Tayyab Aslam, Farhan Mehboob in semifinals of FMC International Squash Championship
Farhan Mehboob will face top seed Egyptian Youssef Soliman while Tayyab Aslam will face second seed Ivan Yuen in the semifinals of FMC International Men Squash Championship at Punjab Squash Complex in Lahore.
The Quarter Final round of the FMC International Men Squash Championship 2018, took place at the Punjab Squash Complex. In four Quarter-finals, 2 players of Pakistan Farhan Mehboob & Tayyab Aslam while Yousaf Soliman of Eygpt and Ivan Yuen of Malaysia won their respective matches to move into the the Semi- finals of the championship.
In the first and longest quarterfinal match of the day, Asim fought very well against top seed Yousaf Soliman of Eygpt and gave him tough fight before bowing out of the quarterfinal by 3-1. The highly-charged first game saw Asim playing superbly and leveling the score 11-11. At this crucial stage, Asim started playing aggressively which paid dividend and he managed to win the first 13-11. The Egyptian played better squash in the second game and took little time to tame the local lad 11-7.
Asim, who was being cheered and supported well by jam-packed crowd, bounced back in style and won the third game 11-7. But after playing so well in the third game, he gifted away the fourth game 2-11 but the fifth game proved to be a real see-saw battle as both the players displayed tremendous squash skills and prowess and in the end, the Egyptian utilized his international experience and skills to tame spirited Asim by 12-10 to earn a hard-fought 3-2 victory and also booked berth in the semifinals.
In the second quarterfinal, Eighth seed Farhan Mehboob displayed outstanding squash skills as he defeated third seed Mazan Gamal of Egypt with utmost ease to win the encounter by 3-0.
Farhan displayed outstanding squash skills as he off to flying start against Egyptian player and dominated him well to win the first game by 11-9. Although Mehboob faced tough resistance in the second game yet he managed to win it too by 11-810 while in the third and last game, the Pakistani player outpaced his opponent to take the game 11-9 to register an impressive victory in just 32 minutes struggle.
In the 35 minutes quarterfinal match, Fifth seed Tayyab Aslam he defeated fourth seed French Auguste Dussourd by 3-0. Pakistani star was in superb form and played aggressive game right from the word it goes, as he won the first game 11-8 and won the second quite easily by 11-9. Fifth seed continue his aggressive play against the French player to win the game by 12-10 and book berth into the semifinal of $20,000 mega event.
In the last quarterfinal clash, unseeded Israr Ahmad of Pakistan lost his match against second seed Ivan Yuen of Malaysia by 0-3 in 31 minutes battle with the final score line of 11-8,11-6,11-7.
Today, Farhan Mehboob will face top seed Egyptian Youssef Soliman at 6:30 pm (PST) while Tayyab Aslam will face second seed Ivan Yuen at 5:30 pm (PST) in the semifinals of FMC International Men Squash Championship at Punjab Squash Complex in Lahore.
