Zaman Cousins Win In Wah Cantt by Howard Harding 20 June 2013
- Pakistan cousins Mansoor Zaman and Farhan Zaman upset the form book
in today's opening round of the POF Pakistan Circuit No2 to secure
unexpected places in the quarter-finals of the PSA World Tour
Challenger 10 squash event at the Jahangir Khan Squash Complex in Wah
Cantt, Pakistan.
Fresh from playing his part in Pakistan finishing in a
confidence-boosting 10th place in last week's Men's World Team
Championship in France, Farhan claimed the biggest scalp by removing
second seed Yasir Ali Butt 7-11, 11-8, 9-11, 13-11, 11-5 in 63 minutes.
Qualifier Mansoor, a former world No11 now ranked a lowly 266, took
just 28 minutes to defeat fellow countryman Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah
Bokhari 11-2, 9-11, 11-3, 11-6.
Top seed Nasir Iqbal, who led the Pakistan team in Mulhouse, was
stretched to the limit before beating qualifier Waqas Mehboob 6-11,
14-12, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6 in 59 minutes.
The 19-year-old from Bannu will now face Waqas' brother Farhan Mehboob, who beat wild card Bilal Zakir 11-7, 11-9, 12-10.
Another upset will ensure that the title remains in Pakistan hands:
Tayyab Aslam, a 16-year-old from Lahore, outlasted Aqeel Rehman - the
No3 seed from Austria - over 74 minutes, winning 10-12, 11-5, 2-11,
12-10, 13-11 to halt the progress of the draw's only non-Pakistani.
Aslam now takes on Khawaja Adil Maqbool for a place in the last four.
Quarter-final line-up:
[1] Nasir Iqbal (PAK) v Farhan Mehboob (PAK)
Tayyab Aslam (PAK) v Khawaja Adil Maqbool (PAK)
[4] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) v Muhammad Saqib Yousaf (PAK)
Farhan Zaman (PAK) v [Q] Mansoor Zaman (PAK)
