Farhan Mehboob stuns top seed Asim Khan in squash Circuit III
In a major upset, fifth seed Farhan Mehboob defeated top seed Asim Khan by 3-1 to cruise into the semi-finals in the Pakistan Squash Circuit III at the PN Roshan Khan-Jahangir Khan Squash Complex, Karachi.
In the quarter final match, fifth seed Farhan Mehboob defeated top seed Asim Khan by 3-1 to move into the semi-finals of the Pakistan Squash Circuit III at the PN Roshan Khan-Jahangir Khan Squash Complex, Karachi.
The top seed Asim khan put a shiny start as he won the first game with a margin of 6 point but the fifth seed Farhan came back strongly as he didn’t allow Asim to win any game to cruise into the semi-finals with the final score line of 5-11, 11-8,11-9,11-3.
Mehboob, who had defeated Tayyab Aslam in the preceding final to clinch the Circuit II in Lahore recently, defied pressure to whip Khan 5-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-3 and inch closer towards making it two on the trot.
He is now slated to face Circuit II losing finalists and fourth seed Aslam in the semi-final today(Tuesday) at 3:00pm after the latter defeated seventh seed Ammad Fareed 13-11, 11-7, 12-14, 11-4 in the longest duel that lasted for 75-minutes.
In the lower half of the draw, sixth seed Israr Ahmed, who finished runner-up in the Circuit I at Islamabad, halted the winning run of qualifier Danish Atlas Khan in a grueling, fully-stretched battle that lasted 61 minutes. The former survived a scare to get past Atlas 5-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9 in another quarter-final.
He is drawn to face second seed Farhan Zaman, who blanked eighth seed Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bokhari 11-4, 11-5, 12-10.
Meanwhile, qualifier Komal Khan joined top two seeds Zafar sisters — Faiza and Madina — and third seed Anam Mustafa Aziz in the last four.
Komal, who shocked seventh seed Noor-ul-Huda in the first round, kept her giant killing run while removing fourth seed Zahab Kamal Khan 11-8,11-8, 4-11, 11-4.
She now takes on Faiza who fought courageously to overcome unseeded Moqaddas Ashraf in five games 6-11, 11-9, 12-10, 5-11, 11-9.
Second seed Madina swept aside fifth seed Amna Fayyaz straight 11-2, 11-7, 11-6 and faces Anam Mustafa Aziz who defeated Riffat Khan 11-1, 5-11, 11-2, 11-3.
Results:
Quarter-finals (men’s):
Farhan Mehboob bt Asim Khan 5-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-3;
Tayyab Aslam bt Amaad Farid 13-11, 11-7, 12-14, 11-4;
Israr Ahmed bt Danish Atlas 5-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9;
Farhan Zaman bt Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bukhari 11-4, 11-5, 12-10.
Quarter-finals (women’s):
Faiza Zafar bt Moqaddas Ashraf 6-11, 11-9, 12-10, 5-11, 11-9;
Komal Khan bt Zahab Kamal Khan 11-8,11-8, 4-11, 11-4;
Anam Mustafa Aziz bt Riffat Khan 11-1, 5-11, 11-2, 11-3;
Madina Zafar bt Amna Fayyaz 11-2, 11-7, 11-6.
