Four more seeded players knocked out of quarters

Two seeded players — Mahad Javed (Sindh) and M. Ayaz (KPK) — have made unceremonious exit losing to qualifiers in boys’ under-19 and under-17 respectively in the first round on Wednesday.

Punjab’s Amin Ahmed created quite a stir when he humbled province mate and third seed Haroon Samad 11-9, 16-14, 8-11, 11-8 in 40-minute duel to earn a place in the boys’ under-19 semi-final.

Promising Ali Bokhari of Punjab pulled off the biggest upset to date when he stunned top seed Salman Mohib in four games to enter boys’ under-17 last four. He took 33-minutes to post 11-6, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7 victory over his opponent.

Another upset in boys’ under-17 was in store when Sindh’s Saad Shahid routed third seed Salman Zeb of PAF 11-9, 11-5, 5-11, 11-7 in 29-minutes.

Qualifier Fawad Khalil of PAF created the fourth upset of the day imposing 12-10, 11-3, 9-11, 1-11, 11-5 victory over Punjab’s Zain Ramzan to sneak into boys’ under-11 semis.

Contrary to boys, the girls’ matches turned out to be one-sided affair.

Punjab’s Arooma entered the girls’ under-15 pre-final by virtue of a walkover against Sindh’s Ayesha Zafar who did not turned up following indisposition.

Top seed Zoya Khalid who got a first round bye opened her campaign when she disposed off Punjab’s Samar Anjum 11-4, 11-7, 11-6 to reach girls’ under-19 last four.

Results:

Boys’ under-19:

Quarter-finals: Shaikh Saqib (Punjab) bt Saddamul Haq (KPK) 11-7, 11-3, 11-9; Ahmed Amin (Punjab) bt Haroon Samad (Punjab) 11-9, 16-14, 8-11, 11-8; Nasir Iqbal (PAF) bt Abbas Ali (Balochistan) 12-10, 11-7, 11-2; Farhan Zaman (PAF) bt Owais Khan (PAF) 9-11, 11-8, 10-12, 14-12, 11-9.

Boys’ under-17:

Quarter-finals: Ali Bokhari (Punjab) bt Salman Mohib (KPK) 11-6, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7; Faraz Mohammad (PAF) bt Mailk Omer Balaj (Punjab) 11-4, 11-5, 11-2; Saad Shahid (Sindh) bt Salman Zeb (PAF) 11-9, 11-5, 5-11, 11-7; Nouman Khan (Sindh) bt Fahim Gul (KPK) 11-8, 11-2, 11-8.

Boys’ under-15:

Quarter-finals: Ammad Fareed (Punjab) bt Rishwan (PAF) 11-8, 11-5, 11-6; Mehmood Mehboob (KPK) bt Haseeb Gul (Punjab) 11-8, 6-11, 12-10, 11-5; Nouman Shahid (PAF) bt M. Farhan (Punjab) 6-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-9; M. Tayyab (Punjab) bt Asim Khan (Punjab) 11-8, 13-11, 11-9.

Boys’ under-13:

Quarter-finals: Israr Ahmed (Punjab) bt Marwan (PAF) 11-7, 11-7, 13-11; Omer Allauddin (Punjab) bt Ahsan Ayaz (PAF) 11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 9-11, 11-8; Shah Ullah (PAF) bt Farasat Ajmal (KPK) 11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-8; Zeeshan Khan (PAF) bt Shoaib Khan (PAF) 11-5, 11-4, 11-3.

Boys’ under-11:

Quarter-finals: Mehran Javed (PAF) bt Hammas A. Tarar (Sindh) 11-6, 11-9, 11-8; Fawad Khalil (PAF) M. Zain Ramzan (Punjab) 12-10, 11-3, 9-11, 1-11, 11-5; Bilal Khan (Punjab) bt Faizan Khan (Sindh) 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9; Sumaid Rasheed (Punjab) bt Kashif Asif (Punjab) 8-11, 11-5, 11-9, 13-11.

Girls’ under-15:

Quarter-finals: Sadia Gul (PAF) bt Monisa (Punjab) 11-5, 11-4, 11-1; Mehak Shakeel (Sindh) bt Kaiynat (Punjab) 11-4, 11-8, 11-2; Faiza Zafar (Sindh) bt Madina Zafar (Sindh) 11-1, 11-3, 11-7; Arooma (Punjab) walkover Ayesha Zafar (Sindh).

Girls’ under-19:

Quarter-finals: Zoya Khalid (ZTBL) bt Samar Anjum (Punjab) 11-4, 11-7, 11-6; Zahab Khan (Sindh) bt Noor Fatima (Punjab) 11-8, 12-10, 12-10; Riffat Khan (ZTBL) bt Dua (Sindh) 11-1, 11-2, 11-1; Rushana Mehboob (ZTBL) bt Amna Latif (Punjab) 11-4, 11-5, 11-3.

Friday’s fixtures:

Semi-finals: Boys’ under-15, under-17 and under-19 at 11.00am; boys’ under-13 at 12.30pm; boys’ under-11, girls under-15 and girls under-19 at 3.00pm.