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Abdul Jabbar Faisal ISLAMABAD:-US lad, Shahjahan Khan got rid of Pakistan number one squash player Tayyab Aslam 3-2 in a well-contested five game thriller in the Karachi Open Squash Championship 2022 at Creek Club Squash Courts Karachi on Wednesday. The final score-line was 12-10, 7-11, 12-10, 8-11 and 11-5, as the match wasted 66 minutes. Championship has reached in the quarterfinal stage, as all foreigner players have confirmed their berth in the top-eight stage of the top international squash showpiece, as the men’s event is pursuing prize money of US$ 50, 000. Besides Tayyab Aslam, Asim Khan and Mohammad Ashab Irfan succumbed under the pressure of high ranking overseas players. Now, rest of championship will be without any Pakistani player. Results (Men’s Event): Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) beat Asim Khan (PAK) 10-12, 11-7,12-10,11-3 (46 min) Henry Leung (HKG) beat Todd Harrity (USA) 11-8, 13-11, 11-2 (30 min) Tsz Kwan Lau (HKG) beat Dimitri Steinmann (SUI) 11-9 12-10 11-4 (33 min) Omar Mosaad (EGY) beat Tsz Fung Yip (HKG) 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9 (61 min) Karim El Hammamy (EGY) beat Alan Clyne (SCO) 11-6, 11-7, 11-5 (27 min) Sebastien Bonmalais (FRA) vs [9/16] Leonel Cardenas (MEX) Shahjahan Khan (USA) beat Tayyab Aslam (PAK) 12-10, 7-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-5 (66 mint) Youssef Soliman (EGY) beat Mohammad Ashab Irfan (PAK) 11-5, 11-6, 11-4 (27 min) Results (Women’s Event):  Yee Xin Ying (MAS) beat Enora Villard (FRA) 12-10, 11-5, 11-9 (24 min) Nour Aboulmakarim bt (EGY) beat Nadeen Kotb (EGY) 13-11, 11-7, 11-5 (26 min) Georgia Adderley (SCO) beat Chan Yiwen (MAS) 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6 (37 min) Nadia Pfister (SUI) beat Amna Fayyaz (PAK) 11-3 11-5, 11-7 (17 min) Ka Yi Lee (HKG) beat Ainaa Amani (MAS) 12-10, 11-5, 11-7 (25 min) Chan Sin Yuk (HKG) beat Menna Hamed (EGY) 10-12, 4-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-8 (48 min) Lucy Beecroft (ENG) beat Jelena Dutina (SRB) 11-3, 11-3, 11-4 (16 min) Marie Stephan (FRA) beat Lea Barbeau (FRA) 11-6. 11-2, 11-3 (20 min) Men’s Event (Fixtures): [1] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) Vs Henry Leung (HKG) 1715 Hrs Tsz Kwan Lau (HKG) Vs [3] Omar Mosaad (EGY) 1415 Hrs [4] Karim El Hammamy (EGY) Vs [9/16] Leonel Cardenas (MEX) 1245 Hrs [5] Shahjahan Khan (USA) Vs [2] Youssef Soliman (EGY) 1545 Hrs Women’s Event (Fixture) [9/16] Yee Xin Ying (MAS) Vs [8] Nour Aboulmakarim (EGY) 1630 Hrs [5] Georgia Adderley (SCO) Vs [4] Nadia Pfister (SUI) 1330 Hrs [3] Ka Yi Lee (HKG) Vs [9/16] Chan Sin Yuk (HKG) 1200 Hrs [7] Lucy Beecroft (ENG) Vs [2] Marie Stephan (FRA) 1500 Hrs

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)

Sports Bulletin Report KARACHI:-Pakistan squash legend former World number one Jahangir Khan has said that the efforts made by private sector for revival of squash in Pakistan were laudable as collective efforts could help the country to regain the lost glories in squash at international level. He expressed these views during a visit to PSF Jahangir Khan Squash Complex at National coaching Centre along with Combaxx Sports CEO Omar Saeed, and Sindh Squash Association President Adnan Asad. Director General PSF Squash Complex Commander (Retd) Mustafa Kamal, Karachi Sports Foundation Chairman Asif Azim, Combaxx Sports GM Zubair Macha and Administrator Squash Complex Mohammad Aamir also accompanied them. Jahangir Khan said: “We can once again produce world level players by providing up-to-date training in state-of-the-art squash courts to young guys at grass-root level so they can be at par with international players. The construction work is being done in collaboration with American Business Council, and there are four squash courts in the complex, two of which