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Khushal, Humam into the semis of FATA junior Squash Championship

Khushal Raiz in under 17 category downs his opponent by 3-1 and Humam Ahmad in the Under-13 defeated Muhammad Khan in five sets battle and jumped into semifinal of ongoing FATA junior squash championship at PAF Hashim Khan Squash Complex.

In the Under-11 category, M. Hanif of PAF beat Ibrahim Mohib of KP as both the players played well in a tough competition but Hanif defeated Ibrahim in a hard fought match by 3-2.

M. HanifdefIbrahim Mohib9-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4, and 11-6
Shoaib AfzaldefNabhan Khan11-7, 11-9 and 11-8
Zuraiz NadeemdefMobeen Khan11-9, 11-7, 9-11 and 11-8
Abdullah NawazdefHassan Zahid11-7, 12-10 and 11-9

Humam Ahmad in Under-13 category reached into the semi-final after defeating strong rival M. Khan by 3-2 with the score of 9-11, 8-11, 11-7 and 11-4.

Humam AhmaddefM. Khan9-11, 8-11, 11-7 and 11-4
HamzadefYasin Khattak11-3, 11-4 and 11-2
Huzaifa ZahiddefMubashir Ali Shah13-11, 11-9 and 11-9
Muhammad AmmaddefSherish Akbar11-9, 11-8 and 11-5

In the Under-15 category, top seed Noor Zaman of PAF beat Hamza Zahid of KP by 3-0.

Noor ZamandefHamza Zahid11-4, 11-8 and 11-5
Waleed KhalildefFahad Sharif11-5, 7-11, 11-8 and 11-7
Hammad KhandefAbbas Nawaz11-8, 11-7 and 11-6 
Hasnain KhandefAli Sher 11-13, 11-4, 8-11, 11-9 and 11-6

International player Khushal Riaz in under-17 match outplayed his opponent Mavia Hussain by 3-1 in the quarter-final. Both Khushal Riaz and Mavia Hussain gave each other tough time and stretched the match to 17-15. Khushal Riaz saved six set points when the two were tied at 1-1. After winning the first and third set, Khushal did not look behind and defeated his opponent in the fourth set at 11-6.

Khushal RiazdefMavia Hussain11-6, 8-11, 17-15 and 11-6
Uzair ShoukatdefShahab Khan11-6, 11-4 and 11-8
Farhan HashmidefAsad Ullah11-7, 11-5 and 11-9


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