LAHORE, May 5: Top seed Mansoor Zaman with seven other Pakistanis entered the quarterfinals of the International squash tournament at Punjab Squash Complex on Wednesday.
Mansoor, the world No 19, made short work of Wal Hang Wong (Hong Kong) as he took only 23 minutes to win 15/7, 15/11, 15/13.
In the only other match involving a foreigner, Naveed Atlas took 53 minutes to beat Indian Ritwik Bhattacharya. Naveed won 15/12, 12/15, 15/13, 15/10. Shamsul Islam defeated Safeerullah Khan in five games 11/15, 5/15, 15/8, 15/7, 15/14 in 63 minutes.
Safeer made a fine start by taking 2-0 lead but Shams came back to win the remaining games in a row. He won the second and third easily. Matching each other at 8-8, 9-9, 12-12 and in the end 13-all, Shams finally earned 14-13 lead and with a nick shot to seal the fate of the match.
Arshad Iqbal Burki managed to beat Yasir Butt in a 70-minute match, 15/11, 15/10, 10/15, 17/15.
Results: Mansoor Zaman (Pak) bt Wal Hang Wong (Hong Kong) 15/7, 15/11, 15/13; Shahid Zaman bt Khayal Mohammad 15/11, 15/4, 15/7; Khalid Atlas Khan bt Saeed Hassan 17/16, 15/11, 15/6; Shamsul Islam bt Safeerullah Khan 11/15, 5/15, 15/8, 15/7, 15/14; Farrukh Zaman bt Zubair Ali Khan 15/8, 15/9, 15/5; Naveed Atlas bt Ritwik Bhattacharya 15/12, 12/15, 15/13, 15/10; Majid Khan bt Farhan Mehboob 15/10, 7/15, 15/5, 15/1; Arshad Iqbal Burki bt Yasir Butt 15/11, 15/10, 10/15, 17/15.