are being laced with back-wall glass shields:, he said, further adding: Qualified coaches provide free training to players at this Complex which is purely aimed at promoting squash talent at grass-root level. The talented squash players who are be selected for training purely on merit basis will also to be given free education, food & nutrition and traveling expenses inside the country to enable them to pay equal attention to education and also pay full concentration on sports”. Combaxx Sports CEO Omar Saeed said: Pakistan was dominating in squash like no other country in the world, the domination lasting for the best part of as many as six decades. And for regaining lost glory in squash, Combaxx sports is making all out efforts to extend its full support to PSF and the provincial associations to produce unbeatable players in squash once again, who will international laurels for the country. He said that Combaxx Sports will provide free track suits and kits to players and trainers at this Squash Academy. Sindh Squash Association President Adnan Asad said: Cameras are also installed in the squash courts here so that in-camera training  will enable the coach to secure images of the players during training to be showed to them later on to pin-point their weakness and drawbacks and to teach them how to rectify the same. ”A gymnasium and one more squash court is also a part of future strategy,” he added. He further added that they would make it a model academy in the country for the production of new talented squash players.

Abdullah Asjad ISLAMABAD:-Mohammad Ashab Irfan from Punjab beat Mohammad Ammad from PAF 3-2 in the Under-19 Boys’ event of the PSF Junior Squash Circuit-1 at Mushaf Squash Complex, Islamabad on Monday. The final score-line was 11-3, 6-11, 10-12, 11-6 and 11-5. Air Marshal Aamir Masood, Senior Vice President, PSF graced the closing ceremony as chief guest and distributed trophies & prize money to the players.  Squash legend and Vice President, PSF Qamar Zaman and President Punjab Squash Association Noor Ul Amin Mengal also attended the ceremony. Results (Finals): Boys’ U-11: Huzaifa Shahid from Sindh beat Mohammad Fawad from PAF 11-2, 11-3, 11-3 Boys’ U-13: Nouman Khan from PAF beat Rehan Alamgir from PAF 11-6, 11-5, 11-7 Boys’ U-15: Azan Ali from Pak Army beat Ibrahim Zeb from PAF 9-11, 13-11, 11-3, 11-4 Boys’ U-17: Abdullah Nawaz from PAF beat Zain Anwar from Punjab 11-5, 11-1, 12-10 Boys’ U-19: Mohammad Ashab Irfan from Punjab beat Mohammad Ammad from PAF 11-3, 6-11, 10-12, 11-6, 11-5 Girls’ U-19: Sana Bahadur from KPK beat Mariam Malik from Sindh 11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 11-3.

Abdullah Asjad ISLAMABAD:-Mohammad Ashab Irfan of Punjab and Mohammad Ammad of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) moved into the final of the Boys’ Singles Under-19 event of the PSF Junior Squash Circuit-1 after beating their rivals in semifinals at Mushaf Squash Complex, Islamabad on Sunday. Results: Boys’ Under-11: Huzaifa Shahid (Sindh) bt Syed M Hussain (Punjab) 11-3, 11-, 11-1 Mohammad Fawad (PAF) bt Mamoon (PAF) 11-4, 12-10, 11-9 Boys’ Under-13: Nouman Khan (PAF) bt Ahmed Khalil (PAF) 9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-8 Rehan Alamgir (PAF) bt Abdullah Zaman (PAF) 11-3, 8-11, 11-6, 13-11 Boys’ Under-15:  Azan Ali (Army) bt Abdul Basit (Sindh) 11-2, 11-7, 11-6 Ibrahim Zeb (PAF) bt Umair Arif (KP) 11-6, 11-8, 11-8 Boys’ Under-17: Abdullah Nawaz (PAF) bt Moeen Ud Din (Pb) 11-4, 11-7, 9-11, 11-2 Zain Anwar (Pb) bt Huraira Khan (PAF) 8-11, 11-1, 11-1, 12-10 Boys’ Under-19: Mohammad Ashab Irfan (Pb) bt Nouman Khan (KP) 11-5, 11-5, 11-6 Mohammad Ammad (PAF) bt Syed Anas Bukhari (Pb) 13-11, 11-13, 11-6, 11-1 Girls’ Under-19: Mariam Malik (Sindh) bt Maira Hussain (KP) 11-5, 11-2, 11-3 Sana Bahadur (KP) bt Mehwish Ali (KP) 9-11, 11-7, 11-5, 9-8 (Retd).

