22 May 2011-Yasir
Butt brought the giant-killing run of Mohammad Shahnawaz to an end in
the final of the 1st Prime Minister FMC International Pakistan Circuit
No2 to win the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 title at the PSA Squash
Complex in Lahore, Pakistan.
Shahnawaz, a 23-year-old from
Lahore, was making his return to the PSA Tour after a three-year layoff
- and reached the final after beating the third seed and top seed
Farhan Mehboob.
But it was a match too far for the world No 325 in his first Tour final.
Fourth seed Butt, also from Lahore,
made his breakthrough in the semi-finals where he ousted experience
compatriot Mansoor Zaman, a former world No11.
And the 22-year-old world No 133
continued his winning ways by despatching Shahnawaz 11-9, 11-8, 11-3 in
34 minutes to win the first PSA Tour title of his career in his eighth
final appearance.
Butt received his trophy from
Pakistan squash legend Jansher Khan, the record eight-time world
champion who was attending the event in his capacity of Advisor to the
President of the Pakistan Squash Federation.
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 10 1st Prime Minister FMC International Pakistan Circuit No2, Lahore, Pakistan