PAKISTAN OPEN SQUASH:TWO PAKISTANI QUALIFY FOR THE SECOND ROUND

Islamabad : The opening ceremony of the main round of Pakistan Open Mens’ Squash Championship was held at Mushaf Squash Complex, Islamabad today. Air Marshal Shahid Akhtar Alvi, Senior Vice President Pakistan Squash Federation was the chief guest at the occasion. High ranking PAF officers and squash lovers from all walks of life witnessed the match between Nafizwan Adnan and Israr Ahmed. The Malaysian defeated his opponent in straight games with the game score 11-7, 11-9, 11-7. Renowned showbiz artists have joined hands with Pakistan Squash Federation in bringing back the international squash to the country and their recorded messages were also aired during the match.

The hopes of Pakistani squash lovers remained alive when two Pakistani squash players qualified for the second round of Pakistan Open Mens’ Squash Championship being played at Mushaf Squash Complex, Islamabad. Farhan Zaman and Ahsan Ayaz won their matches in the main round and earned their place in the second round of the coveted Championship.

Eight matches were also played in the CAS International Women Squash Championship in which Annie Au, Hana Moataz, Rowan Elaraby, Mayar Hany, Nadine Shahin, Rachael Gringham, Sivasangari Subramaniam and Hania El Hammamy defeated their opponents to book their place in the quarter finals.  Detailed results of matches are as under:-

CAS International Women

1.  Annie Au (Hkg)   beat  Rachel Arnold  (Mas)  11-4 (Retd) (05 Min)

2.  Hana Moataz  (Egy)  beat  Sarah Cardwell (Aus)  11-8, 11-8, 11-7 (28 Min)

3.  Rowan Elaraby (Egy) beat Nouran El-Torky (Egy) 11-7, 11-8, 12-10 (42 Min)

4.  Mayar Hany (Egy)   beat   Sadia Gul  (Pak)  11-4, 11-5, 11-7 (20 Min)

5. Nadine Shahin (Egy)  beat  Hana Ramadan (Egy)        9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8 ( 41 Min)

6. Rachael Gringham (Aus)         beat   Tong Tsz Wing (Hkg)        11-6, 11-8, 11-2 (23 Min)

7. Sivasangari Subramaniam (Mas)  beat   Nada Abbas (Egy)    6-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-6, 13-11 (40 Min)

8. Hania El Hammamy (Egy) beat Enora Villard (Aus)                  14-12, 11-5, 15-13 (40 Min)

 

Pakistan Open Men

1. Farhan Zaman (Pak)    beat  Waqar Mehboob (Pak)      11-5, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5 (32 Min)

2. Tsz Fung Yip (Hkg)     beat    Asim Khan (Pak)         11-6, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8 (50 Min)

3. Eain Yow Ng (Mas)    beat  Faraz Khan (Pak)     11-6, 11-3, 11-2 (21 Min)

4. Ahsan Ayaz (Pak)   beat M Shoaib Hassan (Pak)     11-9, 11-4, 11-9 (27 Min)

5.  Zahed Mohamed  (Egy)         beat   Rui Soares (Por)  11-9, 11-5, 11-9 (30 Min)

6. Leo Au (Hkg)             beat      Edmon Lopez (Esp) 11-5, 11-6, 11-4 (28 Min)

7.  Shehab Essam (Egy)     beat  Shahjahan Khan (Pak)     11-5, 3-11, 11-6, 2-11, 11-2 (58 Min)

8.  Mazen Gamal (EGY) beat  Farhan Mehboob (Pak)     11-7, 11-8, 11-4 (27 Min)

9.  Max Lee (Hkg)   beat     Adeen Idrakie (Mas)  11-5, 11-4, 11-3, (21 Min)

10.   Mohammed Abouleghar (Egy) beat   Auguste Dussourd (Fra)          11-2, 11-5, 11-2 (18 Min)

11.   Mohd Syafiz Kamal (Mas)  beat Kashif Asif ( Pak)  11-8, 11-8, 11-7 (31 Min)

12.     Nafizwan Adnan (Mas) beat  Israr Ahmad (Pak)  11-7, 11-9, 11-7 (35 Min )

13. Marwan El Shorbagy (Egy) beat  Chi Him Wong (Hkg)  11-5, 11-7, 11-7 (29 Min)