Abdullah Asjad ISLAMABAD:- Mariam Malik, Maira Hussain, Mehwish Ali and Sana Bahadur moved into the semifinals of the Under-19 Grirls’ Singles event of the PSF Junior Squash Circuit-1 after beating their opponents in quarterfinals at Mushaf Squash Complex, Islamabad on Saturday. Results: Boys’ U-11: Huzaifa Shahid (Sindh) bt Harmas Raja (Pb) 11-5, 12-10, 11-2, Syed Mohammad Hussain (Pb) bt Qasim Yar (Pb) 11-6, 11-9, 11-6, Mamoon (PAF) bt M Faizan Ali (Pb) 11-8, 11-3, 11-4 and Mohammad Fawad (PAF) bt Hassan Mohammad (Pb) 11-3, 11-2, 11-1.   Boys’ U-13: Nouman Khan (PAF) bt Arslan Farman (KP) 11-2, 11-3, 11-2, Ahmed Khalil (PAF) bt Shahzeb (PAF) 11-9, 11-4, 13-15, 11-5, Abdullah Zaman (PAF) bt Amir Adnan (Pb) 11-0, 11-4, 11-4 and Rehan Alamgir (PAF) bt Ali Bakhshish (KP) 11-9, 12-10, 11-9. Boys’ U-15:  Abdul Basit (Sindh) bt Mustafa Irfan (PAF) 11-9, 11-9, 11-4, Azan Ali (Army) bt Ubaid Ullah (KP) 11-3, 11-3, 11-8, Umair Arif (KP) bt Mubeen Khan (PAF) 11-8, 11-5, 11-3 and Ibrahim Zeb (PAF) bt Usman Tahir (Pb) 11-7, 11-9, 11-8. Boys’ U-17: Abdullah Nawaz (PAF) bt Yasin Khaattak (KP) 11-8, 11-7, 11-8, Moeen Ud Din (Pb) bt Mohammad Zaman (SNGPL) 16-18, 11-9, 8-11, 11-3, 11-8, Zain Anwar (Pb) bt Yashwa Yousaf (Pb) 11-4, 12-10, 11-3 and Huraira Khan (PAF) bt Abdullah Nadeem (Pb) 11-8, 11-6, 12-10. Boys’s Under-19: Mohammad Ashab Irfan (Pb) bt Mohammad Hanif (KP) 11-2, 11-5, 11-6, Nouman Khan (KP) bt Mehmood Mehboob (Pb) 7-11, 11-5, 6-7 (Retd Hurt), Syed Anas Bukhari (Pb) bt Usman Nadeem Butt (Pb) 11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8 and Mohammad Ammad (PAF) bt Fawad Hussain (KP) 11-6, 11-7, 11-6. Girls’ U-19: Mariam Malik (Sindh) bt Hafsa Yousaf (KP) 11-1, 11-5, 11-0, Maira Hussain (KP) bt Aina Sheikh (Sindh) 11-9, 11-3, 11-5, Mehwish Ali (KP) bt Minahil Aqeel (KP) 11-5, 11-8, 11-7 and Sana Bahadur (KP) bt Wajeeha Altaf (KP) 11-0, 11-2, 11-0.

