islamabad 21-10 and 21-17, Muhammad Harish of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa defeated Sindh’s Samiullah Hashmi by 21-15, 14-21 and 21-9, Punjab’s Zainul Abidin defeated Sindh’s Deeraj Dhadani 21-12, 21-11 while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Najam Al-Saqib defeated Punjab’s Ibrahim Ahmed 21-6 and 21-8 and qualified for the quarter-finals.
In the women’s singles first round, WAPDA’s Mahoor Shehzad defeated Sindh’s Amara Ishtiaq, WAPDA’s Khuzri Rashid defeated WAPDA’s Mahmoona Amir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Urooj Ahmed defeated WAPDA’s Rabab Imtiaz, Punjab’s Khadija defeated Army’s Mahosh Khan, Sindh. Palwasha Bashir to WAPDA’s Shahnaz Shah, Punjab’s Sehar Majeed to SNGPL’s Aqsa Zakaria, WAPDA’s Inmol Rashid to WAPDA’s Huma Javed, WAPDA’s Sehra Ikram to Hina, Army’s Samia Tariq Yasmeen Shahzadi of Islamabad, Warda Gohar of SNGPL to Rada Hanif of Army, Laiba Masood of WAPDA to Imam Usman of Army, Bushra Qayyum of WAPDA to Maryam Amir of WAPDA, Saima Waqas of WAPDA to Sana Hanif of Balochistan, Alia Tariq of Balochistan defeated Imam Khurram of Islamabad, Zubair Islam of SNGPL defeated Sidra Irfan of WAPDA and Ghazala Siddique of WAPDA defeated Hadia Ashfaq of Punjab to advance to the next round.
In the 2nd round Amir Saeed of Wapda (Ranking No 39) upset Azeem Sarwar of Wapda No 4 seeded in the Men Singles event beaten in the straight games by 21-19, 22-20. All other top seeded players Murad Ali, Muhammad Ali Larosh and Irfan Saeed win their matches and reached in the next round.
Results of today’s matches are as under:
Men Singles 1st Round
Ahmed Butt (PB) beat Abul Hassan (Army) by 21-14, 21-19
Muqsit Islam (Army) beat M Rizwan (Wapda) by 21-12, 15-21, 21-17
Awais Zahid (Wapda) beat Muhammad Adnan (Wapda) by 21-18, 24-22
M. Jamal (Army) beat Kashif Nawaz (Wapda) by 21-17, 21-14
Rehman Haider Nizami (Army) beat Khalil Ur Rehman (KP) by 21-17, 21-19
Ali Mehdi (Wapda) beat Ahmed Faizan (Wapda) by 24-22, 21-13
Usman Shah (Army) beat Ashan Tanveer (ISB) 21-14, 21-17
Raja Hassan (PB) beat Ali Chishti (ISB) by 22-20, 21-14
Abdur Rehman (Wapda) beat Muteeb Sohail (KRL) by 21-13, 11-21, 21-17
Arbab Noman (Army) beat Waqas Aslam (Wapda) by 21-17, 21-19
Muqeet Tahir (Wapda) beat Shehroz Jamil (Wapda) by 21-12, 21-14
Tayyab Shafiq (PB) beat Anas Akhtar (PB) by 14-21, 21-14, 21-19
Shoaib Riaz (Wapda) beat Uaakeph Khan (KRL) by 19-21, 21-16, 21-18
Hamza Khan (KP) beat Mekaeel Khan (KP) by 21-10, 21-16
M Ali Larosh (Wapda) beat Shabbar Hussain (Wapda) by 21-18, 21-18
Women Singles 1st round
Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda) beat Ammarah Ishtiaq (Sindh) by 21-8, 21-8
