09/06/2008
CAS INTERNATIONAL
Khan Captures CAS Crown In Islamabad
CAS
International
2008
Islamabad, Pakistan, 04-09 Jun, $30k |
Round One
06-Jun |
Quarters
07-Jun |
Semis
08-Jun |
Final
09-Jun |
[1] Aamir Atlas Khan
(Pak)
11/7, 11/9, 11/6 (36m)
Safeerullah Khan (Pak) |
Aamir Atlas Khan
11-7, 6-11,
10-12, 11-7, 11-7 (71m)
Yasir Butt |
Aamir Atlas Khan
11-7, 12-10, 11-7
(49m)
Aaron Frankcomb |
Aamir Atlas Khan
11-6, 15-13,
6-11, 11-7 (49m)
Farhan Mehboob |
[5] Yasir Butt (Pak)
11/9, 11/2, 1/11, 10/12, 11/7 (59m)
[Q] Majid Khan (Pak) |
[4] Jan Koukal (Cze)
11/7, 11/2, 11/9 (26m)
[Q] Shamsul Islam Khan (Pak) |
Jan Koukal
5-11, 11-6, 11-9,
11-9 (59m)
Aaron Frankcomb |
[6] Aaron Frankcomb
(Aus)
9/11, 11/4, 11/7, 12/10 (65m)
Adil Maqbool (Pak) |
Mohamed El Shorbagy
(Egy)
11/13, 15/13, 11/7, 11/5 (45m)
[8] Tom Richards (Eng) |
Mohamed El Shorbagy
11-7, 11-5, 11-3
(26m)
Farhan Mehboob |
Farhan Mehboob
11-9, 5-11, 11-8,
8-11, 11-9 (60m)
Mansoor Zaman |
[Q] Amjad Khan (Pak)
11/4, 11/4, 11/5 (21m)
[3] Farhan Mehboob (Pak) |
Bradley Hindle (Aus)
6/11, 11/3, 11/7, 11/8 (49m)
[7] Ali Anwar Reda (Egy) |
Ali Anwar Reda
11-3, 11-2, 11-3
(19m)
Mansoor Zaman |
[Q] Arshad Iqbal Burki
(Pak)
11/6, 11/5, 12/10 (36m)
[2] Mansoor Zaman (Pak) |
Khan
Captures
CAS Crown In Islamabad
Aamir
Atlas Khan
successfully defended his title in the 2008
CAS
International
when he beat fellow Pakistani teenager Farhan Mehboob in today's (Monday)
final of the $30,000
PSA Tour
squash
event at the Mushaf Squash Complex in the
Pakistan capital
Islamabad.
Ranked
just four places higher in the world than his opponent, 17-year-old top seed
Atlas Khan battled for 49 minutes to beat 19-year-old Mehboob 11-6, 15-13, 6-11,
11-7.
The
victory marked Khan's third
PSA Tour
title - all of which have been won on home soil.
The
occasion was graced by Mr Naveed Qamar, Federal Minister Finance and
Privatization Republic of Pakistan, as chief guest.
Over 18
years, the
CAS
International Squash Championship
has become
one of the most popular and second-highest paying squash events in
Pakistan -
which was first organized in 1990, with its title CAS Open Squash Championship.
With its growing popularity, the championship captivated the interest of squash
enthusiasts from across the world, and it was modified as CAS International
Squash Championship in 1997 with prize money increased to US $ 10,000. The
amount of prize money was enhanced to US $ 20,000 in 2001 and further increase
of US $ 5,000 was made in 2002. This year CAS has again added an amount of US $
5,000 into the prize money which has rendered the championship 3 star on PSA
schedule.
Frankcomb
Foils Koukal In
Islamabad
Australian
Aaron Frankcomb upset fourth seed Jan Koukal in the quarter-finals
of the CAS Squash International to become the only non-Pakistani to reach
the last four of the $30,000
PSA Tour
squash
event at the Mushaf Squash Complex in the
Pakistan capital
Islamabad.
The
23-year-old sixth seed from Hobart defeated the Czech number one 5-11, 11-6,
11-9, 11-9 in 59 minutes - and will now face favourite Aamir Atlas Khan,
the 17-year-old defending champion who battled for 71 minutes to overcome fellow
Pakistani Yasir Butt 11-7, 6-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-7.
The other
semi-final will be a local derby between second seed Mansoor Zaman and
third seed Farhan Mehboob, both from
Peshawar.
Zaman despatched Egypt's Mohd Ali Anwar Reda 11-3, 11-2, 11-3 in just 19
minutes, while Mehboob ended the brave run of Mohamed El Shorbagy,
beating the unseeded 17-year-old Egyptian 11-7, 11-5, 11-3.
Zaman, the
former world No11 now ranked just two places above Mehboob, will be hoping to
avenge his shock first round loss to his compatriot in the event last year.
El Shorbagy
Robs Richards
Of Quarter-Final Berth In
Islamabad
Egyptian
teenager Mohamed El Shorbagy caused the only upset on the opening day of
action in the
CAS Squash
International
when he beat eighth seed Tom Richards in the first round of the $30,000
PSA Tour
squash
event at the Mushaf Squash Complex in the
Pakistan capital
Islamabad.
The
UK-based 17-year-old from
Alexandria, who is playing in his first Tour event in Pakistan, recovered from a
game down to beat Richards, from Surrey, 11-13, 15-13, 11-7, 11-5 in 45 minutes.
El
Shorbagy will now face one of four Pakistanis who have made it through to the
last eight. Third seed Farhan Mehboob beat compatriot Amjad Khan,
a former
Pakistan
number one, 11-4, 11-4, 11-5 in just 21 minutes.
Another all-Pakistani first round clash saw 17-year-old Aamir Atlas Khan
successfully begin the defence of his title with a 11-7, 11-9, 11-6 win over
Safeer Ullah Khan. The top seed from
Peshawar
will now face a further fellow countryman Yasir Butt, the No5 seed, for a
place in the semi-finals.
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