Abdullah Asjad ISLAMABAD:- Mohammad Ashab Irfan, Mohammad Hanif , Nouman Khan and Mehmood Mehboob have won their matches in the Under-19 Event of the PSF National Junior Squash Circuit-1 Tournament at Mushaf Squash Complex Islamabad on Friday. Results: Boys’ Under-11: Huzaifa Shahid (Sindh) bt Sohail Adnan (Pb) 3-0, Harmas Raja (Pb) bt Haseeb Ali (Pb) 3-0, Syed M Hussain (Pb) bt Malik Mohammad (PAF) 3-1, Qasim Yar (Pb) bt Umar Afzal (Pb) 3-1, Mamoon (PAF) bt Haseeb Khan (Sindh) 3-0, M Faizan (Pb) bt Syed Zain Ali (Pb) 3-0, Hassan Muhammad (Pb) bt M Mustafa Khan (Pb) 3-1 and M Fawad (KP) bt Syed Yoza Ahmed (Sindh) 3-0. Boys’ Under-13 Nouman Khan (PAF) bt Haris Khalil (Sindh) 3-0, Arslan Farman (KP) bt Danish Sikandar (KP) 3-1, Shahzeb (PAF) bt Syed Savi (Sindh) 3-0, Ahmed Khalil (PAF) bt Saifullah Bahadur (PAF) 3-0, Abdullah Zaman (PAF) bt Sufyan Shahid (Pb) 3-0, Amir Adnan (Pb) bt Ayan Mansoor (Pb) 3-0, Ali Bakhshish (KP) bt Rayan Banadur (PAF) 3-0 and Rehan Alamgir (PAF) bt Abdul Ahad (Sindh) 3-2. Boys’ Under-15: Abdul Basit (Sindh) bt Rana Zohaib (Pb) 3-0, Mustafa Irfan (PAF) bt Hassan Fahim (PAF) 3-0, Ubaid Ullah (KP) bt Abdullah Arslan (Pb) 3-0, Azaan Ali (Army) bt Raja Sikandar (Pb) 3-0, Umair Arif (KP) bt Mohammad Raza (KP) 3-0, Mubeen Khan (PAF) bt Zohaib Khan (Sindh) 3-0, Ibrahim Zeb (PAF) bt Rayan Mohib (Army) 3-2 and Usman Tahir (Pb) bt M Hamza Khan (PAF) 3-0. Boys’ Under-17: Yasin Khaattak (KP) bt Zuraiz Naeem (Pb) 3-0, Abdullah Nawaz (PAF) bt Kaleem Ullah (Pb) 3-0, Moeen Ud Din (Pb) bt Talha Bin Zubair (Pb) 3-2, Mohammad Zaman (SNGPL) bt Shehryar Saleem (Pb) 3-0, Zain Anwar (Pb) bt Ibrahim Mohib (Army) 3-0, Yashwa Yousaf (Pb) bt Kumail Tariq (Pb) 3-1, Abdullah Nadeem (Pb) bt Umar Arshad (Pb) 3-0 and Huraira Khan (PAF) bt M Azaan Khalil (PAF) 3-0. Boys’ Under-19: Mohammad Ashab Irfan (Pb) bt M Arslan (Pb) 3-0, Mohammad Hanif (KP) bt Khaqan Malik (Pb) 3-2, Nouman Khan (KP) bt M Shoaib (KP) 3-0, Mehmood Mehboob (Pb) bt Fahad Sharif (KP) 3-1, Usman Nadeem Butt (Pb) bt Talha Saeed (Sindh) 3-0, Syed Anas Bukhari (Pb) bt Asher Butt (Pb) 3-0, Fawad Hussain (KP) bt Ahad Shaukat (Pb) 3-0 and Mohammad Ammad (PAF) bt Anas Khan (Navy) 3-0. Girls’ Under-19: Hafsa Yousaf (KP) got Walk Over against Hira Aqeel, Mariam Malik (Sindh) bt Mahnoor Ali (KP) 3-0, Aina Sheikh (Sindh) bt Zarlish Safdar (KP) 1-0 (Retd), Maira Hussain (KP) bt Sehrish Ali (KP) 3-0, Minahil Aqeel (KP) bt Luiza Aftab (PAF) 3-0, Mehwish Ali (KP) bt Husna Khan (KP) 3-0, Wajeeha Altaf (KP) bt Sunzil Safdar (KP) 3-1 and Sana Bahadur (KP) bt Amna Malik (Sindh) 3-2.

