Khan Takes Final Tour Title Of 2011 In Pakistan
by Howard Harding
28 December 2011 - Aamir Atlas Khan collected the final PSA World Tour title of the year at the Pakistan Circuit No4 squash event today in Lahore - but the top seed was taken the full distance before overcoming unseeded fellow Pakistani Farhan Zaman in the climax of the PSA Challenger 10 championship at the Punjab Squash Complex.
While Khan took just 18 minutes to reach the final after despatching Nasir Iqbal 11-6, 11-6, 11-0, 18-year-old Zaman needed 40 minutes to see off qualifier Muhammad Saqib Yousaf in five games in the other semi-final, to reach his second Tour final in a row.
And the 21-year-old favourite from Peshawar looked on course for a straightforward victory when he took a two-game lead in the final.
But, showing no signs of his battle 24 hours earlier, Zaman fought back to draw level and force the match into a fifth game decider.
Khan dug deep and used his greater experience to the full to retake the advantage before closing out the match 11-4, 11-8, 8-11, 8-11, 11-8 in 52 minutes.
The win marks the sixth PSA Tour title of Khan's career.
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 10 Pakistan Circuit No4, Lahore, Pakistan
Semi-finals:
[1] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Nasir Iqbal (PAK) 11-6, 11-6, 11-0 (18m)
Farhan Zaman (PAK) bt [Q] Muhammad Saqib Yousaf (PAK) 12-10, 11-6, 12-14, 6-11, 11-4 (40m)
Final:
[1] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Farhan Zaman (PAK) 11-4, 11-8, 8-11, 8-11, 11-8 (52m)
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