Badminton: Punjab enter final

Punjab move into the final of Inter-Provincial Youth Under-16 Girls Badminton Championship after defeating Sindh 3-0.

Punjab moved into the final of the Inter-Provincial Youth Under-16 Girls Badminton Championship after defeating Sindh 3-0.

Punjab’s Fariha outclassed Sindh’s Beenish 21-5, 21-4 while Bakhtawar beat Gulraiz 21-9, 21-3. In the doubles event, Kosar and Sanam outplayed Beenish and Sidra 21-10, 21-16.

In the first match of the day, Punjab outclassed Fata 2-0 as Fariha thrashed Memoona 21-1, 21-3 whereas in the doubles category, Fariha and Bakhtawar defeated Raz Bibi and Memona 21-7, 21-13. In the second match, Punjab defeated Azad Jammu Kashmir 2-0.



Published in The Express Tribune, May 18^th, 2011.