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RESULTS:
PSA Challenger 5 Milad Open, Gorgan, Iran
Farhan
Zaman Wins In Iran
Pakistan's
Farhan Zaman has claimed his first PSA World Tour squash title
after winning the inaugural Milad Open in Iran.
Seeded two
in the PSA Challenger 5 event at Golestan Squash Centre in
Gorgan, Zaman reached the final after straight games wins over opponents
from three different nations.
And it was
a surprise player from a fourth different country that faced the 18-year-old
from Peshawar in the final.
Unseeded
Kuwaiti Ammar Al-Tamimi made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals
where he upset Pakistani Basem Makram, beating the top seed 11-5,
11-2, 11-5 in just 12 minutes.
The
22-year-old from Kuwait went on to defeat third-seeded Iranian Mohammad
Reza Sadeghpour in the semi-finals to reach the first Tour final of his
career.
But there
was no stopping Pakistani teenager Zaman - who battled for 44 minutes to
overcome Al-Tamimi 15-13, 6-11, 11-5, 11-7 to become a Tour title winner for
the first time.
1st round:
[2] Farhan Zaman (PAK) bt Seyed Mohammad Hossein Sanaee (IRI)
11-6, 11-4, 11-6 (19m)
Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK) bt Mohammad Hossei Jafari Nadoushan (IRI)
9-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 (37m)
Navid Maleksabet (IRI) bt Masoud Gharehzyaldini (IRI) 9-11,
11-8, 16-14, 11-9 (52m)
[4] Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) bt [Q] Murtaza Murtaza (PAK) 11-8,
11-6, 6-11, 11-9 (47m)
[3] Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (IRI) bt Alireza Sanaei (IRI)
11-8, 11-7, 11-7 (35m)
[Q] Mohd Amin Atayi Kha (IRI) bt [Q] Muqadar Shah (PAK) 11-3,
11-4, 11-7 (27m)
Ammar Al-Tamimi (KUW) bt Aurangzeb Mehmund (PAK) 11-6, 11-7,
7-11, 11-9 (45m)
[1] Basem Makram (EGY) bt [Q] Sohail Shameli (IRI) 11-9, 11-8,
12-10 (35m)
Quarter-finals:
[2] Farhan Zaman (PAK) bt Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK) 11-5, 11-5,
11-9 (35m)
[4] Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) bt Navid Maleksabet (IRI) 12-10,
13-11, 13-11 (42m)
[3] Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (IRI) bt [Q] Mohd Amin Atayi Kha
(IRI) 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-8 (50m)
Ammar Al-Tamimi (KUW) bt [1] Basem Makram (EGY) 11-5, 11-2,
11-5 (12m)
Semi-finals:
[2] Farhan Zaman (PAK) bt [4] Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) 11-4, 11-5,
11-9 (20m)
Ammar Al-Tamimi (KUW) bt [3] Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (IRI)
11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9 (43m)
Final:
[2] Farhan Zaman (PAK) bt Ammar Al-Tamimi (KUW) 15-13, 6-11,
11-5, 11-7 (44m)
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