29/09/2011
CAS INTERNATIONAL 2011
Farhan Fends Off Mansoor For CAS Crown
CAS
International 2011
23-28 Sep, Islamabad, Pakistan, $12k |
Round One
25 Sep |
Quarters
26 Sep |
Semis
27 Sep |
Final
28 Sep |
(1) Farhan Mehboob
10/12,11/1,11/2,5/11,11/4 (60m)
Farhan Zaman |
Farhan Mehboob
11/8, 11/3 and 11/5 (30m)
Mohammad Shah Nawaz |
Farhan Mehboob
11/6, 8/11, 11/5 and 11/9 (55m)
Yasir Butt |
Farhan Mehboob
11-5, 11-4,
11-8 (35m)
Mansoor Zaman |
Mohammad Shah Nawaz
11/4, 9/11, 11/6, 11/5 (41m)
Arshad Burki |
Nasir Iqbal
3/11, 13/11, 11/3, 11/7 (49m)
Safeerullah |
Nasir Iqbal
11/7, 11/7, 11/5 (33m)
Yasir Butt |
(3) Yasir Butt
11/9, 10/4 (Retd) (16m)
(Q)
Adil Maqbool |
(4) Mansoor Zaman
11/8, 11/7, 11/8 (26m)
Sheikh Saqib |
Mansoor Zaman
7/11, 11/6, 12/14, 11/8, 12/10 (69m)
Waqas Mehboob |
Mansoor Zaman
11/8, 9/11, 8/11, 11/5 11/7 (64m)
Waqar Mehboob |
Waqas Mehboob
11/4, 11/5, 11/7 (20m)
(Q)
Aqib Hanif |
Waqar Mehboob
11/8, 8/11, 11/8, 11/7 (61m)
Hamza Bukhari |
Waqar Mehboob
6/11, 8/11, 13/11, 12/10 11/8 (119m)
Danish Atlas |
Owais Khan
11/6, 11/7, 11/4 (36m)
(2) Danish Atlas |
Farhan Fends
Off Mansoor For CAS Crown
An
all-Peshawar battle brought the 2011 CAS International to a close today
when top seed Farhan Mehboob held off the challenge of fourth seed
Mansoor Zaman to win the long-established PSA World Tour Challenger 10
squash title at the Mushaf Squash Complex in the Pakistan capital
Islamabad.
Both players
were stretched in the semi-finals - Pakistan No2 Mehboob needing 53 minutes to
see off third-seeded compatriot Yasir Butt in four games, and the
country's experienced former number one Zaman being extended to five games by
Farhan's unseeded older brother Waqar Mehboob before prevailing in 64
minutes.
But
22-year-old favourite Farhan was in command throughout the final, beating his
31-year-old opponent 11-5, 11-4, 11-8 in just 35 minutes to extend his winning
Tour run over Zaman to seven matches since 2007.
While Zaman
won the Chief of Air Staff International title back in 2001, and has made the
final a further four times since then, it was Mehboob's maiden CAS title
success.
The triumph
marks the fourth PSA World Tour title triumph of Mehboob's career.
Air Chief
Marshall Rao Qamar Suleman, Chief of the Air Staff, who is also the
President of the Pakistan Squash Federation, was the Chief Guest at the
final and awarded prizes and trophies to the players.
Mehboobs Make
Islamabad Semis
Pakistanis
Farhan Mehboob and Waqar Mehboob have reached the semi-finals of the
long-established CAS International on home soil - but the two brothers
survived totally contrasting quarter-finals of the PSA World Tour Challenger
10 squash event today at the Mushaf Squash Complex in Islamabad.
Favourite
Farhan, from Peshawar, brushed aside Lahore-based Muhammad Shah Nawaz
11-8, 11-3, 11-5 in just 30 minutes.
But unseeded
younger brother Waqar was facing the No2 seed Danish Atlas Khan, also
from Peshawar. Kahn, aged 17, won the opening two games and took the third game
to a tie-break.
Waqar, two
years older but more than 30 places lower in the PSA world rankings, survived
two tie-break games to draw level - then battled on to take the decider to win
the marathon match 6-11, 8-11, 13-11, 12-10, 11-8 in one minute less than two
hours.
Waqar takes on
experienced fourth seed Mansoor Zaman, while 22-year-old Farhan faces
third seed Yasir Butt.
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