Tayyab Aslam
8/11, 11/6, 11/7, 11/7 (40m) Farhan Zaman
[Q] Zahir Shah (Pak)
11/7, 11/9, 11/7 (30m) [2] Farhan Zaman (Pak)
RESULTS:
PSA Challenger 10Hashim Khan Memorial
Pakistan International Squash Circuit No. 2, Peshawar,
Pakistan
Danish
Wins Hashim Khan Memorial In Peshawar
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Pakistan number three
Danish Atlas Khan
fully capitalised on home advantage when he upset top-seeded
compatriot Nasir Iqbal
in the final of the Hashim Khan Memorial Pakistan
International Squash Circuit II,
staged at the Hashim Khan Squash Complex
in Peshawar.
Following the death of squash legend Hashim Khan
last week, at the age of 100, the Pakistan Squash Federation
renamed this PSA Challenger 10
international squash event the “Hashim Khan Memorial Pakistan
International Squash Circuit” - and moved it from Islamabad to
Peshawar, the city near where the Patriarch of the Khan squash
dynasty was born.
Third seed Atlas Khan, appropriately also born and raised in
Peshawar, reached the final against expectation after taking out the
event's No2 seed Farhan Zaman
in a five-game semi-final marathon.
But the 20-year-old World No.73 still had enough in reserve to
survive a 92-minute final battle against Iqbal, eventually
overcoming the World No.41 from Bannu 12-10, 6-11, 8-11, 11-2, 11-5.
The triumph was Atlas Khan's first victory over the Pakistan number
one in four Tour meetings in the past two years – and marks the
seventh PSA World Tour title of his career.