Khizra Rasheed (Wapda) beat Mehmoona Ameer (Wapda) by 21-17, 21-14
Urooj Ahmad (KP) beat Rubab Imtiaz (Wapda) by 21-17, 21-9
Khadija Nasir (PB) beat Mehwish Khan (Army) by 13-21, 23-21, 21-17
Palwasha Bashir (Sindh) beat Shehnaz Shah (Wapda) by 21-6, 21-7
Sehar Majeed (PB) beat Aqsa Zikriya (SNGPL) by 21-11,14-21, 21-18
Anmol Rasheed (Wapda) beat Huma Javeed (Wapda) by 21-18, 22-20
Sehra Akram (Wapa) beat Hina Insad (Wapda) by 21-7, 21-17
Sumaiya Tariq (Army) beat Yasmeen Shahzadi (ISB) by 21-16, 21-17
Wardha Gohar (SNGPL) beat Rida Hanif (Army) by 21-15, 21-11
Laiba Masoud (Wapda) beat Umama Usman (Army) by 22-21, 21-11
Bushra Qayum (Wapda) beat Maryam Amir (Wapda) by 21-15, 21-9
Saima Waqas (Wapda) beat Sana Hanif (Sindh) by 21-16, 21-13
Alja tariq (Balo) beat Imama Khuram (ISB) by 21-2, 21-7
Zubaira Islam (SNGPL) beat Sidra Irfan (Wapda) by 21-10, 21-8
Ghazala Siddique (Wapda) beat Hadia Ashfaq (PB) by 21-8, 21-5
Boy’s Singles U-13 Pre Quarter Final
Khuzaima Shahzad (PB) beat M. Aryan (KP) by 21-18, 21-11
M Sulaman (ISB) beat Raad Ahmad (PB) by 21-13, 21-15
Haseeb Khan (KP) beat Ragheeb Shah (PB) by 21-14, 19-21, 21-16
Hasnain Fareed (KP) beat Mirza Hafeez (ISB) by 21-10, 21-17
M Harish (KP) beat Samiullah Hashmi (Sindh) by 21-15, 14-21, 21-9
Zain Ul Abdin (PB) beat Deeraj Dhadani (Sindh) by 21-12, 21-11
Najam Ul Saqib (KP) beat Ibrahim Ahmad (PB) by 21-6, 21-8
Men Singles 2nd Round
Murad Ali (KP) beat Uzair Khan (Army) BY 21-16, 21-16
Shahmeer Iftikhar (SNGPL) beat Ahsan Asif (Wapda) by 22-20, 21-13
Anjum Bashir (PB) beat Tahir Shah (KP) by 21-11, 21-7
Abuzar Rasheed (PB) beat Usama Shafi (PB) by 21-19, 21-15
Amir Saeed (Wapda) beat Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) by 21-19, 22-20
Raja Muhammad Hasnain (PB) beat Ibrahim Rasheed (ISB) by 21-11, 21-13
Muqsit Islam (Army) beat Ahmed Butt (PB) by 11-21, 21-16, 21-11
Ali Mehdi (Wapad) beay Rehman Haider Nizami (Army) by 21-16, 21-12
Hafiz Irfan Saeed (Wapda) beat Usman Shah (Army) by 21-18, 21-13
Awais Zahid (Wapda) beat Muhammad Jamal (Army) by 21-8, 21-12
Raza Ali (PB) beat Aoun Abbas (Wapda) by 21-12, 21-7
Raja Zulqarnain Haider (Wapda) beat Abdullah Latif (Army) by 21-13, 21-14
Muqeet Tahir (Wapda) beat Arbab Nouman (Army) by 21-12, 21-17
Abdur Rehman (Wapda) beat Raja Hassan (PB) by 14-21, 21-19, 21-15
Shoaib Riaz (Wapda) beat Tayyab Shafiq (PB) by 21-17, 21-18
M Ali Larosh (Wapda) beat M Hamza Khan (KP) by 21-14, 21-18
Men Singles Pre Quarter
Murad Ali (KP) beat Shahmeer Iftikhar (SNGPL) by 21-17, 21-16
Amir Saeed (Wapda) beat Raza Ali (PB) by 17-21, 21-6, 21-12
Anjum Bashir (PB) beat Abuzar Rasheed (PB) by 21-13, 21-18
Raja Muhammad Hasnain (PB) beat Raja Zulqarnain Haider (Wapda) by 21-17, 21-11
