The squash semifinals were finalised at the Public School Hyderabad gymnasium as leading contenders from the PSA Satellite Men\u2019s Championship and the National Junior Squash Championship advanced after a day of intense quarter-final action.<\/p>\n
In the PSA Satellite men\u2019s draw, Ins Khan<\/strong> produced a gritty display to overcome Naveed Rehman 3-2 in a 53-minute match, with game scores of 8-11, 11-3, 11-9, 9-11 and 11-5. Second seed Ins Ali Shah<\/strong> also squeezed past Israr Ahmed 3-2, while Saeed Abdul<\/strong> edged Shimlan Gul 3-2. Kaleemullah Shoaib<\/strong> booked a convincing 3-0 victory over Faizan Khan to round out the semi-final line-up. The PSA Satellite event carries a $1,000 prize.<\/p>\n The National Junior Championship delivered several surprises across age groups. In Boys Under-11, Sindh talent M. Aban<\/strong> upset top seed Atif Ali Naz (PAF) 3-1 and fellow Sindh player M. Bin Naseem<\/strong> defeated second seed Abdul Karim of Punjab 3-1, joining KP\u2019s M. Aaliyan and Abu Bakar Siddiqui in the last four. Boys Under-15 saw top seed M. Faizan Khan<\/strong> (Army) survive a 3-2 test against KP\u2019s Fawad Khan, Muhammad Hussain of Punjab beat Abdul Rehman 3-2, M. Bin Atif<\/strong> won 3-0 over Jasim, and SNGPL\u2019s Huzaifa Shahid<\/strong> produced a major upset by defeating second seed Danish Sikandar (KP) 3-1.<\/p>\n Sindh players dominated the women\u2019s quarter-finals as top seed Damia Khan<\/strong> defeated Saheema Fatima 3-0, Dua Nazakat<\/strong> beat Zanera Imran 3-0, Inam Mustafa<\/strong> overcame KP\u2019s Hiba Imtiaz 3-0, and Vaishnavi<\/strong> triumphed over Aiman Fatima 3-0 to reach the semi-finals. In Boys Under-19, top seed Adnan Zaman<\/strong> (Sindh) defeated Balochistan\u2019s Ismatullah 3-0, Abdul Basit Khan<\/strong> beat Punjab\u2019s Daniyal 3-0, Abdullah Nadeem<\/strong> overcame Habib 3-1, and second seed Zaman Khan<\/strong> (SNGPL) confirmed his place with a 3-0 win over Varun Asif. The National Junior Championship carries a total prize purse of PKR 100,000 across four categories.<\/p>\n Quarter-final matches were held in the presence of Sindh Squash Association officials including Secretary Naveed Rehman, Senior Vice President Shabbar Gul Khattak, Joint Secretary Rehan Sheikh and referee M. Fawad. All semi-final matches are scheduled to be played today as the competition moves into its decisive phase.<\/p>\n Players posed for a group photo during the quarter-finals at Public School Hyderabad alongside officials such as Naveed Rehman, former secretary Muhammad Amir and Muhammad Naseem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Squash semifinals confirmed as Ins Khan, Ins Ali Shah, Saeed Abdul and Kaleemullah Shoaib reach semis; junior upsets energise National Junior Championship in Hyderabad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":18506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18507","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\/18507","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=18507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}