PSO
CNS International Squash Championship,
Karachi, Pakistan
Final:
[1] Karim Darwish (EGY)
bt [7] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) 11-7, 11-8, 11-7 (38m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Karim Darwish (EGY)
bt [Q] Yasir Butt (PAK) 11-6, 11-5, 11-2 (24m)
[7] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt [2] Mansoor Zaman (PAK) 11-9, 11-4,
11-5 (29m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Karim Darwish (EGY)
bt [6] Shahid Zaman (PAK) 11-2, 11-6, 11-3 (18m)
[Q] Yasir Butt (PAK) bt Bradley Hindle (AUS) 11-7,
11-9, 11-10 (2-0) (25m)
[7] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt [3] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) 11-3, 10-11
(0-2), 11-8, 11-7 (46m)
[2] Mansoor Zaman (PAK) bt [5] Dylan Bennett (NED) 11-7,
11-7, 11-4 (26m)
1st round:
[1] Karim Darwish (EGY)
bt Tony James (AUS) 11-5, 11-5, 11-3 (26m)
[6] Shahid Zaman (PAK) bt Mohammad Shah Nawaz (PAK) 8-11, 4-11, 11-7,
11-9, 11-6 (51m)
[Q] Yasir Butt (PAK) bt [4] Liam Kenny (IRL)
11-10 (2-0), 11-7, 11-8 (36m)
Bradley Hindle (AUS) bt [8] Amr Swelim (EGY)
11-7, 11-10 (2-0), 11-6 (37m)
[7] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt [Q] Shamsul Islam Khan (PAK) 11-9, 11-5,
8-11, 11-3 (29m)
[3] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [Q] Mohd Shoaib Hassan (PAK) 11-5, 6-0 ret.
[5] Dylan Bennett (NED) bt Sherif Kamel (EGY)
11-9, 11-5, 11-7 (42m)
[2] Mansoor Zaman (PAK) bt [Q] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) 11-4, 11-8,
11-5 (20m)
Darwish Dashes Home
Hopes In
Pakistan
CNS International
Egypt's Karim Darwish dashed domestic hopes of
success in the established PSO CNS
International Squash Championship when he
beat local opponent Farhan Mehboob in the final of the $25,000
PSA Tour event at
the Pakistan Navy Roshan Khan/Jahangir Khan Squash Complex in the
Pakistan city of Karachi.
The world No11 from
Cairo,
seeded to win the event for the second time since 2002, reached the 2007 final
without dropping a game.
But Mehboob, the 18-year-old world No54 from
Peshawar, twice shook up the national hierarchy in the sport when he upset two
higher-ranked compatriots to secure a surprise place in the final. Seeded
seven, and in fourth place in the list of Pakistanis in the PSA world rankings,
Mehboob first upset third seed Aamir Atlas Khan - now the top-ranked
Pakistani - in a four-game quarter-final, before overcoming No2 seed Mansoor
Zaman in straight games in the semis.
But Darwish was too strong in the final, winning 11-7, 11-8, 11-7
in 38 minutes to claim his first
PSA
Tour title of the year - and the 12th of his career.