Ahmed, Mahad cruise into Squash tourney quarters

Karachi: Favourite Ahmed Amin and second seed Mahad Javed confirmed their place in the quarterfinals of PARCO 3rd Roshan Khan Junior Open Squash Championship after winning their respective first round opponents here Monday at Pakistan Navy Roshan Khan Jahangir Khan Squash Complex.

Ahmed Amin found little resistance from Shahid Hussain and recorded a straight-set 11-7, 11-8, 11-9 win to secure his expected place in the quarterfinals of U19 singles event. Anticipated finalist, Mahad Javed zapped qualifier Asif Zaffar registering a formidable 11-6, 11-4, 11-6 triumph. In U17 singles event, top seed Faraz Khan overpowered Farman Ahmed recording a convincing 11-1, 11-2, 11-5 victory. Second seed Salman Zeb dispatched qualifier Aqif Zeb registering a 11-5, 11-7, 11-7 win. Qualifier Zeeshan Khan secured an unexpected place in the quarterfinals of U15 singles event after registering a comeback 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 win over Arif Gul. Events favourite Mehmood Mehboob was taken to full stretch of the game by qualifier Imam Sher Khan before the former recorded a 11-5, 9-11, 11-5, 3-11, 11-9 win. In U13 singles event, Marwan Khan pulled the major upset of the day after defeating second seed Shoaib Khan by 9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 12-10 score. Sadia Gul defeated Samar Anjum in straight sets registering a 11-6, 11-9, 11-8 triumph, while Amna Latif overcame Noor Fatima by 11-8, 11-9, 11-2 score and Riffat Khan blanked Neha Khan by 11-0, 11-2, 11-0 score in the first round of ladies U19 singles event. First round results: Boys Under-19: Ahmed Amin (Punjab) bt Shahid Hussain (Punjab) 11-7, 11-8, 11-9 Sulemain Khan (KPK) bt M Nouman (KPK) 15-17, 11-6, 12-10, 11-9 Naimatullah Khan (KPK) bt M Jahangir Khan (Sindh) 11-4, 11-6, 11-8 Muqaddar Shah (KPK) bt Danish Alam (Sindh) 11-7, 11-4, 11-9 Noor Ali Khan (Punjab) bt M Naeem (KPK) 11-4, 11-6, 11-2 Amir Habib (KPK) bt M Mehdi (Balochistan) 12-14, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6 Salman Mo! hib (WAP DA) bt Zeeshan Khan (Sindh) 11-3, 11-1, 11-3 Mahad Javed (Sindh) bt Asif Zaffar (KPK) 11-6, 11-4, 11-6 Boys Under-17: Faraz Khan (PAF) bt Farman Ahmed (Punjab) 11-1, 11-2, 11-5 Rizwan Gul (PAF) bt Ali Nasir (KPK) 11-6, 11-9, 11-8 Tayyab Aslam (Punjab) bt Nouman Khan (Sindh) 11-8, 13-11, 11-6 Ammad Fareed (Punjab) bt Malik Omer Balaj (Punjab) 11-9, 11-7, 11-7 Safiullah Kakar (Balochistan) w/o Saad Shahid (Sindh) Moin Rauf (Punjab) bt M Waheed Khan (KPK) 12-10, 11-6, 9-11, 12-10 Bilal Zakir (PAF) bt Babrak Khan (KPK) 11-2, 11-5, 11-5 Salman Zeb (PAF) bt Aqif Zeb (KPK) 11-5, 11-7, 11-7 Boys Under-15: Mehmood Mehboob (KPK) bt Imam Sher Khan (Punjab) 11-5, 9-11, 11-5, 3-11, 11-9 Umer Allauddin (Punjab) bt Javed Ali (Balochistan) 11-3, 11-8, 8-11, 15-13 Zeeshan Khan (PAF) bt Arif Gul (KPK) 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 Asim Khan (Punjab) bt Rishwan (PAF) 3-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-7 Muhammad Arif (PAF) bt Adil Faqir (PAF) 11-6, 8-11, 11-2, 11-4 M Farhan (Punjab) bt Haseeb Gul (Punjab) 11-9, 11-8, 11-6 Israr Ahmed (Punjab) bt Kamran Khan (Sindh) 11-4, 11-7, 11-8 Nouman Shahid (PAF) bt Hamza Imtiaz (Punjab) 11-13, 11-3, 11-9, 12-14, 11-6 Boys Under-13: Ahsan Ayaz (PAF) bt Amir Khan (KPK) 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 Faizan Khan (KPK) bt Shahzad Khan (KPK) 12-14, 12-10, 11-6, 11-7 Zain Ramzan (Punjab) bt Kabir Alam (Sindh) 11-2, 11-6, 11-6 Farhan Ahmed (KPK) bt Ismail Rauf (PAF) 11-9, 12-10, 11-13, 11-6 Kashif Asif (Punjab) bt Umair Gul (Punjab) 11-1, 11-9, 11-5 M Shahzad Umar Khan (Punjab) bt Usman Yaqoob (KPK) 11-7, 11-9, 11-6 Faizan Khan (Sindh) bt Liquat Ali (KPK) 10-12, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7 Marwan Khan (PAF) bt Shoaib Khan (PAF) 9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 12-10 Boys Under-11: Mehran Javed (PAF) bt Sikandar Khan (Sindh) 11-4, 11-3, 11-4 Arsalan Ramzan (Punjab) bt Hamid Habib (KPK) 11-2, 11-3, 11-7 Mujtaba Raza (Sindh) bt Mansoor Zaman (KPK) 12-10, 11-7, 11-6 Ali Karamat (PAF) bt Suleman Jilani (PAF) 11-5, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10 Hammas A Tarar (Sindh) bt Talha Alam (Sindh) 11-4, 11-5, 11-5 Fawad Khalil (PAF) bt Zeeshan Gul (KPK) 11-2, 11-4, 12-1! 0 Usmar Hassan (Punjab) bt Asad Ullah Kakar (Balochistan) 11-3, 11-3, 11-9 Sumaid Rashid (Punjab) bt M Saimullah (KPK) 11-8, 12-14, 11-5, 11-9 Girls Under19: Sadia Gul (PAF) bt Samar Anjum (Punjab) 11-6, 11-9, 11-8 Amna Latif (Punjab) bt Noor Fatima (Punjab) 11-8, 11-9, 11-2 Riffat Khan (ZTBL) bt Neha Khan (Sindh) 11-0, 11-2, 11-0