JSIL
President PSF Squash International,
Abbottabad, Pakistan
1st round:
[1] Farhan
Mehboob (PAK) bt Nosherwan Khan (PAK) 11-5, 11-5, 6-11, 11-4 (27m)
[6] Arshad
Iqbal Burki (PAK) bt [Q] Kashif Khan (PAK) 11-4, 11-2, 11-6 (35m)
[4] Majid
Khan (PAK) bt [Q] Owais Khan (PAK) 11-3, 7-11, 11-6, 11-8 (34m)
Lewys
Hurst (WAL) bt [8] Neil Hitchens (ENG) 10-11 (0-2), 11-7, 11-10
(2-0), 11-9 (42m)
Amjad Khan
(PAK) bt [5] Shamsul Islam Khan (PAK) 11-8, 11-3, 11-7 (20m)
[3] Yasir
Butt (PAK) bt [Q] Mohd Shoaib Hassan (PAK) 11-7, 11-7, 11-4 (30m)
[7] Bilal
Zaman (PAK) bt Naresh Kumar (IND) 11-7, 5-11, 11-6, 11-9 (36m)
[Q] Waqar
Mehboob (PAK) bt [2] Shahid Zaman (PAK) 11-5, 11-6, 11-4 (16m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Farhan
Mehboob (PAK) bt [6] Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK) 10-11 (4-6), 11-4, 11-8, 11-5
(38m)
[4] Majid
Khan (PAK) bt Lewys Hurst (WAL) 11-7, 11-8, 11-2 (26m)
[3] Yasir
Butt (PAK) bt Amjad Khan (PAK) 11-6, 11-6, 4-11, 11-9
(34m)
[Q] Waqar
Mehboob (PAK) bt [7] Bilal Zaman (PAK) 11-6, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6 (42m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Farhan
Mehboob (PAK) bt [4] Majid Khan (PAK) 11-6, 11-6, 11-9 (29m)
[3] Yasir
Butt (PAK) bt [Q] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) 11-10 (3-1), 11-3, 11-9 (23m)
Final:
[1] Farhan
Mehboob (PAK) bt [3] Yasir Butt (PAK) 5-11, 11-10 (3-1), 11-7, 11-5
(40m)
Farhan Mehboob Powers To President PSF Title
Within
days of qualifying for the Dunlop British Open and stretching a seed to
five games,
Pakistan
teenager Farhan Mehboob was back on home soil where he celebrated his
maiden PSA Tour squash title success in the JSIL President PSF
International at the Jansher Khan Squash Complex in Abbottabad.
The
19-year-old from
Peshawar
fought off local opponents all the way to the final, where he took on third seed
Yasir Butt, also from Pakistan.
After dropping the opening game in the second Tour final of his career, top seed
Mehboob regained the upper hand to beat Butt 5-11, 11-10 (3-1), 11-7, 11-5 in 40
minutes.
The new champion's younger brother also had much to celebrate in Abbottabad:
Waqar Mehboob, the 17-year-old Pakistan Junior champion, came through the
qualifiers - then despatched second seed Shahid Zaman in straight games
in the first round, before going on to reach the semi-finals where he fell to
Yasir Butt.