31/03/2011
PAKISTAN OPEN 2011
Pakistan Teenager Iqbal Makes Tour Breakthrough In Islamabad
Pakistan
International #1 2011
26 -31 Mar, Islamabad, $12k |
Round One
28 Mar |
Quarters
28 Mar |
Semis
30 Mar |
Final
31 Mar |
[1] Yasir Butt
(Pak)
11/9,5/11,11/0,7/11,11/8 (50
Min)
Syed Ali Bokhari (Pak) |
Yasir Butt
11/8, 11/9, 7/11 ,5/11, 11/8 (52m)
Owais Khan |
Yasir Butt
8-11, 7-11, 11-9,
13-11, 11-9 (64m)
Mansoor Zaman |
Yasir Butt
11-5, 7-11, 11-4,
11-4 (49m)
Nasir Iqbal |
Owais Khan (Pak)
11/6, 15/13, 11/5 (41 Min)
[Q] Bilal Zakir (Pak) |
[Q] Aurangzeb (Pak)
11/9, 11/4, 11/7 (33 Min)
Mansoor Zaman (Pak) |
Mansoor Zaman
12/10, 8/11, 5/11, 11/7, 11/9 (79m)
Danish Atlas Khan |
Sheikh Saqib Yousaf (Pak)
11/6,11/4, 11/7 (31 Min)
[4] Danish Atlas Khan (Pak) |
[3] Waqas Mehboob (Pak)
11/4, 11/6, 11/8 (26 Min)
Farhan Zaman (Pak) |
Waqas Mehboob
11/5,11/4 and 11/3 (25m)
Nasir Iqbal |
Nasir Iqbal
7-11, 11-2, 11-3,
11-5 (57m)
Waqar Mehboob |
Aqib Hanif (Pak)
11/9, 11/5, 11/4 (22 Min)
Nasir Iqbal (Pak) |
[Q] Mahad Javed (Pak)
11/3, 11/8, 11/3 (24 Min)
Arshad Iqbal Burki (Pak) |
Arshad Iqbal Burki
11/7, 9/11, 11/7, 11/3 (46m)
Waqar Mehboob |
[Q] Shah Nawaz (Pak)
11/5, 11/7,11/5 (24 Min)
[2] Waqar Mehboob (Pak) |
Pakistan
Teenager Iqbal Makes Tour Breakthrough In Islamabad
Nasir Iqbal
became the latest Pakistan teenager to make an unheralded breakthrough on the
world squash stage today when he won the PSF-CDA Pakistan International
Squash Circuit No1 in the Pakistan capital Islamabad.
The unseeded
16-year-old, playing in only his fourth professional event, made his
breakthrough in the quarter-finals of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10
championship at the Mushaf Squash Complex where he ousted fourth seed
Waqas Mehboob in straight games.
The Peshawar
youngster's next victim was Waqas's older brother Waqar Mehboob - but
Iqbal recovered from a game down to beat the second seed 7-11, 11-2, 11-3, 11-5
in 57 minutes.
Now in his
maiden PSA Tour final, Iqbal faced Yasir Butt, the 22-year-old top
seed from Lahore making his seventh Tour final appearance.
But Iqbal,
ranked 282 in the world, was unfazed by his senior compatriot's greater
experience - and battled for 49 minutes to quash the event favourite 11-5, 7-11,
11-4, 11-4 to claim the first PSA World Tour title of his career.
Air Marshal
Tahir Rafique Butt,
Vice Chief of the Air Staff, graced the ceremony as Chief Guest and awarded
trophies to the winner and runner up.
Mighty Mansoor
Despatches Danish In Islamabad Upset
Pakistan's
Mansoor Zaman rediscovered the form which took him to 11 in the world eight
years ago when he upset in-form third-seeded compatriot Danish Atlas Khan
in today's quarter-finals of the PSF-CDA Pakistan International Squash
Circuit No1, the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 event at Mushaf
Squash Complex in the Pakistan capital Islamabad.
The
30-year-old left-hander from Peshawar, now languishing outside the world's top
200, battled for 79 minutes to overcome 17-year-old Danish Atlas Khan -
winner of three successive PSA Tour titles over the past six weeks -
12-10, 8-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9.
Unseeded Zaman
now faces Yasir Butt, the top seed who was also taken the full distance
before beating fellow countryman Owais Khan 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 5-11, 11-8.
There was an
upset in the lower half of the draw where unseeded Nasir Iqbal ousted
fourth seed Waqas Mehboob 11-5, 11-4, 11-3.
Iqbal, a
16-year-old also from Peshawar, will now face Waqas's brother Waqar Mehboob,
the No2 seed who defeated Arshad Iqbal Burki 11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 11-3.
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