Pakistan Chief of Air Staff Int’l Squash Tournament 2018 to commence from September 10
Pakistan Chief of Air Staff Int’l Squash Tournament 2018 is all set to be held from 10-14 Sep. at the Mushaf Squash Complex, Islamabad.
Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) in collaboration with Pakistan Air Force is organizing Chief of Air Staff International Men and Women Squash Tournament at Islamabad with a prize purse for both the categories.
Foreign players from 7 countries are to participate in the tournament which include Austria, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Egypt, Iran, Thailand and Netherlands. The top seed in men’s event will be Hong Kong’s Leo Au while Egypt’s Rowan Elaraby will be the top seed in female event. 14 foreign players will be arriving in Pakistan from 7th to 9th September; 6 women and 8 men.
The first qualifying round of the tournament will be played on 10th September. The men players who have qualified for the event from Pakistan are Abbas Zeb, Shahjahan Khan, Tayyab Aslam, Asim Khan, Ammad Fareed, Ashan Ayaz, Aamir Atlas Khan, Farhan Zaman, Mostafa Asal, Farhan Mehboob and Israr Ahmed. While the women qualifiers are Noor-ul-Huda, Saima Shoukat, Anam Mustafa Aziz, Moqaddas Ashraf, Laiba Ahmed, Zoya Khalid, Zahab Kamal Khan, Fehmina Asim, Komal Khan, Riffat Khan, Amna Fayyaz. The 1st qualifying round will be played between Pakistan’s Noor-ul-Huda and Thailand’s 214 world ranker Anantana Prasertratanakul. While in men’s event Sajad Zareian Jahromi of Iran will compete against Malaysia’s Ivan Yuen.
The other foreign players are:
Women
Farah Momen (Egypt)
Farida Mohamed (Egypt)
Men
Ivan Yuen (Malaysia)
Ahmed Hosny (Egypt)
Aqeel Rehman (Austria)
Mostefa Asal (Egypt)
Tournament's top seeds in men’s category are:
| Top Seeds | Name | World Ranking |
| 1 | Leo Au – Hong Kong | 21 |
| 2 | Nafiizwan Adnan – Malaysia | 40 |
| 3 | Karim Ali Fathi – Egypt | 42 |
| 4 | Omar Abdel Me guid – Egypt | 43 |
| 5 | Youssef Soliman – Egypt | 47 |
| 6 | Mohamed Reda – Egypt | 48 |
| 7 | Kaim El Hammanny – Egypt | 56 |
| 8 | Mazen Gamal – Egypt | 63 |
Tournament's top seeds in women category are:
| Top Seed | Name | World Ranking |
| 1 | Rowan Elaraby – Egypt | 31 |
| 2 | Nada Abbas – Egypt | 41 |
| 3 | Tong TSZ-Wing – Hong Kong | 53 |
| 4 | Menna Hamed – Egypt | 63 |
| 5 | Tessa Ter Sluis – Netherlands | 93 |
| 6 | Salma Yousseff – Egypt | 102 |
| 7 | Faiza Zafar – Pakistan | 86 |
| 8 | Madina Zafar – Pakistan | 97 |
The tournament carries prize money of $28,000 for Men and $11,000 for Women.
