Championships kick off at Mushaf Squash Complex
By Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD (December 15, 2015):- The Serena Hotels-Huawei Pakistan International Squash Tournaments for Men and Women have commenced on Sunday here at Mushaf Squash Complex, as the top seeded male players got bye in the starting round of the international squash showpiece. The both finals will be played on December 19, 2019 in four-wall-glass court at same courts.
A large number of international male and female squash players from Austria, Egypt, Germany, Hong Kong, Jordon, Malaysia, Portugal, Switzerland and United States of America (USA) are showing their game skill in the five-day international fixture. In Men event, World No 43 Youssef Ibrahim from Egypt is No 1 seed while World No 51 Muhammad El-Sherbini also from Egypt is No 2 seed. Whereas in Women event, World No 48 Tsz-Wing Tong from Hong Kong is No 1 seed and World No 52 Sabrina Sobhy form USA is No 2 seed.
Akbar Durrani, Secretary Ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC) graced the opening ceremony as chief guest. Senior Vice President, Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) Air vice Marshal Aamir Masood also visited Mushaf Squash Complex and witnessed the matches. SVP, PSF also had detailed interaction with Pakistani and overseas players, who are taking part in the international squash cahmpionships.
Results (Men Event):
Youssef Ibrahim from Egypt Got Bye
Chi Him Wong from Hong Kong beat Israr Ahmad from Pakistan 9-11, 11-1, 11-8 and 11-6 (32 Min)
Curtis Malik from England beat Mohammad Alsaraj from Jordon 11-8, 12-14, 11-5, 13-15, 11-6 (52 Min)
Asim Khan from Pakistan Got Bye
Farhan Mehboob from Pakistan Got Bye
Amaad Fareed from Pakistan beat Darren Rahul Pragasam from Malaysia 11-2, 8-11, 11-1, 11-8 (32 Min)
Farhan Zaman from Pakistan beat Zeeshan Zeb (WC) from Pakistan 11-5, 12-10, 11-9 (26 Min)
Mazen Gamal from Egypt Got Bye
Tayyab Aslam from Pakistan Got Bye
Noor Zaman (WC) from Pakistan beat Ahmed Hosny from Egypt 11-9, 5-11, 11-5, 11-4 (30 Min)
Yahya Elnawasany from Egypt beat Aqeel Rehman from Austria 9-11, 11-3, 11-8, 9-11, 11-3 (35 Min)
Tsz Kwan Lau from Hong Kong Got Bye
Rui Soares from Portugal Got Bye
Yannik Omlor from Germany beat Khaled Labib from Egypt 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7 (60 Min)
Tang Ming Hong from Hong Kong beat Ong Sai Hung from Malaysia 4-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-8, 11-3 (44 Min)
Mohamed ElSherbini from Egypt Got Bye.
Results (Women’s Event):-
Tsz-Wing Tong from Hong Kong Got Bye
Hana Moataz from Egypt beat Maira Hussain from Pakistan 11-1, 11-5, 11-1 (14 Min)
Shahd El Refaey from Egypt beat Rushna Mehboob from Pakistan 11-8, 11-7, 11-4 (13 Min)
Farah Momen from Egypt Got Bye
Waen Li Lai from Malaysia Got Bye
Moqaddas Ashraf from Pakistan beat Nimra Aqeel from Pakistan 11-3, 11-5, 11-2 (13 Min)
Saima Shaukat from Pakistan beat Komal Khan from Pakistan 11-8, 1-11, 11-7, 11-8 (24 Min)
Farida Mohamed from Egypt Got Bye
Meena Hamed from Egypt Got Bye
Faiza Zafar from Pakistan beat Zynab Khan (WC) from Pakistan 11-4, 11-6, 11-7 (12 Min)
Anam Mustafa Aziz from Pakistan beat Noorena Shams from Pakistan 11-2, 11-1, 11-0 (7 Min)
Cindy Merlo from Switzerland Got Bye
Nadia Pfister from Switzerland Got Bye
Amna Fayyaz from Pakistan beat Ilsa Imran (WC) from Pakistan 11-9, 11-2, 11-4 (14 Min)
Madina Zafar from Pakistan beat Noor ul Huda from Pakistan 11-4, 7-11, 11-2, 11-6 (26 Min)
Sabrina Sobhy from USA Got Bye.
