7 April, 2005	Thursday	27 Safar 1426

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ISLAMABAD, April 6: Pakistan suffered another setback in the on ongoing Bermuda Masters’ Open when country’s 2 Mansoor Zaman also lost his first round match against Canadian Graham Ryding in four games.

According to the reports made available on Wednesday, Ryding lost the first game but managed to bounce back to win the next three games to clinch the tie 8-11 11-9 11-9 11-9 in 46 minutes.

Earlier, Shahid Zaman had lost to Nick Mathew of England also in the first round.

Meanwhile, unseeded Olli Tuominen and Mohd Azlan Iskandar claimed notable upsets on the second day of first round action in the to secure places in the last sixteen of the $120,000 PSA Super Series squash event.

Tuominen, the fighting Finn from Helsinki, dispatched 15th Seed Joseph Kneipp, the world No14 from Australia, 11-6 11-4 11-5 in 27 minutes to set up a second round clash with Egypt’s eighth seed Karim Darwish, the 11-6 11-10 11-3 victor over another Australian Dan Jenson.

In their last two meetings on the PSA Tour last year (in the German Open and Hong Kong Open), Iskandar extended Adrian Grant to five games, but was unable to beat the higher-ranked Englishman. Now ranked 18 in the world, the Malaysian this time had the edge on the left-hander from London, beating 14th seed Grant 11-9 11-9 2-11 11-6 in 62 minutes.

In the toughest match of the day, England’s James Willstrop defeated South African Rodney Durbach in a close encounter after losing the first game. Willstrop, the fifth seed who eventually triumphed 7-11 11-10 11-6 11-10, may rue the 64-minute match when he meets Anthony Ricketts in the next round.

The Australian cruised to a comfortable 11-6 11-6 11-4 win over Shahier Razik of Canada.

RESULTS:

Anthony Ricketts (AUS) bt Shahier Razik (CAN) 11-6, 11-6, 11-4 (44m); James Willstrop (ENG) bt Rodney Durbach (RSA) 7-11, 11-10 (4-2),11-6, 11-10 (4-2) (64m); Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt Adrian Grant (ENG) 11-9,11-9,2-11, 11-6 (62m); Peter Nicol (ENG) bt Wael El Hindi (EGY) 11-8, 11-3, 11-6 (39m); Olli Tuominen (FIN) bt Joseph Kneipp (AUS) 11-6, 11-4, 11-5 (27m); Karim Darwish (EGY) bt Dan Jenson (AUS) 11-6, 11-10 (2-0), 11-3 (39m); Graham Ryding (CAN) bt Mansoor Zaman (PAK) 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 (46m); Beachill (ENG) bt Bradley Ball (ENG) 11-3, 11-4, 11-6 (30m).—PPI