MANCHESTER, Oct 14: Pakistan’s Farhan Mehboob and Aamir Atlas Khan booked their places in the second round of the World Open squash championship by winning their matches at the National Squash Centre while their compatriots Mansoor Zaman and Shahid Zaman failed to move ahead.

Ranked 29th in the world circuit, Farhan dropped the first game against Frenchman Julien Balbo before bouncing back to eventually register a 9-11, 11-1, 11-9, 11-7 triumph in 51 minutes.

Unseeded Farhan will now contest with Laurens Jan Anjema, the 15th seed from the Netherlands, for a place in the third round.

Aamir Atlas Khan faced tough resistance from another Frenchman Mathieu Castagnet before winning 11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-7 in 76 minutes.

18-year-old Aamir will face seventh seed Egypt’s Karim Darwish in the second round.

Local player, Nick Matthew, who seeded eighth, thrashed qualifier Shahid Zaman 11-9, 11-7, 11-5 in 34 minutes, while Scotland’s John White took only half an hour to send Mansoor Zaman out of the competition with 13-11, 11-6, 11-2 victory.

Results:

Men’s first round:

(1) Amr Shabana (EGY) bt (Q) Simon Rosner (GER) 6-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-5; Borja Golan (ESP) bt Shawn Delierre (CAN) 11-4, 11-0, 11-1; (9) Wael El Hindi (EGY) bt (Q) Liam Kenny (IRL) 12-10, 11-5, 13-11; Omar Mosaad (EGY) bt (Q) Arturo Salazar (MEX) 11-4, 11-4 ret.; (6) Thierry Lincou (FRA) bt Amr Swelim (EGY) 6-11, 11-3, 11-1, 11-1; (Q) Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt Renan Lavigne (FRA) 10-12, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6, 11-8; (10) Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt Tom Richards (ENG) 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-8; Hisham Mohd Ashour (EGY) bt Chris Ryder (ENG) 11-9, 11-8, 11-5; (4) Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt (Q) Yann Perrin (FRA) 11-5, 11-6, 12-10; Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt (Q) Scott Arnold (AUS) 11-8, 11-8, 11-6; (12) Peter Barker (ENG) bt Eric Galvez (MEX) 11-4, 11-5, 11-1; Joey Barrington (ENG) bt Aaron Frankcomb (AUS) 11-3, 11-3, 12-10; (8) Nick Matthew (ENG) bt (Q) Shahid Zaman (PAK) 11-9, 11-7, 11-5;

Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt Tarek Momen (EGY) 11-7, 12-14, 11-3, 11-3; (15) Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt Rafael Alarcon (BRA) 11-4, 11-3, 11-7; Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt Julien Balbo (FRA) 9-11, 11-1, 11-9, 11-7; Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) bt (Q) Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) 14-12, 12-10, 6-11, 11-7; Daryl Selby (ENG) bt (16) Olli Tuominen (FIN) 11-8, 11-3, 11-4; Jonathan Kemp (ENG) bt Jan Koukal (CZE) 14-12, 11-1, 11-3; (5) David Palmer (AUS) bt (Q) Mark Krajcsak (HUN) 11-2, 11-8, 11-2; Davide Bianchetti (ITA) bt (Q) David Phillips (CAN) 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-1; (13) Lee Beachill (ENG) bt (Q) Robbie Temple (ENG) 11-6, 11-3, 11-1; John White (SCO) bt Mansoor Zaman (PAK) 13-11, 11-6, 11-2; (3) James Willstrop (ENG) bt (Q) Ben Ford (ENG) 11-4, 11-7, 11-5; Alister Walker (ENG) bt Julian Illingworth (USA) 11-5, 8-11, 11-3, 11-4; Kashif Shuja (NZL) bt (11) Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) 12-14, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-9; Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt (Q) Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) 11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-7; (7) Karim Darwish (EGY) bt (Q) Dylan Bennett (NED) 11-5, 11-0, 11-3; (Q) Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (MEX) bt Mohammed Abbas (EGY) 11-13, 11-7, 5-11, 12-10, 11-9; (14) Adrian Grant (ENG) bt Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) 11-9, 12-14, 11-5, 11-7; Shahier Razik (CAN) bt Saurav Ghosal (IND) 12-10, 12-10, 11-4; (2) Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt (Q) Nicolas Mueller (SUI) 11-6, 12-10, 11-9.—PPI