LAHORE: Pakistani stars Mahoor Shahzad and Palwasha Bashir achieved victories in their respective singles and doubles encounters during the National Badminton Ranking Tournament held at POF, Wah on Friday. Wapda’s Mahoor claimed a tough win against Sana Hanif of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL) with scores of 21-8, 25-23, securing her place in the singles […]
LAHORE: Pakistani stars Mahoor Shahzad and Palwasha Bashir achieved victories in their respective singles and doubles encounters during the National Badminton Ranking Tournament held at POF, Wah on Friday.
Wapda’s Mahoor claimed a tough win against Sana Hanif of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL) with scores of 21-8, 25-23, securing her place in the singles semi-finals.
Sindh’s Palwasha, partnering with Wapda’s Ghazala Siddique, dominated the duo of Sana and Mariya Hanif (Sindh) with a decisive 21-3, 21-13 victory to advance to the doubles quarter-finals.
In the women’s singles quarter-finals, Wapda’s Ghazala Siddique easily defeated Umama Usman of SNGPL with a solid 21-10, 21-8 performance. Additionally, Wapda’s Laiba Masoud staged a comeback victory against Kanzul Eman of Punjab, winning 19-21, 21-12, 21-15.
In the men’s singles quarter-finals, Wapda’s Irfan Saeed prevailed over Mohammad Adnan of Army with a score of 21-18, 21-16, while his teammate Muqeet Tahir triumphed over fellow department player Aoun Abbas with a score of 21-13, 21-9.
Wapda’s Awais Zahid also booked a semi-final spot after defeating Zohaib Khan Khalil of Police 21-8, 21-19. The last semi-finalist, M. Ali Larosh of Wapda, secured his place by defeating SNGPL’s Tayyab Shafiq 21-17, 21-7.
Results:
Men’s doubles: Raja Zulqarnain (Army)/M. Ali Larosh (Wapda) defeated M. Zaid/Najam-ul-Saqib (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 21-18, 21-13; Azeem Sarwar (Wapda)/Murad Ali (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) overcame M. Naveed (Wapda)/Muqsit Islam (Punjab) 21-18, 22-20; Ahmed Asif/Faizan Ali (Punjab) triumphed over Tayyab Shafiq/Jalees Konain (SNGPL) 21-15, 17-21, 21-12.
Women’s doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Saima Waqas (Wapda)/Ammarah Ishtiaq (Army) beat Roshane Ihsan/Khadija Asim (Punjab) 21-10, 21-13; Bushra Qayum/Huma Javed (Wapda) won against Rubab Imtiaz/Anila Ahmad (Wapda) 21-11, 21-6; Mahoor Shahzad (Wapda)/Zubaira Islam (SNGPL) defeated Kanzul Eman/Sehar Abdul Majeed (Punjab) 21-13, 21-12.
Published in Dawn, December 7th, 2024
