World#55 Tayyab Aslam to feature in $335,000 PSA Men's World Championship 2019
Pakistan’s top squash player Tayyab Aslam has secured entry into the PSA World Championship 2019-2020 to be held in Doha, Qatar, from November 8-15.
Pakistan’s top squash player Tayyab Aslam has secured entry into the $335,000 PSA Men's World Championship 2019-2020 to be held in Doha, Qatar, from November 8-15. Tayyab will become the first Pakistan player to feature in the main round of the championship since 2015.
The unseeded Tayyab secured entry on the basis of his 55th spot in international ranking, with the main draw of the event containing 64 places.
However, two other top ranked Pakistan players, Farhan Mehboob and Asim Khan, failed to get entry into the main draw. In 2015, Nasir Iqbal and Farhan Zaman lost in the main round of the championship, while Ammad Fareed suffered defeat in the first qualification round.
Egypt’s Ali Farag won the 2018/19 title this February in Chicago, and will be on of 64 the world’s best players in Doha aiming to capture the 2019/20 title.
Also Tayyab Aslam is the first from the country to play in the main round of US Squash Open in eight years. Tayyab has got entry to the US Open Squash Championships 2019 that is to be played from October 5-12. Non-seeded Tayyab is to face Raphael Kandra from Germany in the first round of men's singles on 5th October.
