Farhan Zaman, Nasir Iqbal, Roshna Mahboob and Saadia Gul advanced to the men and women’s finals of the 5th DG Rangers Sindh National Squash Championship after winning their respective semi-finals here at Rangers Jahangir Khan Squash Complex on Friday. Farhan of PAF dropped the second game before ending fine run of play by unseeded Sheikh Saquib with 3-1 victory after an under an hour contest. Third seed Nasir Iqbal of WAPDA halted the fine runs of qualifier Tayyab Aslam with straightforward 3-0 victory. Tayyab offered a stiff challenge but losing the extended opening game 14-12, he faded out in the next two. Among the women, fourth seed Roshna Mahboob of ZTBL and unseeded Saadia Gul of WAPDA set up the title clash after winning their semis without much trouble. Roshna beat Sammar Anjum of Punjab 3-0 in half-an-hour and Saadia beat Faiza Zafar of Sindh. After the first two games, Faiza conceded the match due to unknown injury. All the finals will be played on Saturday starting at 11.00 a.m. Semi-final results: Farhan Zaman (PAF) bt Sheikh Saquib (Punjab) 11-4, 9-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, Nasir Iqbal (WAPDA) bt Q. Tayyab Aslam (Punjab) 14-12, 11-6, 11-4. Boys U17: Asim Khan (Punajb) bt Aqif Zaib (KPK) 13-11, 11-4, R/h, Salman Zaib (PAF) bt Babrak Khan (KPK) 11-4, 11-7, 11-3. Boys U15: Abbas Shaokat (PAF) bt Zeeshan Khan (PAF) 11-7, 8-11, 12-10, 9-11, 14-12, Israr Ahmed (Punjab) bt Hamza Bhatti (Punjab) 11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 11-7. Boys U13: Ahsan Ayaz (PAF) bt Kashif Asif (Punjab) 11-13, 11-5, 11-8, 11-4, Mehran Javed (PAF) bt Hammas A. Tarar (Sindh) 11-7, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6. Boys U11: Ali Karamat (PAF) bt Salman Jilani (KPK) 11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, Fawad Khalil (KPK) bt Zeeshan Gul (PAF) 11-5, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7.Women: Roshna Mehboob (ZTBL) bt Samar Anjum (Punjab) 11-9, 11-7, 11-6, Saadia Gul (WAPDA) bt Faiza Zafar (Sindh) 11-5, 11-7. Girls U15: Madina Zafar (Sindh) bt Tehreema (Sindh) 11-1, 11-1, 11-1, Fatima, Muneer (Punjab) bt Mayral Sheikh (Sindh) 15-13, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8.
