The 4th McDonald\u2019s National Junior Squash Championship moved into the semi-final stage after a series of tense quarter-final matches at the Venus Jahangir Khan Squash Academy in Karachi. Organized by the Sindh Squash Association and carrying a total purse of Rs 800,000 with McDonald\u2019s Pakistan as title sponsor, the event features a 32-player main draw in each category.<\/p>\n
In a standout moment for junior squash, unseeded Sindh player Raheel Victor<\/strong> produced a major upset by defeating third seed Faizan Ali Khan<\/strong> of Army in a five-game classic that lasted one hour and two minutes. Raheel prevailed 11-6, 11-9, 11-13, 9-11, 11-6 to claim his spot in the Boys Under-15 semi-finals. He will join Fawad Khan<\/strong>, Abdul Hadi<\/strong> and Danish Sikandar<\/strong> in the last four. Fawad Khan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat Punjab\u2019s Jasim, Abdul Hadi overcame Ishtiaq Khalil, and Danish Sikandar advanced after Punjab\u2019s M. Bin Atif retired hurt.<\/p>\n The Girls Under-19 semi-final line-up was settled with four strong performers progressing. Top seed Mahwish Ali<\/strong> of WAPDA defeated fellow WAPDA player Nimra Rehman 3-1, while Manahil Aqeel<\/strong> of KP edged Alishba in a narrow 3-2 contest. Nimra Batool<\/strong> of Sindh beat Nahida Faiz of KP 3-0, and Damiah Khan<\/strong> of Sindh also advanced with a straight-games victory over Rania Qazi. These results keep the Junior Squash competition highly competitive across age groups.<\/p>\n Results issued by Naveed Rehman, Secretary General of the Sindh Squash Association, show the Boys Under-11 semi-finalists as Abdul Rehman Riaz<\/strong> (PAF), Muhammad Sameer<\/strong> (PAF), Atif Ali Naz<\/strong> (Sindh) and Anas Rafi<\/strong> (PAF). In the Boys Under-9 category, Muhammad Aban<\/strong>, Muhammad Hasnain<\/strong> and M. Bin Naseem<\/strong> of Sindh, alongside Abdul Hadi<\/strong> of Punjab, advanced to the semi-finals after their quarter-final wins.<\/p>\n The championship remains a focal point for emerging talent in Pakistani junior squash, with semi-final matches across all categories scheduled to continue today at the Karachi venue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Junior Squash update: Raheel Victor stuns third seed to reach U15 semis in Karachi; semi-finals continue today at Venus Jahangir Khan Academy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}