ISLAMABAD: Four local players made it to the quarter-finals at the Serena Hotels Huawei International Squash Tournament here at the Mushaf Squash Complex on Sunday.

Pakistan’s world number 122 Amaad Fareed caused an upset by eliminating third seed Shehab Essam (world number 71) of Eqypt in a match that ended 3-1.Earlier, Pakistan’s top-ranked Tayyab Aslam outclassed another Egyptian when he beat Omar Elkattan 11-9,11-8,13-11.

Meanwhile, Egypt’s Karim Ali Fathi also beat Yannik Omlor of Germany.

Asim Khan took 36 minutes to defeat Ireland’s Sean Conroy in 11-7, 13-11, 11-4 while experienced Farhan Mehboob tamed compatriot Syed Ali Mujtaba Bukhari 11-5, 11-5 and 11-8.

Results

Karim Ali Fathi (Egypt) bt Yannik Omlor (Germany) 11-0, 11-5, 11-4; Asim Khan (Pakistan) bt Sean Conroy (Ireland) 11-7, 13-11, 11-4; Ammar Altamimi (Kuwait) bt Ahmad Hosny (Egypt) 11-6, 7-11, 11-5, 11-7; Farhan Mehboob (Pakistan) bt Syed Ali Mujtaba Bukhari (Pakistan) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8; Amaad Fareed (Pakistan) bt Shehab Essam (Egypt) 4-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-7; Carlos Cornes Ribadas (Spain) bt Joeri Hapers (Belgium) 11-8, 11-4, 11-1; Mohamed El-Shirbini (Egypt) bt Chi Him Wong (Hong Kong) 11-5, 11-9, 9-11, 11-2; Tayyab Aslam (Pakistan) bt Omar Elkattan (Egypt) 11-9, 11-8, 13-11.

Published in Dawn, April 8th, 2019