Abdul Jabbar Faisal
RAWALPINDI:-Top seed, Saeed Abdul aka Saad Abdullah defeated 3nd seedFarhan Hashmi 3-2 in the final of the 1st Commissioner Rawalpindi SatelliteMen’s Open Squash Tournament at Jehangir Khan Squash Court at Liaquat Baugh Sports Complex Rawalpindi on Friday. The final score-line was 10-12, 5-11,11-9, 11-8 and 11-5 after wasting 43 minutes in the court.
In the first game, both players showed classic squash by hitting powerful forehand and backhand strokes, as the game went-up neck-to-neck and was leveled at 9-9 and 10-10. At this stage, Farhan played a couple of powerful strokes and finished the game at 12-10. He (Farhan) maintained the same pace in the second game and did not allow his high ranked challenger to earn the points. Farhan ended the second game at 11-5 and made the match score 2-0.
Saeed Abdul started the third game a bit slow but he came from behind and exhibited a great game of squash and won the game at 11-9 despite this the game was squared at 9-9. After coming back in the match, the top seed guy toiled hard on the court and did not show any complacency during the rest of the games. He finished the penultimate game at 11-8 to level the match score 2-2. He won the final game easily at 11-5 to lift the national squash title.
Complete Results:
Men’s Singles (Final):
Saeed Abdul beat Farhan Hashmi (3-2) 10-12, 5-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-5 (43 minutes)
Semifinals:
Saeed Abdul beat Zain Ramzan (3-1) 4-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-9 (37 minutes)
Farhan Hashmi beat Mohammad Faraz (3-0) 11-6, 11-7, 12-10 (23 minutes)
Quarterfinals:
Saeed Abdul beat Mohammad Uzair Rasheed (3-2) 11-5, 9-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-7(60 minutes)
Zain Ramzan beat Mohammad Farhan (3-0) 11-3, 11-5, 11-7 (22 minutes)
Farhan Hashmi beat Huzaifa Shahid (3-0) 11-9, 11-7, 11-5 (25 minutes)
Mohammad Faraz beat Salman Saleem (3-0) 11-8, 11-6, 11-3 (19 minutes)
Round-II:
Saeed Abdul beat Mohammad Saqib Yousif 11-8, 11-5, 10-12, 11-5 (43 minutes)
Mohammad Uzair Rasheed beat Abdul Qadir 9-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-4 (35 minutes)
Zain Ramzan beat Khaqan Malik 11-3, 11-6, 11-1 (21 minutes)
Mohammad Farhan beat Hamza Aslam 11-4, 11-4, 11-2 (14 minutes)
Farhan Hashmi beat Mehmood Mehboob 11-6, 5-11, 10-12, 11-6, 11-5 (37 minutes)
Huzaifa Shahid beat Zuhair Shah 11-7, 11-7, 11-7 (21 minutes)
Mohammad Faraz beat Usman Nadeem 11-7, 11-7, 11-7 (21 minutes)
Salman Saleem beat Moeen-ud-Din 11-5, 11-3, 11-9 (16 minutes)
Round-I:
Saeed Abdul beat Zeeshan Malik 11-7, 11-3, 11-7 (17 mint)
Mohammad Saqib Yousif beat Cavish Farooq 11-6, 11-6, 11-8 (21 mint)
Mohammad Uzair Rasheed beat Mohammad Ahsan 11-8, 11-4, 11-4 (23 mint)
Abdul Qadir beat Zoraiz Naeem 11-9,c11-5,c12-10 (16 mint)
Khaqan Mailk beat Vaqar Naeem 11-5, 11-7, 11-8 (27 minutes)
Zain Ramzan beat Ahmad Amin 11-4, 11-4, 11-6,(19 mint)
Hamza Aslam beat Mohammad Essa 11-6, 13-11,11-9 (19 mint)
Mohammad Farhan beat Abdul Mughni 11-6, 11-9, 11-5 (18 mint)
Farhan Hashmi beat Ahmed Ali 11-2, 11-4, 11-3(15 mint)
Mehmood Mehboob beat Kamran Hussain 11-6, 11-14, 11-8 (16 mint)
Zuhair Shah beat Hikmat Yar 11-6, 11-4, 11-8 (16 mint)
Huzifa Shahid beat Mohammad Ibtisam 11-8, 11-2, 11-3 (17 mint)
Mohammad Faraz beat Mohammad Usman 11-5, 11-6, 11-7, (15 mint)
Usman Nadeem beat Umer Arshad 11-5, 11-9, 11-9 (20 mint)
Moeen-ud-Din beat Abdullah Khan 1-6, 11-3, 14-12, 11-1(31 mint)
Salman Saleem beat Haseeb Taj 11-5, 11-5, 11-5 (17 mint).