Abdullah Asjad ISLAMABAD:-National Junior Squash Tournament started at Mushaf Squash Complex under the banner of Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) at Islamabad. Boys’ U-11, 13, 15, 17 & U-19 along with Girls U-19 age categories competitions are the part of tournament. Results: Boys’ Under-11: Huzaifa Shahid (Sindh) got Bye, Sohail Adnan (Pb) bt Tauseef Ahmed (Pb) 3-0, Haseeb Ali (Pb) bt Abdullah Anique (PAF) 3-0, Harmas Raja (Pb) bt Ahmed Naz (KP) 3-0,  Malik Mohammad (PAF) bt Ahmed Safwan (KP) 3-1, Syed M Hussain (Pb) bt Abdul Kabeer (PAF) 3-1, Qasim Yar (Pb) bt Sampaul Victor (KP) 3-0, Umer Afzal (Pb) got Bye, Haseeb Khan (Sindh) got Bye, Mamoon (PAF) got Walk Over against Daniyal Owais (PAF), M Faizan (Pb) bt Salman Tahir (Pb) 3-0, Syed Zain Ali (Pb) bt Mohammad Essam (KP) 3-1, Mustafa Khan (Pb) bt Abdullah Khan (KP) 3-0, Hassan Muhammad (Pb) bt Ali Naz (KP) 3-1,Syed Yoza Ahmed (Sindh) bt Atif Naz (KP) 3-1 and M Fawad (KP) bot Bye.              Boys’ Under-13: Nouman Khan (PAF) got Bye, Haris Khalil (Sindh) bt Mohammad Bin Atif (Pb) 3-0, Danish Sikandar (KP) bt Kamran Khan (Pb) 3-0, Arslan Farman (KP) bt Ahmed Ali (Pb) 3-0, Shahzeb (KP) bt Abdul Mujeeb (Pb) 3-0, Syed Savi (Sindh) bt Rana Ayan (Pb) 3-0, Ahmed Khalil (KP) bt Faseeh Ur Rehman (Pb) 3-1, Saifullah Bahadur (KP) bt Mohammad Rehan (Pb) 3-1, Abdullah Zaman (PAF) bt M Ahmed Javed (Pb) 3-0, Sufyan Shahid (Pb) got Walk Over against Abdul Ahad Khan (KP), Ayan Mansoor (Pb) bt Shahnawaz Butt (Pb) 3-1, Amir Adnan (Pb) bt M Owais Jan (KP) 3-0, Rayan Bahadur (PAF) bt Ali Amir Raja (Pb) 3-0, Rehan Alamgir PAF) bt Umar Farooq Butt (Pb) 3-0 and Abdul Ahad (Sindh) got Bye. Boys’ Under-15: Abdul Basit (Sindh) bt Mohammad (KP) 3-0, Rana Zohaib (Pb) bt Haris Sheraz (Sindh) 3-0, Hassan Fahim (PAF) bt Abdullah Shahid (Sindh) 3-0, Mustafa Irfan (PAF) bt Furqan (PAF) 3-1, Ubaid Ullah (KP) bt Yashwa Yousaf (Pb) 3-0, Abdullah Arslan (Pb) bt Mohammad Arslan (Pb) 3-0, Raja Sikandar (Pb) bt Malik Asim (KP) 3-0, Azaan Ali (Army) got Walk Over against Mohammad Hammad Khan (KP), Umair Arif (KP) bt M Ali Raza (KP) 3-0, Muhammad Raza (KP) bt Arman Shah (KP) 3-0, Zohaib Khan (Sindh) bt Ibrahim Mansoor (Pb) 3-2, Mubeen Khan (PAF) bt Daniyal (Sindh) 3-0, Ibrahim Zeb (PAF) bt Hassan Ramzan (Pb) 3-0, Rayan Mohib (Army) bt Arslan Ali (Pb) 3-0, Usman Tahir (Pb) bt Hassan Fareed (KP) 3-0 and M Hamza Khan (PAF) bt Raheel (KP) 3-0. Boys’ Under-17:  Yasin Khattak (KP) bt M Babar (Pb) 3-0, Zuraiz Naeem (Pb) bt Luqman Hussain (KP) 3-0, Abdullah Nawaz (PAF) bt Hikmat Yar Khan (Pb) 3-0, Kaleem Ullah (Pb) Hassan Zahid (PAF) 3-1,Moeen Uddin (Pb) bt Ahmad Kamran (Pb) 3-0, Talha Bin Zubair (Pb) bt Hamza Shaukat (Pb) 3-0,  Shehryar Saleem (Pb) bt Mohammad Idrees (KP) 3-0, Mohammad Zaman (SNGPL) bt Adnan Zaman (Sindh) 3-0, , Zain Anwar (Pb) bt Arslan Shariq (Pb) 3-1, Ibrahim Mohib (Army) bt Saim Asif (Pb) 3-0, Kumail Tariq (Pb) bt M Huzaifa Adeel (KP) 3-0,Yashwa Yousaf (Pb) bt Talha Khan (PAF) 3-2, Umar Arshad (Pb) bt Mufariq Ali (KP) 3-0, Abdullah Nadeem (Pb) Ehsaan Ali (KP) 3-1, Huraira Khan (PAF) bt Labeeb Butt (Sindh) 3-0 