Sports Bulletin Report
HYDERABAD: Top seed Murad Ali (KP), Anjum Bashir (Army), Mohammad Ali Larosh (Wapda) and Irfan Saeed (Wapda) moved into the semifinals of the All Pakistan National Ranking Badminton Championship after winning their quarterfinal matches here at Naiz Stadium on Saturday.
In the Women’s Singles, Alja Tariq (Army), Mahoor Shahzad, Saima Waqas and Ghazala Siddique qualified semifinals. On the occasion Akhtar Hayat Bhurgri Secretary Sports and Youth Department Sindh was the chief guest along with Irshad Kamalani Deputy Secretary of Excise and PBF representatives were also present.
Results:
Men’s Singles (Quarterfinals):
Murad Ali (KP) beat Awais Zahid (Wapda) by 5-4 Retired hurt
Anjum Bashir (Army) beat Shoaib Riaz (Army) by 21-10, 21-13
Mohammad Ali Larosh (Wapda) beat Muqeet Tahir (Wapda) by 21-14, 22-20
Irfan Saeed (Wapda) beat Abdullah Latif (Army) by 21-14, 21-13
Women’s Singles (Quarterfinals):
Alja Tariq (Army) beat Bushra Qayum (Wapda) by 21-5, 21-3
Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda) beat Farzana Ali (Wapda) by 21-9, 21-6
Saima Waqas (Wapda) beat Sana Hanif (Sindh) by 21-17, 21-14
Ghazala Siddique (Wapda) beat Saba Rasheed (Wapda) by 21-16, 21-12
Women’s Doubles (Quarterfinals):
Mahoor Shahzad & Ghazala Siddique (Wadapa) beat Farzana Ali & Sidra Hameed (Wapda) by 21-11, 21-11
Khizra Rasheed (Wapda) & Zubaira Islam (SNGPL) beat Umama Usman & Manaal Tariq (Army) by 14-21, 21-13, 21-8
Alja Tariq & Sumiya Tariq (Army) beat Sehra Akram & Huma Javeed (Wapda) by 21-16, 21-12
Saima Waqas & Bushra Qayum (Wapda) beat Hadia Ashfaq & Quaratulain (PB) by 21-12, 21-10
Men’s Singles (Pre Quarterfinals):
Murad Ali (KP) beat Raja Hassan Mujtaba (Army) by 21-10, 21-14
Awais Zahid (Wapda) beat Ali Mehdi (Wapda) by 22-20, 18-7
Shoaib Riaz (Army) beat Raja Mohammad Hasnain (Army) by 21-18, 21-17
Anjum Bashir (Army) beat Ahmer Jalal (SNGPL) by 12-21, 21-18, 21-6
Mohammad Ali Larosh (Wapda) beat Ahsan Asif (Wapda) by 21-14, 22-20
Muqeet Tahir (Wapda) beat Aoun Abbas (Wadpda) by 21-12, 21-12
Irfan Saeed (Wapda) beat Raja Zulqarnain Haider (Wapda) by 21-14, 21-10
Abdullah Latif (Army) beat Azeem Sarwar (Wapda) by 21-17, 21-17
Men’s Doubles (Pre Quarterfinals):
Raja Mohammad Hasnain (Army) & Raja Zulqarnain Haider (Wapda) beat Ahmer Jalal (SNGPL) & Jalees Konain (PB) by 21-11, 21-18
Yasir Ali (SNGPL) & Adnan Aziz (Wapda) beat Ali Chisti (ISL) & Mohammad Noman (SNGPL) by 12-21, 21-11, 21-17
Amir Saeed & Mohammad Atiq (Wapda) beat Mohammad Jamal & Abu Ul Hassan (Army) by 21-10, 21-11
Muqeet Tahir (Wapda) & Anjum Bashir (Army) beat Kashif Nawaz (Wapda) & Mohammad Afan (KP) by 21-16, 21-12
Awais Zahid & Mohammad Ali Larosh (Wapda) beat Qari Adnan (Wapda) & Umer Jhanghir (KP) by 15-21, 21-14, 21-15
Murad Ali (KP) & Shoaib Riaz (Army) beat Tayyab Shafiq (PB) & Hamza Khan (KP) by 17-21, 21-15, 21-14
Irfan Saeed & Zunain Javed (Wapda) beat Abdullah Latif (Army) & Tehseen Ullah (Wapda) by 21-9, 21-12