Farhan Zaman through to the quarterfinals of Pakistan Squash Circuit-1
Top seed Farhan Zaman defeated Abbas Zeb by 3-1 to move into the the quarterfinal of Pakistan Squash Circuit-1 at Mushaf Squash Complex Islamabad.
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The opening day of Pakistan Squash Circuit-1 witnessed upsets in the Women's Singles draw with the top 2 seeds crashing out. The top 4 seeds of the Men's draw, Farhan Zaman, M Asim Khan, Tayyab Aslam and Farhan Mehboob registered wins as they eased into the quaterfinals.
Qualifiers Danish Atlas and Zahir Shah played marvelously as they defeated their opponents in Men's singles matches to move into the quarterfinal of Pakistan Squash Circuit-1.
It took 38min for the 3rd seed Tayyab Aslam to dispose off qualifier Mansoor Zaman in the longest match of the day with a score of 11-5, 11-5, 10-12, 11-5.
Men's Singles First round Results:
| Sr No | Player-1 | Def. | Player-2 | Score | Time |
| 1 | Farhan Zaman (Pak) | “ | Abbas Zeb (Pak) | 8-11, 11-3, 11-5, 11-3 | 30 Min |
| 2 | Zahir Shah (Pak) | “ | Umair Zaman (Qat) | 4-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-8 | 34 Min |
| 3 | Danish Atlas (Pak) | “ | Zeeshan Khan (Pak) | 12-10, 11-3, 11-7 | 28 Min |
| 4 | Farhan Mehboob (Pak) | “ | Syed Ali Bukhari (Pak) | 11-8, 11-6, 11-9 | 21 Min |
| 5 | Tayyab Aslam (Pak) | “ | Mansoor Zaman (Pak) | 11-5, 11-5, 10-12, 11-5 | 38 Min |
| 6 | Amaad Fareed (Pak) | “ | Khawaja Adil Maqbool (Pak) | 11-5, 11-4, 11-7 | 19 Min |
| 7 | Israr Ahmad (Pak) | “ | Haris Iqbal (Pak) | 11-4, 11-7, 11-4 | 30 Min |
| 8 | M Asim Khan (Pak) | “ | Shoaib Hassan (Pak) | 11-8, 11-3, 11-6 | 19 Min |
The Top seed of Women Event Ms Noorena Shams was outclassed by Noor Ul Ain Ejaz in straight set within 07 minutes only. Similarly the youngest player Amna Fayaz also defeated 2nd seed of the event Anum Mustafa in 05 games match which lasted for 31 Minutes.
Women's Singles First round Results:
| Sr No | Player-1 | def. | Player-2 | Score | Time |
| 1 | Noor Ul Ain Ejaz (Pak) | “ | Noorena Shams (Pak) | 11-3, 11-3, 11-0 | 7 Min |
| 2 | Zoya Khalid (Pak) | “ | Zahab Kamal Khan (Pak) | 11-0, 11-8, 11-9 | 15 Min |
| 3 | Moqaddas Ashraf (Pak) | “ | Rushna Mehboob (Pak) | 11-9, 11-1, 11-5 | 15 Min |
| 4 | Madina Zafar (Pak) | “ | Nimra Aqeel (Pak) | 11-3, 11-3, 10-12, 11-6 | 20 Min |
| 5 | Faiza Zafar (Pak) | “ | Aimnan Shahbaz (Pak) | 11-9, 11-8, 11-4 | 14 Min |
| 6 | Riffat Khan (Pak) | “ | Saima Shaukat (Pak) | 11-9, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8 | 24 Min |
| 7 | Noor Ul Huda (Pak) | “ | Komal Khan (Pak) | 11-13, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-6 | 31 MIn |
| 8 | Amna Fayyaz (Pak) | “ | Anum Mustafa (Pak) | 11-4, 13-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-5 | 31 Min |
Quarter Finals of both Men & Women events would be played on 11 May, 2018. The matches will start at 12pm.
