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COAS
International
2004
22-25 Feb,
Rawalpindi, Pakistan, $25k |
25-Feb, FINAL:
[6] Adrian Grant (Eng) bt Shahid Zaman (Pak)
12-15, 15-12, 15-4, 12-15, 15-12 (78m)
Grant Cashes in in Peshawar
England's Adrian Grant collected the
biggest title of his career with a hard-fought victory over home
favourite Shahid Zaman in Peshawar.
Shahid led 7-4 in the fifth, but Grant recovered, and from 9-11
down the Englishman put together a run of unanswered points to
claim the title.
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COAS
International 2004 |
1st Round
Sun 22nd |
Quarters
Mon 23rd |
Semis
Tue 24th |
Final
Wed 23rd |
[1] Karim Darwish (Egy)
13-15, 15-10, 15-13 rtd
Shahid Zaman (Pak) |
Shahid Zaman
15-13, 11-15, 15-13, 15-9 (42m)
Hisham Moh'd Ashour |
Shahid Zaman
15-8, 11-15, 15-11, 8-15, 15-12 (73m) Majid Khan |
Shahid Zaman
12-15, 15-12, 15-4,
12-15, 15-12 (78m)
Adrian Grant |
[5] Mansoor Zaman (Pak)
15-9, 7-15, 15-6, 15-6
Hisham Moh'd Ashour (Egy) |
[3] Mohammed Abbas (Egy)
15-6, 15-7, 15-11
Peter Barker (Eng) |
Mohammed Abbas
15-11, 15-5, 6-2 ret. (24m)
Majid Khan |
[8] Farrukh Zaman (Pak)
15-3, 6-15, 15-12, 11-15, 15-12
[Q] Majid Khan (Pak) |
Ben Garner (Eng)
15-13, 15-6, 17-15
[6] Adrian Grant (Eng) |
Adrian Grant
15-2, 15-7, 15-12 (35m)
Khayal Muhammed |
Adrian Grant
15-8, 11-15, 15-6, 15-7 (55m) Wael El
Hindi |
[Q] Khayal Muhammed
(Pak)
6-15, 15-11, 4-15, 15-11, 15-6
[4] Renan Lavigne (Fra) |
[Q] Farhan Mehbook (Pak)
15-8, 15-13, 17-15
[7] Wael El Hindi (Egy) |
Wael El
Hindi
17-16, 17-16, 9-15, 17-14 (72m)
Omar Elborolossy |
[Q] Saeed Hassan (Pal)
15-12, 15-7, 12-15, 15-12
[2] Omar Elborolossy (Egy) |
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Qualifying:
Qualifying Finals:
Majid Khan (Pak bt Mohammad Ilyas (Pak) 15-17, 15-11, 15-8, 15-2
Khayal Muhammad (Pak) beat Khalid Atlas (Pak) 15-13, 6-15, 15-14,
15-10
Saeed Hassan (Pak) beat Alister Walker (Eng) 15-12, 15-14, 5-15,
15-13
Farhan Mehboob (Pak) beat Safeerullah Khan (Pak) 15-6, 15-8, 13-15,
15-14
Qualifying first round:
Khayal Muhammad (Pak) bt Arshad Iqbal Burki (Pak) 15/13,15/9,8/7
(Rtd) 24m
Majid Khan (Pak) bt Wakeel Khan (Pak) 15/2,15/5,15/13 22m
M Ilyas (Pak) bt Ritwick Bhattacharya (Ind) 15/13,5/15,15/8, 15/3
53m
Farhan Mehboob (Pak) bt Alamzeb Junior (Pak) 15/12, 15/7, 15/13
24mn
Saeed Hassan (Pak) bt Naveed Atlas (Pak) 15/8,15/11,15/6 29mn
Safeer Khan (Pak) bt Yasir Butt (Pak) 15/11,13/15,15/4,15/9
60mn
Khalid Atlas (Pak) bt Aamir Atlas (Pak) 15/10,11/15,13/15, 15/6,15/9
45m
Alister Walker (Eng) bt Majeed Hussain (Pak) 15/7, 15/9, 15/6
23m
Pre-qualifying:
Info from the Daily Times
Amir Atlas, Faisal Zaman, Wakeel Khan, Bilal Zaman, Asgher
Khan, Haider Jamal, Majid Hussain and Alim Zeb Junior advanced to
the second round to be played on Thursday 19th. After the second
round, four will join the 12 who are already in the qualifying round
to be played on February 20 and 21. Four qualifiers of the second
round will be included in the main draw to be played from February
22 to 25. The title winner will collect $4,000 of the $25,000 total
prize fund.
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Reports |
24-Feb, Semis:
Shahid Zaman (PAK) bt [Q] Majid Khan (PAK)
15-8, 11-15, 15-11, 8-15, 15-12 (73m)
[6] Adrian Grant (ENG) bt [7] Wael El Hindi (EGY) 15-8, 11-15, 15-6, 15-7 (55m)
Grant & Zaman To
Meet In COAS Final
Domestic interest in the final of the $25,000 Chief
Of the Army Staff (COAS) International in Islamabad will be led by
Pakistan's unseeded Shahid Zaman, who beat fellow countryman
Majid Khan, a qualifier, in today's semi-finals and will face
England's sixth seed Adrian Grant in tomorrow's climax.
Majid Khan, a 20-year-old former Pakistan junior international from
Peshawar, fought all the way in his surprise semi-final against the
experienced Shahid Zaman, a world top fifty player for almost three
years. Twice Zaman led, and twice his young opponent drew level.
After 73 minutes, the Quetta-based Zaman finally gained his 15-8
11-15 15-11 8-15 15-12 win to reach his first PSA Tour final for
more than two years.
London-born left-hander Adrian Grant had a slightly easier run to
his 12th PSA Tour final in a 15-8 11-15 15-6 15-7 victory in 55
minutes over Egypt's Wael El Hindi, the seventh seed.
The in-form world No21, who is now based in Halifax in Yorkshire,
will be looking for his first title success for more than a year in
the biggest final of his career.
23-Feb, Quarters:
Shahid & Majid Ensure Local Interest
Further giant-killing victories in today's
quarter-finals will lead to Pakistanis Shahid Zaman and Majid Khan
meeting each other in the semi-finals, thus ensuring local interest
in the final in Islamabad.
Unseeded Shahid Zaman made his breakthrough in the first round when
he beat Egypt's defending champion Karim Darwish after the in-form
top seed retired injured after three games. In the quarter-finals,
the 21-year-old from Quetta removed another Egyptian, unseeded
Hisham Mohammed Ashour 15-13 11-15 15-13 15-9
in 42 minutes.
Majid Khan, a 20-year-old qualifier from Peshawar, upset Shahid's
cousin Farrukh Zaman, the No8 seed, in the first round - then
despatched last year's runner-up Mohammed Abbas in the
quarter-finals when the third seed retired injured midway through
the third game.
The other semi-final will feature England's sixth seed Adrian Grant
and seventh-seeded Egyptian Wael El Hindi, the shock survivor of a
tough battle with compatriot and second seed Omar Elborolossy in a
17-16 17-16 9-15 17-14 scoreline.
22-Feb, Round One:
Darwish limps out in Peshawar
Karim Darwish, the reigning COAS International Champion,
limped out of the first round in Pshsawar, retiring injured at 2-1
up over Pakistan's Shahid Zaman. It was one of several shock results
in the first round.
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