KARACHI: Unseeded Haris Iqbal and Mohammad Naeem pulled off major upsets when they sent top seed Kashif Asif and fourth seed Mohammad Naeem packing in men’s qualifying round one of the Pakistan Squash Circuit III which begins at the PN Roshan Khan-Jahangir Khan Squash Complex on Friday.

Iqbal carved out a 13-11, 11-9, 11-2 victory over Asif while Naeem was home 13-11, 11-7, 11-1 against Mehboob. Besides eight seed Mohammad Abdul Qadir also made exit losing straight to Abbas Zeb.

Meanwhile, other seeded players were through to the quarter-finals.

Three matches were played in women’s qualifying round.

Results:

Men’s qualifying round:

Haris Iqbal bt Kashif Asif 13-11, 11-9, 11-2; Mohammad Farhan bt Sikandar Khan 11-2, 11-2, 11-1; Abbas Zeb bt Mohammad Abdul Qadir 11-4, 11-7, 11-3; Abdul Malik Khan bt Iqtidar Khan 3-1 (retired); Mohammad Naeem bt Waqar Mehboob 13-11, 11-7, 11-1; Noman Khan bt Saifullah 11-3, 11-5, 11-3; Mansoor Zaman bt Ali Imran 11-8, 11-8, 11-9; Danish Atlas Khan bt Saad Abdullah 11-5, 11-0, 11-3.

Women’s qualifying round:

Myra Saleem bt Neha Kamal Khan 13-10, 11-8, 11-6; Komal Khan bt Zaynab Khan 13-11, 11-4, 11-4; Rushna Mehboob bt Ilsa Imran 11-6, 11-1, 11-7.

Published in Dawn, July 07th, 2018