Hoeyenaars wins in qualifiers

Published November 19, 2006

ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Tom Hoeyenaars of the Netherlands defeated Mamoon Rashid in straight sets on the opening day of the qualifying round of the Pakistan Open World squash championship at the Mushaf Squash Complex on Saturday.

Two Egyptians also won their matches while as many got byes.

The 16 players winning their matches will now figure in eight matches on Sunday (today).

Players winning on Sunday will qualify for the US$85,000 main draw which starts from Monday.

Results:

Omer Abdul Aziz (Egy) Bye; Majid Khan bt Shaukat Razal 11-3, 11-3, 11-7; Bilal Zaman bt Asghar Abbas 11-6, 11-7, 11-3; Amjad Khan Bye; Yasir Butt bt Nousherwan 11-4, 11-5, 11-9; Sheikh Saqib bt Ahmed Hameed 11-7, 11-3, 11-5; Safeerullah Khan bt Farhan Moeen 11-7, 11-5, 11-6; Omar Mosaad (Egy) Bye; Obaid Jehan bt Ali Raza 8-11, 11-3, 11-1, 11-7; Farhan Mehboob bt Wasim Shad 11-8, 11-3, 11-5; Aqib Hanif bt Khawaja Adil Maqbool 11-8, 8-11, 4-11, 11-7, 11-9; Shams-ul-Islam bt Waqar Mehboob 11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 11-10; Khayal Mohammad bt Raza Yaqoob 11-6, 11-1, 11-7; Sharif Mustafa (Egy) bt Kashif Khan 11-10, 11-2, 11-4; Tom Hoeyenaars (Netherlands) bt Mamoon Rashid 11-2, 11-2, 11-5; Omer Elborolossy (Egy) bt Shoaib Hussan 11-5, 11-3, 11-2.—APP

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