05/04/2008
COAS INTERNATIONAL
Atlas Khan Becomes Youngest Winner Of COAS International Title
COAS
International 2008
Islamabad, Pakistan, 01-05 Apr, $25k |
Round One
02-Apr |
Quarters
03-Apr |
Semis
04-Apr |
Final
05-Apr |
[1]
Ong Beng Hee (Mas)
11-8, 9-1 ret.
(10m)
Majid Khan (Pak) |
Ong Beng Hee
11-7, 11-5, 11-4
(32m)
Yasir Butt |
Yasir Butt
11-6, 11-8, 11-9
(30m)
Farhan Mehboob
|
Yasir Butt
11-9, 11-10 (2-0),
11-9 (38m)
Aamir Atlas Khan |
[8]
Yasir Butt (Pak)
11-8, 11-5, 11-6 (33m)
Wasim Shad (PAK) |
[3] Mansoor Zaman
(Pak)
11-10 (2-0), 11-10
(2-0), 11-6 (28m)
Robbie Temple (Eng) |
Robbie Temple
11-7, 11-2, 11-10
(2-0) (32m)
Farhan Mehboob
|
[6]
Farhan Mehboob (Pak)
11-4, 11-7, 11-4
(25m)
Aqib Hanif (PAK) |
Shoaib Hassan (Pak)
11-8, 11-4, 11-7
(30m)
[5] Saurav Ghosal (Ind) |
Saurav Ghosal
11-9, 11-3, 11-10
(3-1) (26m)
Aamir Atlas Khan |
Aamir Atlas Khan
11-8, 11-10 (4-2),
11-10 (2-0) (32m)
Jonathan Kemp |
Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK)
11-8, 11-9 ret. (18m)
[4] Aamir Atlas Khan (Pak) |
Waqar Mehboob (PAK)
11-8, 11-9, 11-6 (35m)
[7] Shahid Zaman (Pak) |
Shahid Zaman
11-2, 11-7, 11-3
(17m)
Jonathan Kemp |
Adil Maqbool (Pak)
11-4, 11-10 (2-0),
11-5 (18m)
[2] Jonathan Kemp (Eng) |
Atlas
Khan Becomes Youngest Winner Of COAS International Title
Pakistan's Aamir Atlas Khan defeated fellow teenager Yasir Butt
in straight games in the final of the COAS International
to become the youngest winner of the $25,000
PSA
Tour
squash event at the Mushaf Squash Complex in the Pakistan capital
Islamabad.
The 17-year-old fourth seed from Peshawar, who made his breakthrough in
the previous round when he upset England's second seed Jonathan Kemp,
fought back from behind in all three games before overcoming Butt, the
19-year-old No8 seed from Lahore, 11-9, 11-10 (2-0), 11-9.
The triumph, in his fourth PSA Tour final, takes Khan's title tally to two
- following the CAS International trophy success he achieved last
August, also in
Islamabad.
Butt
& Kahn To Contest All-Pakistan
Islamabad Tour Final
Teenagers Yasir Butt and Aamir Atlas Khan will contest an
all-Pakistan final of the COAS International - and produce the
youngest ever winner - after surviving the semi-finals of the $25,000
PSA
Tour
squash event at the Mushaf Squash Complex in the Pakistan capital
Islamabad.
Butt, the 19-year-old No8 seed from
Lahore who scored a stunning upset over top seed and world No12 Ong
Beng Hee to reach the last four, beat fellow Pakistani Farhan
Mehboob 11-6, 11-8, 11-9. His 30-minute victory over the No6 seed
takes Butt into his second successive PSA Tour final.
Aamir Atlas Khan, the 17-year-old fourth seed from Peshawar, survived two
tie-break games against Jonathan Kemp before upsetting the second
seed from England 11-8, 11-10 (4-2), 11-10 (2-0) in 32 minutes.
Now in his fourth
PSA Tour final, Khan is looking for his third
successive title success on home soil after winning last year's
CAS International
and Pakistan Open, both also in Islamabad.
Butt
Battles To Beng Hee Upset In
Islamabad
Pakistan teenager Yasir Butt scored a
major upset in the quarter-finals of the COAS International when he
defeated Malaysia's top seed Ong Beng Hee in straight games in the
$25,000 PSA Tour
squash event at the Mushaf Squash Complex
in the Pakistan capital Islamabad.
Butt, the No8 seed from Lahore, was in sparkling form as he romped to an
11-7, 11-5, 11-4 win over world No12 Beng Hee, last year's runner-up, in
just 32 minutes.
The 19-year-old now faces fellow Pakistani Farhan Mehboob after the
sixth seed ended the giant-killing run of Robbie Temple - beating
the Englishman who had earlier removed Pakistan number one Mansoor
Zaman 11-7, 11-2, 11-10 (2-0).
England's Jonathan Kemp stands in the way of an all-Pakistan
semi-final line-up in Islamabad. The No2 seed from Telford took only 17
minutes to conquer former Pakistan No1 Shahid Zaman, the No7 seed,
11-2, 11-7, 11-3 - and will now face Aamir Atlas Khan, the
17-year-old fourth seed from Peshawar who beat India's No5 seed Saurav
Ghosal 11-9, 11-3, 11-10 (3-1).
Temple Takes Out Zaman In Islamabad Upset
Unseeded Englishman Robbie Temple produced a sensational upset in
the first round of the COAS International when he
defeated the hosts' leading hope Mansoor Zaman, the No3 seed, in
the $25,000
PSA
Tour
squash event at the Mushaf Squash Complex in the
Pakistan capital
Islamabad.
Temple, the world No97 from Gloucester, was taken to tie-breaks in the
first two games of the match against local hero Zaman, the former world
No11 now ranked 30 in the world. But the London-based 21-year-old
survived both games - and went on to take the third to record an 11-10
(2-0), 11-10 (2-0), 11-6 victory in 28 minutes.
After scoring the biggest scalp of his career,
Temple now faces another Pakistani for a place in the semi-finals: sixth
seed Farhan Mehboob, also from Peshawar, beat compatriot Aqib
Hanif, a qualifier, 11-4, 11-7, 11-4.
The
event's top two seeds safely negotiated the first round - Malaysian
favourite Ong Beng Hee kept on court for only ten minutes before
his opponent Majid Khan retired injured with the score standing at
11-8, 9-1.
Second seed Jonathan Kemp became the second Englishman to reach the
last eight when he beat UAE-based Pakistani Khawaja Adil Maqbool
11-4, 11-10 (2-0), 11-5.
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