Mansoor falls

Published April 3, 2008

ISLAMABAD, April 2: Robbie Temple of England, ranked no 11 in the tournament, created a major upset stunning third seed Mansoor Zaman in the main round of the 6th Chief of Army Staff (CAS) Squash Championship-2008 at the Mushaf Squash Complex on Wednesday.

Temple won all three straight games confidently.

Results:

Temple bt Mansoor Zaman 12-10, 12-10, 12-6; Ong Beng Hee (Malaysia) bt Majid Khan 11-8, 9-1 (retd hurt); Yasir Butt bt Wasim Shad 11-8, 11-5, 11-6; Farhan Mehboob bt Aaqib Hanif 11-4, 11-7, 11-4; Amir Atlas bt Arshad Iqbal Burki 11-8,11-9, (retd hurt); Saurav Gohsal bt Shoaib Hassan 11-8,11-4,11-7; Shahid Zaman bt Waqar Mehboob 11-8,11-4,11-6; Jonathan Kemp bt Khawaja Adil Mehboob 11-4,12-10,11-5.

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