and M Azaan Khalil (PAF) bt Shahzad (KP) 3-0. Boys’ Under-19: Mohammad Ashab Irfan (Pb) bt Abdullah Rasheed (Pb) 3-0, M Arslan (Pb) bt Varun Asif (Pb) 3-2, Khaqan Malik (Pb) bt Abubakar (KP) 3-0, Mohammad Hanif (KP) bt Mubashir Khan (Pb) 3-0, Nouman Khan (KP) bt Abdul Haseeb (KP) 3-0, M Shoaib (KP) bt Noor Zaman Orakzai (KP) 3-0, Fahad Sharif (KP) bt Sheraz Akbar (KP) 3-0, Mehmood Mehboob (Pb) bt Mustafa (Pb) 3-0, Usman Nadeem (Pb) bt Mutahir Ali (KP) 3-2, Talha Saeed (Sindh) bt Rohan Amjad (Sindh) 3-0, Asher Butt (Pb) bt Majid Ahmed (KP) 3-0, Fawad Hussain (KP) bt Afaq Khan (KP) 3-0, Anas Ali Shah (Pb) bt M Ahmad (Pb) 3-0, Ahad Shaukat (Pb) bt Hamza Zahid (KP) 3-2, Anas Khan (Navy) bt Jawad Ali (KP) 3-0 and Muhammad Ammad (KP) bt Hassan Paracha (Sindh) 3-0. Girls’ Under-19: Hira Aqeel (KP) got Bye, Hafsa Yousaf (KP) bt Rania Qazi (KP) 3-2, Mariam Malik (Sindh) bt Saliha Rasheed (Sindh) 3-0, Mahnoor Ali (KP) got Bye, Zarlish Safdar (KP) got Bye, Aina  Sheikh (Sindh) bt Maliha Shah (KP) 3-0, Sehrish Ali (KP) bt Ronaq Saleem (KP) 3-0, Maira Hussain (KP) got Bye, Mihanil Aqeel (KP) got Bye, Luiza Aftab (PAF) bt Iqra Shah (KP) 3-0, Husna Khan (KP) bt Syeda Sara (Sindh) 3-0, Sunzil Safdar (KP) bt Naheed Faiz (KP) 3-0, Wajeehan Altaf (KP) bt Mahnoor Fazal Kareem (KP) 3-0, Amna Malik (Sindh) bt Sameera Shahid (Sindh) 3-0 and Sana Bahadur (KP) got Bye.

Abdul Jabbar Faisal ISLAMABAD:-World number 240, Farhan Mehboob toppled world number 220 Hamza Khan 3-2 in the final to win the title of the PSF-International Squash Circuit Tournament at Mushaf Squash Complex, Islamabad on Tuesday. The final score-line was 11-6, 11-6, 2-11, 1-11 and 11-6. Left-arm squash player, who already defeated the high ranking players in the quarterfinal and semifinal, kept his stylish and attaching game in the final. He won the first two games quit comfortably at 11-6 and 11-6 to make the game score-2-0, as his powerful forehands and backhands drives with classic nicks and drop shorts. Hamza won third and fourth game without any resistance and conceded merely 2 and 1 points respectively and squared the championship contest 2-2. At this stage, it was expected that Hamza would win the last game easily to become the champion but Farhan scattered the dream of his challengers and displayed excellent skill of the game and finished the game at 11-6. The final match finished with 11-6, 11-6, 2-11, 1-11 and 11-6 score. Air Marshal Aamir Masood, Senior Vice President Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) graced the ceremony as chief guest and awarded trophies and prize money to the finalists. International referee Fahim Gul supervised the vital match, as Azhar Gul was his assistant during the final. While talking to www.sports-bulletin.com Farhan Mehoob said in his post-match comments that he was happy to win this title. “It is my comeback in the international circuit. I improved my fitness level and beat high ranked players and they all were playing squash regularly and super fit I entered in the court after a long break. I will toil hard to improve my international ranking, “he added.

