Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD:-Pakistan’s top squash player, Tayyab Aslam, Asim Khan and Mohammad Ashab Irfan Khan have won their matches in the Karachi Open Squash Championship 2022 at Roshan Khan & Jehangir Khan Squash Complex Karachi on Tuesday.
World No 60 guy, Asim Khan came from behind and overpowered World No. 42 3-2 after going down 0-2 and 8-10 at the one stage of the third game that he finished 12-10 and bounced back in the match. He kept the same pressure in the next two games and win in similar style 11-8 and 11-8, as the match wasted 62 minutes. The final score-line was 9-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-8 and 11-8.
World No. 221 Mohammad Ashab Irfan, who got the entry with wild card, toppled high ranked World No. 48 Spanish lad Bernat Jaume 3-1 with the score-line of 8-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-7. Pakistan top national & World No. 52 Tayyab Aslam overcame his opponent Yahya Elnawasany World No. 55 3-1 to move next round of prestigious squash fixture of the world. The final score-line was 10-12, 11-9, 11-9 13-11.
Results (Men’s Event):
Asim Khan (PAK) beat Declan James (ENG) 9-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-8 (62 minutes)
Henry Leung (HKG) beat Faraz Khan (USA) 11-9, 11-13, 11-4, 11-9 (44 minutes)
Tsz Kwan Lau (HKG) beat Edmon Lopez (ESP) 11-6, 11-7, 11-9 (33 minutes)
Tsz Fung Yip (HKG) beat Noor Zaman (PAK) 10-12, 11-7, 16-14, 6-11, 11-9 (36 minutes)
Alan Clyne (SCO) beat Christopher Gordon (USA) 11-7 6-11, 11=2, 11-9 (42 minutes)
Leonel Cardenas (MEX) beat Mazen Gamal (EGY) 11-7, 11-5, 11-9 (55 minutes)
Tayyab Aslam (PAK) beat Yahya Elnawasany (EGY) 10-12, 11-9, 11-9, 12-10 (45 minutes)
Mohammad Ashab Irfan (PAK) beat Bernat Jaume (ESP) 8-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-7 (52 minutes)
Results (Women’s Event):
Yee Xin Ying (MAS) beat Zaynab Khan (PAK) 11-2, 11-1, 11-4 (17 minutes)
NadeenKotb (EGY) beat Sofía Mateos (ESP) 11-7, 11-5, 11-4 (19 minutes)
Chan Yiwen (MAS) beat Saima Shoukat (PAK) 11-2, 11-5, 11-5 (15 minutes)
Amna Fayyaz (PAK) beat Rushna Mehboob (PAK) 11-2, 13-11, 11-1 (15 minutes)
Ainaa Amani (MAS) beat Anna Kimberley (ENG) 11-8, 7-1 (Retired)
Chan Sin Yuk (HKG) beat Rana Ismail (EGY) 12-10, 12-10, 11-1 (25 minutes)
Jelena Dutina (SRB) beat Anam Mustafa Aziz (PAK) 12-10, 4-11, 11-8, 11-1 (25 minutes)
Lea Barbeau (FRA) beat Mariam Malik (PAK) 11-9, 11-7, 11-4 (22 minutes)
