Muhammad Aban, Sohail Adnan, Abdul Hadi Farzan and Veshnavi claimed titles in their respective categories after winning the finals of the McDonald’s National Junior Squash Championship here at the Jahangir Khan Squash Academy at the PSB Coaching Centre on Wednesday.
Aban of Sindh defeated fellow provincial player Muhammad Bin Naseem 3-1 in the Under-11 final.
After losing the first game 4-11 Aban regained his focus and played with great discipline to win the remaining three games12-10, 12-10 and 11-4 to seal the win.
Meanwhile Sohail, representing SNGPL, downed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Danish Sikandar 3-0 in the Under-15 final with the game score being 11-7, 12-10, 11-5.
Punjab’s Farzan secured the Under-9 title with a straight-game victory over Muhammad Ibrahim of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the game score of 11-5, 11-9, 11-5. And Veshnavi defeated Damya Khan in an all-Sindh final in the girls’ Under-19 category.
Veshnavi showed her fine skills and did not allow her opponent to retaliate at any stage of the show, sealing a 11-9, 13-11, 11-7 victory.
Vishnavi had inflicted a 3-1 upset defeat on top seed Amina Malik of WAPDA in the semi-final.
Damya had secured her place in the final by defeating Rania Qazi of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Sohail Adnan had set final date with Danish Sikander of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after beating Army’s Faizan Ali Khan 11-7, 11-2, 11-7 in the semi-final.
Danish had advanced after his opponent Fawad Khan got retired hurt with Danish leading 11-9, 11-8.
Farzan had reached final with an 11-3, 11-7, 11-0 victory over Sindh’s Raif Ali Ahmed. Muhammad Ibrahim of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had qualified for ousting Sindh’s Muhammad Hamza 11-6, 11-6, 12-10 in the semi-finals.
Aban, meanwhile, had defeated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Atif Ali Naz 6-11, 11-7, 11-6 in the pre-final. In the same age group Bin Naseem had conquered fellow Sindh player Abdul Karim Qadir 12-10, 11-6, 12-10 in the semi-final.