Abdul Jabbar Faisal ISLAMABAD:- Karim Abdel Gawad from Egypt will be top seed player of the Karachi Open Squash Championship, which will be commenced from March 15, 2022 at Roshan Khan, Jehangir Khan Squash Complex Karachi. Enora Villard from France will be top seed female player for the Women’s Singles fixture. It is pertinent to mention here that men’s event has prize money of $50000 while women’s 20000. The final of the prestigious international squash fixture will be played on March 19 at the same venue. Former World Champion Gawad leads the men’s draw and will be looking to claim his first title since 2019. The Egyptian will face the winner of home favourite Asim Khan and England’s Declan James in his first match of the tournament as he receives a bye in round one. World No.16 Youssef Soliman from Egypt is the number two seed. Soliman, a recent quarter finalist at the Houston Open, will open his account against the winner of Spain’s Bernat Jaume and event wildcard Mohammad Ashab Irfan from Pakistan. Pakistan’s best chance of a home winner comes in the form of World No.44 Tayyab Aslam. The nation’s No.1 will face Egyptian Yahya Elnawasany in his first-round match. The pair last met at the Egyptian Open in September, with the Egyptian winning 3-1 in 38 minutes to level the head-to-head record at 1-1. France’s Enora Villard is number one seed for the female event. The French No.4 recently lost out to Georgina Kennedy from England in the last 16 of the Cleveland Classic and will be looking to improve on that performance in Karachi. Villard will play either Pakistan’s Zaynab Khan or New Zealand’s Kaitlyn Watts in her opening match of the event. England’s Lucy Beecroft is one to watch in the event. The World No.62 won two events in 2021 and will be determined to add to that tally in 2022. Beecroft receives a bye in round one but will face either wildcard Anam Mustafa Aziz or Serbia’s Jelena Dutina in round two. No.3 seed Marie Stephan is entering the Challenger 20 event full of confidence as the 25-year-old recently captured her first French Nationals title, beating Enora Villard in the final. Stephan will play Pakistan’s Amna Fayyaz or Malaysia’s Yee Xin Ying for a place in the quarter finals. Men’s Draw (32 players): [1] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) [Bye] Asim Khan (PAK) v [9/16] Declan James (ENG) [9/16] Greg Lobban (SCO) v Henry Leung (HKG) [6] Todd Harrity (USA) [Bye] [7] Dimitri Steinmann (SUI) [Bye] Tsz Kwan Lau (HKG) v [9/16] Edmon Lopez (ESP) [9/16] Tsz Fung Yip (HKG) v [WC] Noor Zaman (PAK) [3] Omar Mosaad (EGY) [Bye] [4] Karim El Hammamy (EGY) [Bye] Faraz Khan (USA) v [9/16] Alan Clyne (SCO) [9/16] Leonel Cardenas (MEX) v Mazen Gamal (EGY) [8] Sebastien Bonmalais (FRA) [Bye] [5] Shahjahan Khan (USA) [Bye] Yahya Elnawasany (EGY) v [9/16] Tayyab Aslam (PAK) [9/16] Bernat Jaume (ESP) v [WC] Muhammad Ashab Irfan (PAK) [2] Youssef Soliman (EGY) [Bye] Women’s Draw (32 players): [1] Enora Villard [Bye] Zaynab Khan (PAK) v [9/16] Kaitlyn Watts (NZL) [9/16] Nadeen Kotb (EGY) v Sofía Mateos (ESP) [5] Nadia Pfister (SUI) [Bye] [6] Georgia Adderley (SCO) [Bye] Lea Barbeau (FRA) v [9/16] Chan Yiwen (MAS) [9/16] Amna Fayyaz (PAK) v Yee Xin Ying (MAS) [3] Marie Stephan (FRA) [Bye] [4] Ka Yi Lee (HKG) [Bye] Sarah Cardwell (AUS) v [9/16] Anna Kimberley (ENG) [9/16] Chan Sin Yuk (HKG) v Rana Ismail (EGY) [7] Menna Hamed (EGY) [Bye] [8] Lucy Beecroft (ENG) [Bye] [WC] Anam Mustafa Aziz (PAK) v [9/16] Jelena Dutina (SRB) [9/16] Nour Aboulmakarim (EGY) v [WC] Mariam Malik (PAK) [2] Menna Nasser (EGY) [Bye]