18/02/2011
FAJR INTERNATIONAL 2011
Danish Ditches Seeds To Win FAJR International
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PSA Challenger
5 FAJR International,
Arak, Iran
Danish Ditches
Seeds To Win FAJR International
Pakistan
teenager Danish Atlas Khan won his second Tour title in Iran in less than
a week when he beat Malaysian favourite Muhd Asyraf Azan in the final of
the Fajr International, the PSA World Tour Challenger 5 squash event in
Arak.
The
17-year-old from Peshawar survived two tie-break games before beating
second-seeded fellow countryman Waqar Mehboob in the semi-finals to set
up his final meeting with Azan, the world No60 from Kuala Lumpur.
Atlas Khan
again battled through two games which went into extra points before the world No
174 finally emerged triumphant with his surprise 12-10, 11-4, 14-12 victory.
The win marks
the second Tour title of the young Pakistani's career.
1st round:
[1] Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) bt Ahmad Alzabidi (JOR) 4-11, 14-12,
11-4, 11-6 (33m)
[Q] Aurangzeb Mehmund (PAK) bt Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (IRI)
11-9, 11-9, 18-16 (38m)
[Q] Navid Maleksabet (IRI) bt Farhan Zaman (PAK) w/o
[4] Mansoor Zaman (PAK) bt [Q] Waqas Mehboob (PAK) 11-13, 2-11,
11-6, 11-5, 11-5 (36m)
[3] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Ondrej Ertl (CZE) 11-5, 11-8, 11-9
(34m)
Saqib Yousaf (PAK) bt Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) 9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-7
(52m)
[Q] Seyed Mohammad Hossein Sanaee (IRI) bt Mohammad Hossei Jafari
Nadoushan (IRI) 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6 (35m)
[2] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) bt Alireza Sanaei (IRI) 11-5, 11-5, 11-5
(15m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) bt [Q] Aurangzeb Mehmund (PAK) 9-11,
14-12, 11-5, 11-6 (69m)
[4] Mansoor Zaman (PAK) bt [Q] Navid Maleksabet (IRI) 11-6, 11-5,
11-5 (26m)
[3] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Saqib Yousaf (PAK) 11-6, 11-3, 11-7
(22m)
[2] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) bt [Q] Seyed Mohammad Hossein Sanaee (IRI)
11-7, 11-8, 13-11 (45m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) bt [4] Mansoor Zaman (PAK) 8-11, 7-11,
11-3, 11-9, 11-5 (31m)
[3] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [2] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) 12-10,
11-4, 14-12 (47m)
Final:
[3] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [1] Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) 12-10,
18-16, 11-6
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